Wcmm For 10g?

[ajbettle]

white cloud minnows in a 10 gallon?

wud this stocking be ok:

- 5 White cloud minnows,
- 2 Schwartchz's corydoras,
- 1 Sparkling gourami.

 

[Qays]

white cloud minnows in a 10 gallon?

wud this stocking be ok:

- 5 White cloud minnows,
- 2 Schwartchz's corydoras,
- 1 Sparkling gourami.

WCMM: 1.5 inches
S. Cory: 2 inches
Sparkling gourami: 1.5 inches

WCMM: 7.5 inches
Cory: 4 inches
S Gouramis: 1.5

That makes 13 inches. which should be ok if you do 25% water change weekly and build up the fish slowly:

Get the WCMM's first, when their level is ok, get the cories, and then get the sparkling gourami's next.

Good luck, btw, this is from researching the fish

 

[ajbettle]

cheers, il buy dwarf corys instead so wot add up the inches as much!!! thanks qays!

 

[Ginge]

That rule so doesnt work and has been proved rubbush jsut to let you know . But still the stocking looks ok you may want 6 WCMM instead make them a bit happier.

 

[ajbettle]

so u think:

6 WCM,
2 Schwartzs corys,
1 Sparkling gourami,
wud be ok in my 10 gallon?? yh that rule is rubbish cuz if a 10 gallon can hold 10 inches, its not as if ur gonna keep a 10 inch goldfish in it!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Captain Retardo]

Dosen't the one inch rule only apply to US gallons? Because I think tetra_man2 is talking about UK gallons

 

[ajbettle]

im talking about 10 UK gallons, and that rule only works on small fish such as neons; so wud 6 WCMM's b ok or shud i stick to 5?

 

[Qays]

im talking about 10 UK gallons, and that rule only works on small fish such as neons; so wud 6 WCMM's b ok or shud i stick to 5?

5-6 Would be great. Neons grow about the same size as wcmm's

The rule can work in some cases but yeah, i agree, it sucks.

 

[ajbettle]

i know im beccoming anoying but one last thing, wud this stocking be ok in a via-aqua 380 (10gallons)

DIMENSION: height= 15" depth=9.75" length= 15"

stocking:

6 WCMM's,
1 Sparkling gourami,
2 scwartz's corys??

THANKS

 

[Captain Retardo]

You do know that WCMM's like coldwater or subtropical water, some corys like like low water temps (not sure which ones though) and I am not sure about the Gourami, I am GUESSING that they like warmer temps.

I dont think neons would be a good choice, they are not very hardy


I dont like the 1 inch 1 gallon rule either, my friend has a 29 gallon that is overstocked, but he keeps saying that all his fish add up to 28 inches! Do you think this is overstocked?:

1 Angelfish
1 Betta (female)
1 Pardise fish (female)
6 or 7 Neon Tetras
2 Black Neons
3 or 4 Zebra Danios
2 Sepae Tetras
3 Glass Catfish

Maybe it is not, but the way the tank looks, it looks overstocked


Tetraman-when you ask questions like these, it might help if you said "10 gallons (UK)" as a lot of people here use US gallons. Good Luck!

 

[AMS]

The one inch of fish per one gallon rule is a just guideline and really hasnt been proved useful. You can overstock your tanks a bit, provided you have good filtration and keep up with the frequent water changes.

If Im correct, 10 UK gallons is 12 US gallons. 6 WCMM's, 1 Sparkling gourami, 2 scwartz's corys wont be too much of a bio load for a 12 galloner so I say go for it. But one problem, cory's like to be kept in groups of at least 6. 6 clouds, 1 sparkler, and 6 cory's is too much of a strecth for a 12 gallon tank. To replace the cory's. you could try pygmy cory's which only grow to about and inch and a half.

 

[ajbettle]

thats the problem, my lfs's dont sell dwarfs!
i definetly want to keep WCMM's, they can handle temperatures up to 27 degrees, so if i kept it to 23/24 they wud b fine, and corys need it 23/24 so theyll be ok, and the sparkling gouami can be kept in temperatures down to 21 degrees so theyll b ok! but i dont think my lfs's sell sparkling gouramis (any other ideas in place of it?) then i cud have:

- 6 WCMM's
- 2/3 Scwartzs corys,
- 1 of something

temperature = 24 degrees
filteration: i want to get an EHEIM AQUABALL!

 

[Captain Retardo]

How about you just keep it at:

6 WCMM
3-4 Schwartz's Cory