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September 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| New aquarium... help
Hi everybody
I have a new 10 gallon aquarium and I was just thinking about what to do with it.. any ideas 
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September 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Hi jay95, welcome to Fishlore!! | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Welcome to Fishlore
Freshwater planted tank and you need an aquascape idea(jk but it would look better). Sometimes you can find suitable things for your tank from the yard. | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| ok, but what fish? seen as its only a 10g I thought about lots of shrimp, with 1 betta or somethimng similiar... | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Dwarf Gourami
German Blue Ram Cichild
Neon Tetras
A snail
Betta aren't so great for community tanks. It can work out or the betta will be stressed. | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| german blue rm in 10g .... anyway I dont think it will be a community tank seen as that is my 15g tank | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Hello Jay and Welcome to Fish Lore. Congrats on the new 10g. I like your idea of a Betta although I don't have experience with keeping them with shrimp. I'm sure you'll get some more responses soon.
Best of luck and keep us posted.
Ken  | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| thanks  | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| hey, how about :
1 dwarf gourami
5 neons
5 cherry shrimp | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I think a betta would look nice in a 10 gallon but I'm not sure about keeping them with shrimp. Maybe you could have a betta in a planted tank?
I don't really know anything about the cherry shrimps but I'm sure somebody will come along that does. | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| ok, thanks anyway | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by jay95  hey, how about :
1 dwarf gourami
5 neons
5 cherry shrimp | that would be cool..but have a bunch of plants and hiding spots for the DG....I like this much better than your ram idea  Quote:
Originally Posted by Time Keeper Dwarf Gourami
German Blue Ram Cichild
Neon Tetras
A snail
Betta aren't so great for community tanks. It can work out or the betta will be stressed. | in a 10 gal? that would be a war zone and IMO would be way overcrowded! | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| the german blue ram wasnt my idea | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by jay95 the german blue ram wasnt my idea |  I was referring to this thread of yours German blue ram 10g?? didnt have a clue whose idea it was just gave my opinion  | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| haha ok | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| come on.. isnt there anyone with any ideas?? | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| 1 Dwarf Gourami
3 Cory Cats | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Shawnie in a 10 gal? that would be a war zone and IMO would be way overcrowded! | Lol sorry, I got too used to my 20. I was actually going to suggest tiger barbs.
Cory Cats do better in groups of 6.
Dwarf Gourami
Guppies
Pygmy Cory | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Welcome to Fishlore! 
In a ten gallon... hmm... Personally i would make it something unique, maybe you could heavily plant it and add some Endler's or maybe a DG and 4 cory's
You could also breed guppies
Its good that you aren't going with a GBR. IMO they shouldnt be housed in anything smaller than a 20g
Tiger barbs, also preffer a school of larger than 8, and they get to 3 inches, so even if you went by the 1" per gallon rule (which has many flaws) you would be overstocked, again, i wouldnt keep that kind of fish in something smaller than a 20g.
I like this one:
1 DG
5 Neons
5 Cherry shrimp
like you suggested, you could even bump the neons to 6, if you stayed on top of WC's | |
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September 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| What about a pygmy puffer fish, OR a colony of endlers/guppies,OR some shellies, OR you could do 6 Neons and a honey/sparkling gourami OR if you wanna do a slightly brackish you could have bumble bee gobies. There are plenty of fish that can go in a 10 gallon comfortably, if you look around  | |
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September 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| I like Glofish. ^_^ Yeah, they're pretty much Zebra Danios...but they come in neon colors. | |
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September 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| ok, thank you all very much!!! | |
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September 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| I agree with the honey gourami idea - they're very timid peaceful fish that only get to about 1-1/2 inches, so they would fit well in a 10g, but it would need to be heavily planted so they wouldn't feel stressed. They would only like other slow, easy-going tank mates (they wouldn't like danios). You could certainly add varieties of shrimp or mystery snails. Let us know what you decide
Edit: If you do go with the honey dwarf gourami, make certain it's the Trichogaster chuna because there is a bigger kind that is sometimes called a honey gourami and they are aggressive and get to 6"!!!
Last edited by iloveengl; September 14th, 2009 at 05:58 AM.
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September 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| honey gourami with 6 neons and 5 shrimp... what do you think? | |
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September 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Will it be heavily planted? | |
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September 14th, 2009
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| yep | |
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September 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Then it sounds pretty awesome to me. I'd like to hear what others who have experience with neons have to say, but I like it. | |
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September 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| It sounds like a nice tank Post pics when you get the fish! | |
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September 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| okand thank you all for your help | |
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