ok, i have a ten gallon aquarium, and i would like to get some fish tomorrow, and i would like to know when to get a plectostomus for it(im gonna get a dwarf one)so....n e suggestions on tropical fish would be great, along with the number of each please!
ps-no tetras, bettas, mollies, platies, or guppy suggestions since i have all of those already!
pss-please no goldfish either!!!!
2007-06-11 16:07:07 · 11 answers · asked by trl. 5 in Pets ➔ Fish
HINT: in the question i said DWARF pleco......DUH
2007-06-11 16:31:37 · update #1
please be careful stores will try to sell you anything, be sure that its a bristle nose pleco those are the smallest species and wont grow large ! they have like hair sticking out of their mouth so to be recognized http://www.fishforever.co.uk/ancistrus.html heres a helpful site it can grow maximum of 4 inches, as for the fish id say 6 killifish they are very colorful and relativly small in size like a neon tetra.
good luck
heres a pic of my leopard pleco maximum size 15 cm
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l102/alienmind/IMG_1826.jpg
2007-06-11 16:16:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dwarf cichlids might be fun...they come in quite a few varieties. They're good community fish reaching a maximum length of about 4 inches which means three would max out your tank. They can become territorial and you'd want to have more females than males meaning for a ten gallon 2 females and 1 male. However - I wouldn't use these guys to cycle my tank either get live bacteria or throw a Betta, a few guppies, mollies or platties in the tank for about a week.
As for the pleco - make sure you're really getting a dwarf species and don't add it until you have algae growing in your tank. If you want to add it before then be prepared to feed algae wafers, spinach or zucchini. My dwarf cichlid loved the zucchini by the way!
2007-06-11 16:21:50 · answer #2 · answered by Sage M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would wait to get the pleco until you are sure you need or want one in the tank to be honest, then be really sure your source is selling you a smaller species of pleco, not just a baby common. Even some bristlenose get 5-6" long and that a bit large for a 10 gallon with other fish. I would go for oto cats one the tank is well matured and well past the cycle stage. Rams or other apistos would be nice, but they really also need a well cycled tank to do well so be careful there too. You can always check out killifish, they are quite nice.
MM
2007-06-11 16:22:40 · answer #3 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not sure why you want the pleco in the 10 gallon. Plecos, goldfish and cichlids put out the greatest amount of bioload in a tank.
I think a nice tank would be dwarf gouramis. They should be kept in groups of 3 - 5. You can select different colors and they are beautiful, graceful swimmers...and little piglets who will munch happily away at food at the surface..then search out throughout the tank.
In a 10 gallon tank, if you wanted a bottom feeder, I'd go with a trio of corydoras instead of the pleco...just for the sake of water parameters and less intense water changes.
2007-06-11 16:15:50 · answer #4 · answered by Barb R 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here is my suggestion for your tank. Based on what you said you don't want, I would either get a pair of Rams, one male and one female or get one male Dwarf Gourami and two female Dwarf Gouramis. Please make sure you have completely cycled your tank before getting any of these. If your tank is cycled you can go with either of those suggestions and get a Rubbernose or Bristlenose Pleco.
One other suggestion... Don't get any fish that is going to grow to be over 4 inches. Sharks and Angelfish are a bad idea. You also don't need more than 4 Dwarf Gouramis at the max, if you chose to get those.
2007-06-11 16:18:07 · answer #5 · answered by Dustinius 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's still a new tank and you shouldn't be changing that much water that fast for now.. Let it go for 3 - 4 weeks, then do 20% every 2 weeks for a couple of months.. Let the tank 'mellow'. Don't fool with the pH, the fish will adapt to what you have. Don't bother testing or treating chlorine if you only change 20%. You haven't mentioned tank size, so can't tell you if too many or too few fish ..
2016-05-17 22:46:55 · answer #6 · answered by lupe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the bigest thing to keep in mind is that all fish are not community fish and some can get verrrrrry agressive. also walk through a fish store and find some fish u like, ask the retailer about them then do some reserch on the web. i bought a pacu (vegetarian parana) andwas told it would stay 8 inches long by the retailer, turns out they get to 40 lbs. be as informed as possible when buying
2007-06-11 16:16:49 · answer #7 · answered by collectivetheresa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you barely set it up buy an algae tablet, they sink to the bottom and your pleco just sucks on it, so your pleco doesnt starve.
Also for a 10 gallon your really limited, all the fish you just stated above are probably the only ones you can get, and please do your research before you do actualy buy one dont buy a koi or something.
2007-06-11 17:19:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I like angel fish, guoramis (there are a quite a few different kinds), possible black tip shark. Those would be my suggestions. As for the plecto, you can get him at any time. I would let your tank be up and running for at least a few days, if you are just setting up, before you put fish in it.
2007-06-11 16:17:24 · answer #9 · answered by em.t.space 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
plecos are too big!
i like gouramis -- you could do dwarf, honey, thick lipped in ten gallons. some smaller more exotic rainbows -- they might be hard to find.
bolivian rams and apistos are fun -- mini cichlids.
2007-06-11 16:16:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋