Intrepidcub

well i gave all my tropicals to my buddy to put in his 75 gallon. now i have my 10 gallon i dont knwo what to do with. i dont want another tropical tank not till i get a 55 gallon or bigger. my partner wants a couple of angel fish but will a 10 gallon be to small. i was thinkin a lil water turtle maybe. I jsut hate the idea of completely tearing down my cycled tank LOL/ I did take half the water for transport so im going to do a gravel vac and add some water and keep the water filtering till i figure something out how can i keep my cycle going till i decide?

Lucy

Sounds like a nice home for a betta!

Add a little fish food or pure ammonia (no additives) to keep the cycle going.

Beeker

A Betta!!!

Intrepidcub

I thought bettas were freaked out by large spaces?

Lucy

Some might be, just give them lots of plants to swim around and a little cave or something for them to hide in.

A couple of African Dwarf Frogs would go well in a 10g.

or

If PinkFloydPuffer was here, I know she's suggest a puffer.

mathas

A 10g is too small. I personally wouldn't do a pair of angels in less than a 29g.

You'll need to feed the bacteria, or it will die off. Fish food is one source, as it will decay without any fish to eat it, and that produces the ammonia necessary. Another alternative is pure liquid ammonia, if you're able to find it locally.

Beeker

Lucy,
You are beating me every time! It is neat though because you say the same things I would! I'm glad we think alike!

Lucy

ShaynaB

I vote betta!

GouramiGuy

amixed school of danio's would look nice and you will need only about a 10% water change weekly too keep them happy.
(I know from experience)

RTBS

10 gallon is way too big for a betta. Mine is in a 5 gallon now, because the previous one i had died in a 10 gallon when moved from a glass vase. i had plenty of tank decor and fact is that they just love small environments. get some small dwarf frogs as long as you have a completely enclosed lid that would be cool. too bad water turtles get so big because they are really nice to have when they are smaller.

however, personally i think the best thing to do with this type of tank is to use for when your cleaning your 55 gallon.

Lucy

I repectfully disagree about 10g being too large for a betta.
You'd have room for a couple of cories or ottos.

RTBS

If you add cories or ottos it may not be too big, and you would surely have a much easier task of cleaning the tank. Just remember bettas are very aggressive, so keep a close eye on them! It may be better to get female bettas rather then males if you are putting them in a tank with other fish. Very easy to tell a difference. Females have alot less going on with their tails and fins, almost appear to be like the kindergarden picture of a fish.

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Lucy

Ah yes, thank you.
Definetly keep your eye out for any territorial issues. Some bettas will accept them as tank mates, some won't.

Intrepidcub

well i have a lot to think about now. can you put dwarf frogs with fish what kind do they do best with ?>

Lucy

ADF's can go with mid dwelling peaceful fish, it's probably best to avoid bottom dwellers.

ADF's are slow to find their food and could easily starve if the fish get to the food first.
When I feed mine they stand on their back flippers waiting for blood worms to drift down. Most times they go right past them or even land on them, silly things. Then they forage around to find them in the gravel.

RTBS

I dont believe dwarf frogs can harm other fish, just dont get them confused with african or albino clawed frogs because these species can be very aggressive. I think they do well with all fish to be honest, ottos or serpae tetra would probably be best. Infact it is very hard to feed dwarf frogs and i only know them to eat bloodworms. The two i used to have never ate flakes and they were masters of escaping so once again be sure your hood is sealed tightly!!!

Lucy

Long finned serpaes can be terrible fin nippers so you'd have to be very careful.

Along with bloodworms mine eat tadpole bites.

RTBS

Very true, even though mine were find with serpae tetra two years ago i just read a complaint in this forum about them being fin nippers. get some daino or tetra... they are very nice schooling fish, and its sad to say that your dwarf frog will not be too active, so my opinion, your going to need some movement in your tank to make it entertaining. im sure black skirt tetra, neon tetra, phantom tetra, leopard daino, glofish even are very peaceful and also active. other species are surely great but remember you have a 10gal so id stay with a fish that remains under 2"...

Red1313

With the ten gal I'd say go heavily planted and add some Cory's or ottos, then once they're settled in go for a Betta. You could even put a Betta in by himself and he'd likely not mind. My female Betta loves it when she gets to "visit" the ten gal tank. (Some sort of emergency requiring her's.) However she's happy to have company in there to.
Good luck!

GouramiGuy

ADF would look cool with zebra danios!!

Intrepidcub

ok i think i want dwarf gourami, some zebra danios, and some neon tetras. can i d0 that and what kind of configuration in a 10 gallon?

Red1313

Ummmm.... I'm not an expert but I think that you could do a dwarf with either the neon of the zebra schools... However I've never had any of those fish so hopefully someone who knows for sure will be able to help you out on here soon.
Good Luck!

dalinturg

A ten gallon is just fine for a betta. My Betta is in a ten gallon with a couple of corys. Just make sure its has lots of plants and a couple of caves in it. My betta loves to swim through the plants.

Elleric

Id go for TWO bettas, then use a piece of plastic mesh as a home made divider (find details in the DIY section) One betta would do fine in 10G, but might not make use of the space, and i think we all know, two is better than one. just remember to give each a little bit of planting/hiding space