Which One Fish Variety Should I Keep?

[Confused]

I am planning to have a 10 gallons aquarium with plenty of plants. Am interested in keeping just one variety of fish which don’t grow too big. Being a starter, would anyone care to suggest which is the most hardy & easy to keep fish and how many of it should I keep? (I am not interested in livebearers so please suggest non-livebearers).

 

[Jesseh]

Ifound that a cool fish to have for a beginner is a Swordtail. I've allways liked the looks of them and their a farily easy fish to keep. An other would be Tetras if you get a bunch of the same type of tetras it can look very cool, especialy Neon Tetras. If you want to keep it simple, I love Comet and Fantailed Goldfish( But they are very messy )

-Jess

 

[Silverlady]

Whatever you get keep to small fish , if you go by the 1inch to the gallon rule you could have about 12 small fish.

Dont get gold fish they need 10 Gallons each.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Cherry barbs would do well in this tank. They like it planted as they are a little shy. A trio (1 male, 2 females) would still leave room for a little group of the smaller corydoras- though if you wanted a single species tank, you could have 6 barbs instead.
Another suggestion is a school of 6 glowlight tetras.
Or 4 honey gouramis (1 male+ a harem)


I would do a fishless cycle first.

 

[scubadoo]

In a small well planted tank - it has to be cardinal tetras every time.

I know its been done time & time again, but there's a reason for this - against a lush green bachround those little blue & red beauties look great !

But make sure you thoroughly cycle your tank first - preferably fishless

 

[Miss Wiggle]

rummy noses tetra's are another possibility, just a little bit different and they're quite cool, or harlequin rasbora's.

i also like dwarf gourami's idea of a trio of cherry barbs and soem small cory's

 

[community begginer]

i would have to recomend corries. ive never had a death with them and they seem to me as a pretty hardy fish if they can withstand my still cycling tank.
numbers? i would say 6 or more (but defenitly no less than 6).. they are a shoaling fish and love company.
from what i have observed with my corries they dont eat the plants so you shouldnt have a problem with them nibbling on them.

community begginer