10 gallon tank?

Question

I have a ten gallon tank with a male betta. I'd like to add some more fish. I was thinking either neons or cardinal tetras - what's the difference between the two? Also, what else would work good. And I'd like to have quantities if you could give them so I know how many without overstocking the tank.

Answer 1

Good call getting a big tank for your Betta. Cardinal Tetras are pretty much red Neon Tetras. Cardinals are a little hardier so you should get Cardinals if you can. 7 Cardinals or Neons would be good and you could also add 3 Cory Cats to help eat food off the bottom of the tank. If you vacuum the gravel once every 2 weeks and vacuum out 10% of the water each time, that is really all the maintainence the tank would need (except monthly filter cleaning/pad changing). Good luck!

So you don't have any Betta problems, don't get any fish with long, dangling fins. That is what causes the Betta to attack.

Somebody said to keep a bunch of females with the male, the only problem with that is, the females will soon tear the male appart. Also, they said the Bettas will eat the plants, Bettas are insectavores (they eat insects), they don't eat plants at all.

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Answer 2

Neons and Cardinals both work well. The main difference between them is the red markings, which is only in the rear half of the neon and along the full body of the cardinal.

Betta's can go with anything that is peaceful, not known to be nippy, and doesn't look like a betta. Avoid flashy and territorial fish like Gouramis too.

I keep my betta in a 15 gallon with Cardinal tetra's, Corydora Catfish, Oto catfish, and Amano shrimp.

In a 10, I would to 6-8 neon/cardinal, 3-4 cory cats, and a betta. It's better (and looks better too) to have one large group of schoolers then two small ones.

Answer 3

cardinal tetras and neon tetras are of the tetra family but a different species. The only physical thing that is different is the cardinal tetras have a bigger red stripe and I believe they are alittle bit bigger. Other fish that will work are platys, mollies, guppies, glow light tetras, zebra or leopard danios, the new glofish (fluorescent danio). You can have up to about 10 fish in a ten gallon as long as they stay relatively small. You have a betta, a small group of tetras (3-5), and another small group of glofish (4). Its pretty much up to you. If you stick with the smaller schooling type fish you could probably get away with about 15 fish because they stay alot smaller than a platy, molly, guppy, or swordtail. The bigger the types of fish you want the less you should have and the smaller they are the more you can have.

Answer 4

The cardinals are slightly larger, and the red stripe goes the length of the body (only about halfway on neons):

http://www.fishlore.com/profiles_cardinal_tetra.htm
http://www.fishlore.com/Profiles-NeonTetra.htm

You should keep tetras in groups of about 5+, so that doesn't lave much room in a 10 gallon tank. You sould add some plants, an apple snail, or maybe a group of 3 dwarf corydoras if you got the neons.

Answer 5

The neon tetra:
The neon is one of the most popular fish for beginner freshwater aquariums, but advanced fish hobbyists keep them too. The neon tetra adds the perfect touch to any size aquarium with their bright blue, snappy silver, and radiant red stripes. The neon tetra stays about 1 ½ inches in length. The neon tetra is a peaceful fish to keep, and is not aggressive to other tank mates, but other tank mates might bully them around.
It’s best to keep the neon tetra in shoals of 5 or more other neon tetras, and by doing this you are helping your neon’s to feel more secure in their habitat and live longer live. Plus when you keep neon’s in shoals, when they swim they make colorful scenery for your aquarium. The neon tetra swims very fast and darts from side to side in aquariums.

The neon tetra is found in moderate size rivers located in Eastern Peru and South America. They’re found closer to shore, but can also be found in deeper waters.

The neon tetra will live for several years if taken care of properly throughout its life. Their have been reported records of neon’s living up to 10 years of age, but this doesn’t happen often.

Once a female lays her eggs, they’ll hatch within the next 24 hours. The fry, baby neon’s, don’t start swimming for 4-5 days of age. The fry will eat baby brine shrimp and maybe fish flakes that have settled at the bottom of your tank.

The cardinal tetra:
The cardinal tetra looks just like the neon tetra, but it has no silver. On the cardinal tetra’s sides is a red strip running along the bottom half, and the upper half is a lighter blue. The cardinal tetra reaches 2 inches in length.

The cardinal tetra is another popular community tank fish. They have peaceful attitudes, and are rarely aggressive toward one another. These fish also like being housed in a shoal of other cardinals, and this will add more color to your tank when they’re all swimming together. The cardinal tetra is a fish that likes to both hide and swim in open spaces, its best that you have open spaces for swimming, caves for hiding, and plants for hiding.

It’s not uncommon for a cardinal tetra to live 10 years, if properly cared for during its life, although, the cardinal tetra, no matter how old it gets, will only stay its natural size.

The female cardinal also gives lays eggs, which hatch with fry in about 24 hours after being laid, and as the neon, the fry take about 4-5 days to start swimming.


http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/64075/neon_tetra_vs_cardinal_tetra.html

Answer 6

Hey good choice letting your betta free to have buds. My son has a tank with a male betta, 1 neon tetra, 3blk skirt tetras, 2 white skirt tetras, a pleco who didnt like living with goldfish(my tank), 1 fancy guppy, 2 golden mystery snails. All his guys live very happy in a 10 gal. tank. One thing to keep in mind is keep your filters CLEAN!!! Ancient chinese secret to fish happiness. Good luck and have lots of fun with them. BTW: cardinals have an whole red stripe below the blue and neons only have half a red stripe.

Answer 7

One of ten gallons is great with one male betta and three females and heavily planted with fake plants and a few anacharis in case they want to munch and a water fall decoration to hide in and a huge golden snail.

Answer 8

Both those are a bad idea, they will nip at the fins of your slower betta. You can get cories or dwarf frogs, they go well with bettas.

Answer 9

if you have to put another beta fish in the tank. make sure it is a female one. two male betas will be very aggressinve to eachother. make sure you dont put goldfish or anything in there. hope i helped

Answer 10

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