What kind of fish do you have in a ten gallon aquarium (tank)?
by Aquaboy on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 | 20 Comments
Only answer this question if you have a 10 gallon tank plese! No stupid answers!
Only answer if you have a tank plese! No stupid answers!
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Coi
For such a small space I would just keep a few tropical fish something small. Like neons or tetras.
please… one inch of fish per gallon of water (adult size)
i would put about 6 fish in a ten gallon tank because their going to need the space. the type of fish i would put in a ten gallon are: platies, tetras, neon’s, mollies, fish that get about medium size when they are full grown.
I would put in a few dozen trout and maybe an octopus.
I had a 10 gallon nano reef once- no fish- just coral and a fire shrimp- that was my 10 gallon saltwater set up.
My 10 gallon freshwater set up had Glofish or zebra danio which glow in the dark- which made for such a cute display under blacklight that my neice begged for it. When I trusted her to be responsible enough to take good care of the fish, I gave her the tank.
Other suitable fish for a 10 gallon tank- single dwarf gourami, neon tetras, single betta, and I once saw a pair of killifish in a 10 gallon set up and those are pretty fish. You could have guppies, and/or white clouds if you desire…just remember the general rule. You must allow for 1-2 gallons of water for the total adult size of your fish. So if your fish are going to be 2 inch long as adults, you can have 3-5 fish in there. The fewer fish you keep, the less the bioload- i.e less frequent waterchanges and easier care of fish.
10 gallons is small, you shouldnt have anything that will grow or it will be miserable..
My first fishtank was 10 gallons and we had a small oscar, and some tetras.. at least for a while.. the oscar ate everything before I had to move and gave it to a friend..
so yea.. I say tetras are cool to watch
one beta
tiger barbs
I like the little live bearers and I keep those in a smaller tank. The fancy guppies are fine in there, mollies, and platy’s all do well. Right now I am running an 8 gallon with 3 pregnant guppies and two swordtails. They are also a live bearer. They eat the babies when they have them but they are fun to watch and I have another small aquarium that I fish baby into to live until they get bigger if I want to dink around with them.
Just wanted to add the ten gallon is just fresh water. If your doing salt water I find the smaller size kind of hard to moderate to keep anything alive and I don’t mess with salt tanks.
I have one with a lot a Corydoras, two American Flagfish. Another tank with a pair of Kribensis, they have bred now many times. You can keep a few platys or guppies too. Don’t put too many fish!
MOSQUITO
right now I have baby convicts. plan to put tiger barbs when I find a home for the babies.
A BIG ONE
Ten gallon tanks are small,
I keep Endler’s Live Bearers (Wingei’s live bearer now) they are kind of a cousin to guppies. If I left them alone they would eventually have so many babies they would over crowd the tank. So I take some out every so often and put them in other tanks.
I do have a couple other ten gallon tanks. I keep Multifasciatus shell dwellers in one and they just had about thirty babies, Soooo tiny. like a couple millimeters long.
Mollys, tux, and guppys.
currently my ten gallon has two black mollies and a pleco in it.you need a gallon of water for every inch of fish.
I keep fry or babies in a 10 gallon. I also use 10 gallon tanks as a hospital tank for sick fish. Other than that, I prefer larger tanks. A 10 gallon tank is rather limited on what type and how many fish one can put in the tank. Great for tetras, molly’s and such. I would suggest getting a larger tank if you have the means.
mollies are good…small and come in different varieties, they are a hardy fish so are good for a new tank. Green tiger barb are a lovely looking fish and both of these types get on well with each other.