What's the best option in your opinion for my 10g?

[BettaFishGirl]

I am looking for some suggestions for my 10g tank. It will be fully planted and I am hoping my Betta could go in there. Ph is neutral, and my smaller planted tank with multiple fish has been doing great for over 6 months. I would appreciate other suggestions, as I am still learning about fishkeeping!

 

[Essjay]

None of those options. In a 10 gallon, 1 betta. Just 1 betta, nothing else except perhaps a snail.
Shoaling fish need to be small to fit a 10 gallon, and they'd probably spend their lives in fear of that big predator sharing their tank.

If you have soft to very soft water, maybe a large shoal of one of the Boraras species, without a betta. That's fish like chili rasboras, Boraras brigittae.

 

[10 Tanks]

Hello Girl. A 10 gallon tank is really very small for more than a Betta. Half the water will need to be changed a couple of times a week at least. Otherwise, the nitrogen produced from the fish waste and whatever food the fish doesn't eat will foul the tank water in just a few hours. Maybe you should wait until you can get a larger tank to have several fish.

10 Tanks (Now 11)

 

[Byron]

The very first thing to ascertain are the water parameters, referring especially to the GH (general hardness) and pH of the source (tap) water. In a small tank, small fish (often termed nano fish) will usually be suited space-wise, but these may be wild caught and have very specific preferences, especially over the hardness. Once we know the parameters of your tap water, it will be more reliable for us to suggest species.

 

[Fishies4Ever]

The he’s option probably the embers, shrimp, and snails. I would only recommend one snail since you will also have the shrimp. Betas don’t do super well with community fish because they are aggressive. It can work sometime but it has to be a bigger tank. Endlers are really pretty but since they are live bearers your tank will soon be overrun.

 

[BettaFishGirl]

The he’s option probably the embers, shrimp, and snails. I would only recommend one snail since you will also have the shrimp. Betas don’t do super well with community fish because they are aggressive. It can work sometime but it has to be a bigger tank. Endlers are really pretty but since they are live bearers your tank will soon be overrun.

Could I keep only male Endlers or would they bully each other?

 

[Fishies4Ever]

Could I keep only male Endlers or would they bully each other?

I’m not really sure I have never owned any but I have had guppies in a 29 gallon before. A good option would be to have another kind of fish that might eat some of the offspring to keep the numbers down a bit. You could also sell them or give them to a local pet store to re home or sell

 

[Essjay]

Male endlers won't bully each other. They will display to each other and probably try to mate with each other, but that's what many livebearers do. But you need middling to hard water for endlers. If your tap water is soft to very soft, endlers are not suitable.

Are you on mains water or well water?
If it's mains, your water provider's website should give your hardness. Look for a number and the unit of measurement (there are several they could use).
If you are on a well, many LFS will test your tap water. But if they use strips, you need to be aware that some brands can't measure very high so if you have hard water these strips can't tell you that.

 

[BettaFishGirl]

Thank you! My Ph is neutral, and the hardness of my water is 100-120 mg/L, so slightly hard. I am on mains, so I looked it up on the website.

 

[Byron]

A GH of 100-120 ppm (= 6 dH) is soft water. Forget any livebearers. But there are many soft water "nano" species that do very well in this size of tank.

 

[BettaFishGirl]

Great to know. So Betta, neon/cardinal tetras, ember tetras, dwarf rasboras? Would those do well?

 

[Slaphppy7]

Great to know. So Betta, neon/cardinal tetras, ember tetras, dwarf rasboras? Would those do well?

Ember tetras would work in a 10G, for sure, I have 14 of them in mine

Neon tetras often times have health issues, and cardinals get too large for a tank that size, and need more swimming room

The embers would prefer plenty of live plants to make them comfortable

 

[BettaFishGirl]

Ok, I have some neons in a smaller tank, could those go in too or no? I'm still fairly new to the hobby, so sorry if I'm asking a lot of questions! Also the unit of measurement on my water was mg/L, not ppm, so it said 100-120mg/L. Thank you!

 

[Slaphppy7]

Ok, I have some neons in a smaller tank, could those go in too or no? I'm still fairly new to the hobby, so sorry if I'm asking a lot of questions! Also the unit of measurement on my water was mg/L, not ppm, so it said 100-120mg/L. Thank you!

Smaller than 10G?...if so, they DO need a bigger tank, for sure

DO NOT apologize for asking questions...that's how we all have learned

 

[BettaFishGirl]

Ok, cool. Could I possibly put my Betta in there? He's been with other fish for months and is fine with it. Or would that make it too overstocked?