I have a 10 gal marine tank w/ 2 rainbows, 1 yo-yo loach, 4 corys.Can i add 2 more yo-yos and 2 more rainbows?

Question

I have good levels and good water, and i do not mind the extra water changes. I am just wanting all of my schooling fish to be happy. I also have 5 or 6 small snails, but I read that the loaches will eat small snails so I am not worried about overpopulation. Any input would be great. Thanks.

Answer 1

Uhm yeah, that's a tropical freshwater tank, NOT a marine tank (which means a saltwater tank).

You could probably do it if you keep up your water conditions (stay on top of the water changes) and have a really good filter. The 1 inch of fish per gallon rule is crap. It's just a general rule of thumb devised to keep newbie fish buyers from immediately overstocking their tanks. It doesn't fit all situations. If you have a cycled, established tank and you are very religious about your water changes you can keep more fish in a tank than it allows. And many fish (like goldfish and oscars) need way more room than 1 gallon per their inches.

Personally, I have a 10 gallon tank with a bristlenose pleco, 6 guppies, an apple snail and 4 red cherry shrimp in it. Now, most people on here will tell you I am way overstocked. However, I do small, daily water changes and am vigilant about testing my water quality and I've had that tank for a long time and all the fish are active and healthy.

Answer 2

If you've got them in a marine tank, I can tell you this for sure, the levels are NOT good. If you have them in freshwater, that is a much better foot to start on. Consider that Yo-yo Loaches will reach 5 inches and are EXTREMELY active swimmers. Keeping one is a bad idea, but so is keeping 3 in a 10 gallon tank. 3 Yo-yos confined to a 10 gallon tank for life would be miserable. Get rid of the Yo-yo, and replace it with 4 Dwarf Chain Loaches (Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki). Dwarf Chain Loaches will only reach about 3 inches in length. Also, depending on the type of Rainbow, you may, or may not be able to add more. If you have a Dwarf Neon Rainbow, I would suggest adding 3 more, but most other species of Rainbow are not suitable for a 10 gallon tank. This would be the final stocking I would suggest:

5 Dwarf Neon Rainbows (if not Dwarf Neon, no Rainbows at all) (if no Rainbows, look into 5 Danios [NOT Giant Danios])
4 Dwarf Chain Loaches
4 Cories

Email me if you have any questions.

Soop Nazi

Answer 3

ONE: that's a tropical tank not a marine tank.
TWO: keep in mind the rule of one inch of fish per gallon so ten gallons equals ten inches of full grown fish ( except with gold fish or other types of carp ).

Cory catfish can get right about 1 and a half to two inches a piece. Roughly, some get larger like the green humpbacks get right about three inches each.

Yo- Yo loaches can get up to four inches each, if my memory serves me correctly. I know the clowns get up to five inches each.

So just right there is the limit to your tank. And we still haven't touched upon your two Rainbows... which ever type they maybe.
My pointhere is this friend... if you desperatley want to make the fish happy then move up to a thirty gallon tank os so then get two more loaches and two more Rainbows. And it might not hurt to then pick up a plecostumus that won't out grow your tank. I would suggest the rubber nose pleco or perhaps the clown pleco if you want to stay on the affordable side there are some real nice ones for a little more cash. The Queen Arabesque is one that comes to mind as well as the tiger plecostumus.
So there in lies my suggestions for you:
No more new fish until you get a bigger tank until then they should be fine and I would deffinantley stay ontop of fgilter changes and water changes do to the fact that you are already pushing the bio-load to it slimits
Hope this helps and good luck!

Answer 4

Hi, I work in a aquarium store and get questions like this all the time. And I hate to answer questions like this and burst your bubble, but I have to be honest. About your tank, I see everybody else has mentioned this but I think you are thinking Marineland tank. That is a brand name. Did it come in a boxed kit? Actual marine tanks are saltwater. Now about your fish. Your cory cats are ok, but you should have stuck with 2. And the yo-yo loach and your rainbows are soon going to out grow your tank. I dont know what sort of rainbows you have but almost all rainbows get to 3 inches or larger. I will tell you why this is bad. When fish are in a tank that is to small they become deformed, they can develope sores and a slew of other conditions just from stress of over population and water quality issues. I wish people at fish stores would do a better job of asking each customer what size there tank is, when they buy fish. So this is probably not your fault, someone should have asked you this when you bought your fish. But I am sorry to say you really shouldnt add anymore fish to your tank. I think you should concider either doing one of two things. Either buying a larger tank or parting with your rainbows, and about 2 of the cory cats and buying smaller fish like 2 dwarf gourami's for example. I am sure you bought the 10 gal because your new to keeping fish and a 10 gallon is about the most affordable size of tank, but they really do limit you on fish selection. And yes you are correct, loaches do eat snails. But if you do end up with a million snails you will either have to pick them out yourself, (normally there will be a bunch in your filter) or you will have to use a chemical called "had a snail" but this has copper in it, so if you end up having to use it, you cant ever have another snail, shrimp or lobster ever because the copper embeds itself into the tank. Just do whatever you can do about your fish, if you can afford a slighty larger tank then great. If not, then make sure you stay up on your water changes and filter cart. changes till you can bare to part with some of your fish. And whatever you do, dont add anymore fish. Sorry about all the bad news, I know thats not what you wanted to hear but it's the truth. I wish you the best of luck.

Answer 5

Well, it sounds like you mean you have a marine tank which means the maker of the tank

you can only add 2 more rainbows if they're the dwarf ones

and i wouldn't add more then 3 more yo yo's



Hope that helps
Good luck


EB

Answer 6

id say in a 10 gal tank you are getting close to your bio-load.. you could send your established tank into shock..

Answer 7

Why not just get a larger tank?