WHaT KiND oF FiSHeS FoR a 10 Gal

[smithrc]

Hey, you were saying you would like to get Barbs, I have 4 tiger barbs and they can be fairly aggressive so I wouldn't get barbs for a tank with guppies or any fish with big flashy tailes.

15 Gal.
2 gold gourami
2 pearl gourami
1 red fire dwarf gourami
4 tiger barbs
1 clown loach
1 bala Shark
1 common pleco

Even I agree... and i'm not one for low stock levels - thats just daft!

 

[Yenko]

I wouldn't put Tiger Barbs in a 10 gallon tank. They need to be in schools, and 5 Tiger Barbs, at 1.5 inches each, is quite a bit of fish. Besides, they would do better with more swimming room. Cherry Barbs are a good choice.

Angelfish are completely out of the question. You could have 3 cories (one of the smaller varieties, not bronze or albino), a betta, and 2 platies. If you want you can add a DWARF African clawed frog to either of these tanks; they eat food scraps, which is very useful for a small tank.

 

[DOLORES]

I wouldn't put Tiger Barbs in a 10 gallon tank. They need to be in schools, and 5 Tiger Barbs, at 1.5 inches each, is quite a bit of fish. Besides, they would do better with more swimming room. Cherry Barbs are a good choice.

Angelfish are completely out of the question. You could have 3 cories (one of the smaller varieties, not bronze or albino), a betta, and 2 platies. If you want you can add a DWARF African clawed frog to either of these tanks; they eat food scraps, which is very useful for a small tank.

thanx for y'all advices!!! now i got this (i went shoppin )

10 us gallon tank
top fin filter 10
top fin heater 50W 8"
and some ornaments and a few plastic plants
and i put the stress coat and the stress zyme
and as sasha said im gonna put guppies, a panda cory, (if i found them) mm is nessesary and otto right? , well some gouramis mmm danios maybe few swordtails , is a glassfish good tankmate for these? maaaaybe mollies and platies if ne1 has suggestions im open minded!

thanx again for y'all help and time OH! and how long is it gonna take me to cycle this thing? and do i really need the test kit? i've saw one today in petsmart was for everythin, it was for 19.99 US$ mmm what do u recommend?
thanks again

ME

 

[DOLORES]

I wouldn't put Tiger Barbs in a 10 gallon tank. They need to be in schools, and 5 Tiger Barbs, at 1.5 inches each, is quite a bit of fish. Besides, they would do better with more swimming room. Cherry Barbs are a good choice.

Angelfish are completely out of the question. You could have 3 cories (one of the smaller varieties, not bronze or albino), a betta, and 2 platies. If you want you can add a DWARF African clawed frog to either of these tanks; they eat food scraps, which is very useful for a small tank.

thanx for y'all advices!!! now i got this (i went shoppin )

10 us gallon tank
top fin filter 10
top fin heater 50W 8"
and some ornaments and a few plastic plants
and i put the stress coat and the stress zyme
and as sasha said im gonna put guppies, a panda cory, (if i found them) mm is nessesary and otto right? , well some gouramis mmm danios maybe few swordtails , is a glassfish good tankmate for these? maaaaybe mollies and platies if ne1 has suggestions im open minded!

thanx again for y'all help and time OH! and how long is it gonna take me to cycle this thing? and do i really need the test kit? i've saw one today in petsmart was for everythin, it was for 19.99 US$ mmm what do u recommend?
thanks again

ME

oh and here is the list of the kind of fishes that i liked!

Guppies: Purple Guppies, Blue Guppies, HP Blue Guppies, Metallic Blue Guppies
Sunrise Guppy

Cories : Panda

Platties: Blue Spotted Platy

Otos, 1 or 2

Gouramies: Pink Kissing Gourami, Honey Gourami, Blue Gourami

Danios : Zebra Danios, Gold Zebra Danios, Long Fin Leopard Danios

Swordtail: Red Wag Swordtails, Marigold Swordtail

Glassfishes

Tetras: Glowlight Tetras and Dawn Tetras

Thats all for now folks! thanx y'all for ur time reading me and ur help , i really appreciate!

 

[DOLORES]

I wouldn't put Tiger Barbs in a 10 gallon tank. They need to be in schools, and 5 Tiger Barbs, at 1.5 inches each, is quite a bit of fish. Besides, they would do better with more swimming room. Cherry Barbs are a good choice.

Angelfish are completely out of the question. You could have 3 cories (one of the smaller varieties, not bronze or albino), a betta, and 2 platies. If you want you can add a DWARF African clawed frog to either of these tanks; they eat food scraps, which is very useful for a small tank.

thanx for y'all advices!!! now i got this (i went shoppin )

10 us gallon tank
top fin filter 10
top fin heater 50W 8"
and some ornaments and a few plastic plants
and i put the stress coat and the stress zyme
and as sasha said im gonna put guppies, a panda cory, (if i found them) mm is nessesary and otto right? , well some gouramis mmm danios maybe few swordtails , is a glassfish good tankmate for these? maaaaybe mollies and platies if ne1 has suggestions im open minded!

thanx again for y'all help and time OH! and how long is it gonna take me to cycle this thing? and do i really need the test kit? i've saw one today in petsmart was for everythin, it was for 19.99 US$ mmm what do u recommend?
thanks again

ME

oh and here is the list of the kind of fishes that i liked!

Guppies: Purple Guppies, Blue Guppies, HP Blue Guppies, Metallic Blue Guppies
Sunrise Guppy

Cories : Panda

Platties: Blue Spotted Platy

Otos, 1 or 2

Gouramies: Pink Kissing Gourami, Honey Gourami, Blue Gourami

Danios : Zebra Danios, Gold Zebra Danios, Long Fin Leopard Danios

Swordtail: Red Wag Swordtails, Marigold Swordtail

Glassfishes

Tetras: Glowlight Tetras and Dawn Tetras

Thats all for now folks! thanx y'all for ur time reading me and ur help , i really appreciate!

 

[kgrehm]

Everyone has there own type of fish that they like, but i have noticed and talked to different pet shops and most of them all recomended mollies.

Thats what i did and i have had mine for a couple weeks and i am happy with them a lot more than any goldfish or betas.

Even though i like both

HTH

 

[DOLORES]

it did! thanx again! and yeah thats true everyone's has they're own type of fish
i go for guppies tetras and danios

 

[Sky042]

Are you planning to do the fishless cycle to prepare the tank for your fish?

 

[DOLORES]

thats what im think im doing..... hows that....i've put the stress coat and stress zyme and i think maybe im buying the fishes on saaturday.... or maybe trying to get them separates for me i dunno

 

[Sky042]

thats what im think im doing..... hows that....i've put the stress coat and stress zyme and i think maybe im buying the fishes on saaturday.... or maybe trying to get them separates for me i dunno

That isn't fishless cycling.
See the pinned topic at the top of this forum entitled "avoiding new tank syndrome" It'll be a real eye opener as to how to properly get started in this hobby.

 

[DOLORES]

oh thanx

 

[DOLORES]

um.... hello again i may sound a lil disturbing for you..... but now i have plastic plants....... and im so pissed off with me cuz the real ones were like 99cents *arghhhh* im soo pissed off.... oh well my question now is... can i mix the plastic ones with real ones? or should i take the plastic ones out..... i put the water today i guess theres time to change it ... (but not to return the plastic ones *argh*) well how do u actually work with live plants?!?!?!?!?! thaaaanx for reading meee , have a good one

 

[Sky042]

sure you could mix the live ones with the plastic ones.
What do you mean change your water? Do you already have fish?

 

[DOLORES]

oh no! i meant change all the plastic ones for the live ones sorry bout that . thanx!!