10 gal restock help

fishorama said:

Welcome!

Pretty tank!

Loaches are best with at least 5 or 6 of the same species...& kuhlis aren't good snail eaters IME. A 10g is pretty small for all those possible fish.

If it were my tank, I'd be apt to add 3 furcatas & call it stocked. Schooling fish like to have a minimum of 5 or 6, as I said about loaches. You don't have tank space for 2 more fish species that need "friends".

Depending on the kind of snails, you could skip feeding the shrimp & squish 1 against the glass every day or 2 & let the shrimp eat them. If they are trumpet snails, they're too hard to "squish". Remove them by hand; they're mostly nocturnal & mostly will be on the glass. Do the best you can & maybe feed a bit less.

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anewbie said:

kuhli loaches don't eat snails; no boita which does eat snails will fit in a 10. kuhli loaches are too large for a 10; BUT if you want a kuhli like fish there are pangio sheffordi - they are sort of like mini kuhli but they also don't eat snails and you could easily put 5 or 7 in a 10.

A 10 is really too small for neon; you could try green neon - sort of like mini neon; though i prefer them in a large aquarium for activity level. ember tetra are also a nice small fish; there are a few small rasbora like chilli that work well in a 10.

When i had forktails they were not tiny - i had my group of 8 in a 40b to be honest i don't know how they would do in a 10.

I know nothing about killi fishes so no comments in that direction.

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