Fresh water Aquarium?

Question

Im getting a 10 gallon tank to put up front at work. It will be fresh water... HOW MANY FISH WOULD YOU SUGGEST I PUT IN THERE.. AND WHAT KIND.. IM NEEDING TOUGH HARDY FISH THAT ARE EASY TO MAINTAIN AND WONT GET KEEP THE TANK DIRTY ALL OF THE TIME. GIVE ME SOME SUGGESTIONS ON NUMBERS AND KINDS!

Answer 1

First of all, not goldfish, even one goldfish will outgrow that 10 gallon tank before long at all.

I would suggest you get a few smaller tetras. Neons, glowlights, lemons, penguins, black neons, black or red phantoms, all of those are good choices. From other types of fish I could suggest checkerboard barbs, gold barbs, cherry barbs and rasbora hets.

Basically, pick any 3 types of these fosh and get 4-6 of each type. Add to that 2-3 cory catfish for the bottom of the tank and 1-2 male guppies for the top. I would suggest males only so you have no problems with unwanted breeding in the tank or with males harassing females badly.

Start the tank off with only one type of fish and give it a few weeks to "cycle" once it has you can add an additional type of fish once a week until you are compeltely stocked.

I'll assume you are new to aquariums and include this brief guide on setting up and maintaining an aquarium.

http://www.firsttankguide.net/

Hope that helps

MM

Answer 2

Dwarf Puffers are very interesting, intelligent and active fish. They learn to recognize their owner and will come to the glass to see what you're up to whenever you're in the room. They also will beg for food (they even learn what the container looks like) or follow your finger around the glass. If you put your hand in the tank, they will have to be right by it at all times. It's as if they have to know exactly what you're doing! You also have to be careful when siphoning water from the tank, because their curiosity will sometimes lead them a little too close to the siphon tube! I've sucked one up a time or two and had to rescue them from the bucket! These little guys have tons of personality and are by far one of the most fun fish to own :)

Answer 3

Like Magicman said, any small Tetras are good, Guppies are very colorful, and breed very quickly, so only get males. Another good fish would be a Dwarf Gourami. You could add 5 of each fish (pick 3 from MM's list) and then add a Dwarf Gourami. Make sure you read MM's link, it is extremely helpful and it will teach you how to cycle (there is no such thing as an instant cycle.) Good luck!

Nosoop4u

Answer 4

Gosh, I usually really like MM's answers, but that's a LOT of fish he's wanting you to put into a really small tank that you're wanting easy maintenance on...!

First of all, if you don't want sick or dead fish and a cloudy tank, you need to cycle it without fish first! You can find good articles about that at www.aquahobby.com and helpful guidance on their forums. If that's too much work for you, look for Biospira locally -- for about $15- 20, it will instantly cycle your tank and you can put fish right in.

For stocking, I would go with 5-6 neons, a colorful betta as a centerpiece, and 3 panda or pygmy cories for the bottom. Avoid goldfish and livebearers if you want a clean tank.

Answer 5

2-3 medium fish. any fish will do. it is a small enough tank, as long as it has a filter, just about anything will do fine. I personally like cichlids, very active, interesting behavior to watch. there are some types that are a piece of cake to take care of and dont get big ...and they can eat goldfish :) put something in there that people will enjoy watching... neons, mollys, guppies, goldfish, are all kinda boring. they just float around.

Answer 6

well i would say mollys, platys, those are the good stater fishes

Answer 7

i would put in goldfish they are VERY EASY to take care of they are cheap to buy and then to keep it clean i would put snails or catfish on the bottom to eat the algae all are very cheap and easy to maintain animals