10 gal restock help

[ShonH]

This is my 10 gallon, it currently has a small colony of blue dream Neocaridina shrimp, 3 bumblebee gobies, and 3 furcata rainbowfish.
Im fixing to move the furcatas out and add 2 kihli loaches to help with the snail issue.
I want to add another schooling fish to the tank and was thinking of adding 3 clown killifish and a school of Celestial Pearl Danios or White Cloud Minnows.
Any advice on what route to go or other options would be appreciated.

 

[fishorama]

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.

 

[ShonH]

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.

Fair enough, the snails are bladder snails. I'll probably just move the furcatas and throw in a few neon tetras. I don't think the Celestial Danios would do good with the Bumblebee Gobies. I love the gobies but one of them is a little bit of an aggressor.

 

[anewbie]

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.

 

[ShonH]

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.

I have 2 males and a female, they do fine in the 10 gallon. One of my gobies started chasing them after I introduced the little gobies in.
I plan to move them back to my 30 gallon soon, I had to move them out cause my zebra danios were beating them, the furcatas were like half the size.
What's your opinion on white cloud Minnows? I've heard they do well in anything 5 gallons or larger

 

[gwand]

I have my White Cloud minnows in a 10 gallon and in retrospect think they need a bigger tank. My adults approach 2 inches. They are very active and need swimming space.