What type of fish should I get? (SW or FW)?

Question

I have an extra 10 gallon aquarium and I want some ideas on what top put in it? I don't know fi I want a bunch a small schooling fish, all that I know is that I want a very active fish again SW or FW, I have a 20 gallon (SW) thats complete as in I can not add more fish without it becoming overcrowed. I would be fine with even one or two larger fish as long as they are atractive, active just plain cool to look at. An ideas would be great, I have a filter, heater, etc... (everything to run an aquarium). Thanks
~Kyle
P.S. I am willing to think out of the box rodents, reptiles, amphibians, etc...

I know how to run the tanks I am looking for specific fish to get!! I kno the difference. Not just SW or FW I want specific fish!

Answer 1

There's not much in the way of fish you can put in a saltwater tank that's only ten gallons. One smaller species of the clown or shrimp gobies would be about it. You could turn it into an invert tank though - get some good live rock, and a variety of snails, a larger shrimp, hermit crabs, emerald, arrow, or Sally lightfoost crab, etc. Just stay away from corals/polyps so you don't have to get an expensive lighting system. The only probelm overall is maintaining a stable temperature, salinity, and water quality in that small of a tank.

For freshwater you'd have more choices, but if you want schooling fish, you're probably limiting yourself to one species of tetra, barb, cory, or other small species. You might try danios, but these guys would rather have a larger tank to really zip around. That takes you down to non-schooling fish - guppies, platies, Endler's livebearers, upside down catfish, killifish, a dwarf gourami, or dwarf puffers.

You could also keep African dwarf frogs, firebellied toads, mantellas, pacman frog, fiddler or red claw crabs, crayfish, freshwater shrimp, or aquatic snails.

If you want different, you could also try tarantulas, millipedes, hissing cockroach, centipedes, scorpions, and mantises.

Answer 2

OH OH im good at this lol my dad loves fish well FW are way easier to manage and less expensive but not as lively and pretty SW on the other hands are really pretty and nice looking but really hard to manage .from experience keep it clean have to be right level and water filter must be change like everyday lol i have 4 fish tanks 2 FW and 2 SW
1 200 gallon tank only 4 fish (originally) i had Ariguanas eventually they grew to big for tank and two jumped out broke the top glass and died lol each is worth atleast $1000 and other fresh is at my work were just for show and my salt water is a hassle i have to buy frozen shrimps or blood for it and its a pain lol so depends if u wanna do alot of work but i prefer SW lol

Answer 3

What came to mind when you mentioned your interest in reptiles & amphibians is the African dwarf frog. They're very cool and they need to eat live worms, which is fun to watch. They stay in the water - are aquatic freshwater creatures. They don't move very fast, so you have to think about what to put in with them, as other fish may get the worms first. They need to swim to the top for air regularly, and often will land in weird positions and freeze, which cracks me up! I suppose it's their way of surviving in the wild. But it will make you laugh out loud when you see some of the positions they end up in. You could put quite a few in a 10 gallon tank.

You're a tad limited with 10 gallons. If you get the frogs, I suggest getting some schooling fish for the middle of the tank like tetras. Something that won't pick on the frogs. Cardinal tetras are really pretty, as are raspboras, and won't hurt the frogs.

You could get some marbled hatchetfish, which will stay pretty much at the top & will eat the worms on the surface & on their way to the bottom. The tetras will, too, so you need to be sure you put in enough to get past them & to the frogs, which will eat off the bottom. They stalk the worms and attack them. Really funny.

You wouldn't want to put any other fish on the bottom that would compete for the worms with the frogs.

Can you tell I miss frogs? I now breed corydoras catfish and they'd eat all the worms before the frogs would. Maybe I'll set up one of my 10 gallons with frogs, now that you gave me the idea :-)

Have fun with your new tank!

Answer 4

SW are typically a bit larger coming from pet stores, it is harder to clean their aquarium however you will have do clean it less often than the easier to clean, FW tank.

Answer 5

Get some FW fish they are really fun to look out

Answer 6

A 10 gallon is small, and very limiting. There aren't any lizards you can keep in there, though you can keep one of those crabby things. And you have to have small fish in there, it is their whole world -- you can keep five small fish in there, no big fish.

Answer 7

make a fiddler crab tank. half land and half water.

or you could do a small saltwater tank with like 1 or 2 small fish.

maybe a dwarf puffer fish

Answer 8

SW

Answer 9

SW