10 Gallon Tank

[Aquaman187]

Would I be able to house any cichlids in there comfortably.

 

[botia]

i would not think so as most of the cichlids crow 10cm+ and need to have other cichlids with them to feel comfortable so in short no

 

[crunch7]

NOpe of what i have read about most cichlids i think kribs are the smallest ones and they are recommended a minimum 20g for a pair!! not without causing damage.
10g is gonna be super for a Betta. you will never get bored of this guy they got the attitude of an oscar with the fins of the rarest goldfish.

 

[Aquaman187]

Any kind of cichlid ? Central American maybe

 

[creeker]

If it's a standard 10 gallon, 20 inches long, you could keep a pair of Blue or Gold Rams in there no problem. They will breed though, but I never had any problems finding takers for the excess young. Of course, they are not African/Old World.

 

[thereverendturtle]

A pair of butterfly jewel cichlids will do just fine in a ten. They are west Africans.
A pair of apistos would also do well. S/A
A pair of Nannacara would also work. S/A
A pair of rams. S/A
A pair of Nanochromis sp. West Africans
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[botia]

yeah some rams would probably look quite good in a planted tank with some tetras in with them

 

[Lufbramatt]

A pair of Tanganyikan shell dwelling cichlids work really well in a 10G. Depends how hard your water is.

 

[kiriyama]

A pair of Tanganyikan shell dwelling cichlids work really well in a 10G. Depends how hard your water is.

Ah finally, several answers before someone eventually mentions there is more than one lake in Africa ---- TANGANYIKA --------------

I have a colony of exLamprologus multifasciatus in a 10 gallon, lots of juveniles and countless fry, have kept Altolamprolgus compressiceps sp. "shell" (Sumbu) in a 10 gallo and bred successfully, oh and at the moment also have a pair of exlamprologus caudopunctatus who constantly spawn......

Cheers, Sean

 

[mark2109111]

A pair of butterfly jewel cichlids will do just fine in a ten. They are west Africans.
A pair of apistos would also do well. S/A
A pair of Nannacara would also work. S/A
A pair of rams. S/A
A pair of Nanochromis sp. West Africans
.....

These all require a tank of 20 gallons or more and as for the rams a ten gallon would cause an outbreak of fighting even between a breeding pair. I would recommend that you get a pair of kribs. But you could only have one pair in the ten with no other fish.