mighty565

What would YOU put in it? and be specefic you cant just say some zebra danios you have to give the number of zebra danios you want to put in the tank.

So the question is...

What would you put in a 10 gallon freshwater tank??

platy ben

i would divide it and have 2 bettas

mighty565

Im not too much of a fan of dividing tanks

Chief_waterchanger

I would LOVEEEEE to do a heavily planted, highly fertilized, good plant-growing dirt substrate with a dozen kuhli loaches in a 10g. (They are longer, but again the 1" per gallon rule is rubbish and does not apply to something as thin as they are with such a low bioload.)

mighty565

12 kuhli loaches wow i guess that tank would look cool what if you would want a nice colorful tank

Chief_waterchanger

There 3 or 4 colors of kuhli loaches (silver, brown, orange, black, pinkish...) along with the different colors of plants... browns, reds, yellows, greens, and dozens of shades of each color.

But as far as colorful fish, other than kuhlis...

A pair of curvicepts, they may be dull grayish when not breeding, but in breeding colors they look gorgeous.

"wild bettas" The non splenden species, such as: Falx, mahachai, coccina, and there are literally dozens more. (Most of which can be kept in groups of 2 or more.)

morganrules

that is an excellent idea chief

Pandora

I'd do more wild bettas! Some of them are very colourful, and they're really neat in terms of personality too. Most of the smaller ones to quite well in groups in a 10 gal

mighty565

Ok you guys which tank set up is better....

4-5 Platys
and 4 pygmy cories or 3 julii cories

Or

1 male betta
and 6 pygmy cories

So which stocking do you like better??

It doesnt mean im setteled in with these thoughts their just Ideas id still like to hear more on what you'd put in a 10 gallon tank

platy ben

when you say pygmy cories do you mean these, http://www.azgardens.com/images/corydorus_hastatus.gif
Black diamond corys

Allie

Not a good idea with all the diseases being spread these days.
I would have a trio of otos and a betta in a 10g planted. Quarantined before you put them together.

rifter098

i would do a heavily planted, high light, pro co2 sys tank and stock it with 4 black diamond pygmy corys, 3 otos, and a red double-tail butterfly betta (male)

Lucy

That would over stock a 10g and since ottos are sensitive to their water, you'd have to keep a close eye on the water parameters and do more maintenance.

rifter098

otos clean up about as much as they produce, so they dont really count towards the 1"/gal rule...also, with a heavily planted tank, u dont have to worry much about overstocking (to a point) as the plants will take in most of the nitrates, and extra stuff that the bacteria can thandle

Lucy

ottos clean fish waste?

I don't know how long mighty has kept fish, if he's a beginner, it's best to keep the stock low till he gets more experienced.

rifter098

idk...ive just heard that from other people on here and other sites that have had them for years

o...i thought we were just saying what we would do with it lol my bad

mighty565

Lucy I have kept fish for about 3 or 4 months I dont think my tank is aged enough for otocincluses.

rifter dont feel bad, in this forum you can put what you could do in a 10 gallon tank and what I could put in it so feel free to share your ideas

clinton1621

I have otos in a tank thats less than 2 months old lol, but they need good water quality, algae to eat and proper acclimation (most die because of improper acclimation). Like Lucy said, stay small to start out, only a couple of fish until you feel comfortable with how things are going and you get a feel for how to care for your fish and tank =)