10gallonmadness

How many Cherry Barbs do you think I could keep in a 10 gallon with:
1 betta
2 Zebra Danios
1 Cory Cat

Or if I couldn't keep a good amount of Cherries with all the others I could forget about buying the Cory Cat . I do water changes every 1-2 weeks if you guys need to know too.

harpua2002

Cories are best kept in schools. Bettas aren't great tankmates for zebra danios, which are also best kept in schools. Cherry barbs are too active IMO for a 10 gallon, and would be a better fit for a 20 gallon.

10gallonmadness

Well... my Betta's doing fine with my Zebra Danios (Their cycling the tank). But do your recommend any other small fishies I could put in?

harpua2002

Ok, but in the long term the constant activity of the danios is probably going to stress the betta. Doing fine in the short term does not equal long term success. JMO.

cherrybarbboi

i have 2 cherrys in mi 10 gallon and their as happi as they could b because all mi other fish hang out at the top of the tank so they get the whole bottom. i find them pretty darn active at times but they also like to relax a lot so i think if you have 2 or 3
(which some will say u need 5 mine are doing perfect with what they have ive had them for a year now so its not shorterm) and a bunch of hiding places youd be good but i wouldnt put the betta with your danios i do think the danios and cherry barbs would get along good tho. id get a seperate tank for your betta if i were u

Lucy

I agree, I would get the betta a tank of it's own and maybe add a couple more danios.
Unfortunatly, as I found out when I first started 10g's doesn't give much of an option are far as stocking.
Or
Give the betta and cories the 10g and get a larger tank add a few more danios and get your cherry barbs

cherrybarbboi

hi lucy. it wuz funny how u hi-jacked mi post the other day lol i didnt rele care though because my question was answered as you said ( im trying to talk in whole words not text language for you) : )

Lucy

Tony G.

lol i remember too

jclee

Is the Betta male or female? One thing to consider is that male Bettas naturally live in fairly stagnant/slow moving water, so they don't often last too long in tanks with average/above average filter current. (I learned this the hard way about six years ago.) If you notice swelling just below the gills, he's reacting poorly to the current, and you may have to transfer him into a filterless container and do water changes. Another solution is to place plants in front of the filter's output to dull the current. If it's a female betta, you can ignore me. They do well in filtered tanks; in the wild, they leave the slow current waters for part of the year, so they can handle faster flowing water.

10gallonmadness

What does this swelling look like? Maybe you could send me a pic if you find one... Yes and its a male.

jclee

I haven't found a picture, but in my quest, I found a site with an easy to make guard that can slow the filter's current so that it is gentler on the betta:

http://www.petfish.net/kb/entry/347/

Also, if you haven't checked it out yet, this site has a good profile and tips on keeping bettas:

http://www.fishlore.com/Profiles-Betta.htm

If you use the "search Fishlore" box at the top left of the home page, and type in " betta filter current," a bunch of postings come up in the results that might have other tips and suggestions for you. I wish I could rediscover the site that explained it to me the first time around, because I found that very helpful, but it was a few years ago, so it might have been taken down.

I hope he's been doing well with the other fish in the tank.

Ga-rr-ett

bettas are best kept alone or with bottom feeders like corys. zebra danios get very nippy with other fish if you dont have at least 6 of them.
i would also would have at least 5 cherry barb just because they do better in schools.
and you wouldn't be able fit all that in your ten gallon.

you should ether buy a bigger tank or change your plans about what fish to get.

one last thing don't do a live cycle its just cruel

hope this helps