10 Gallon Tank Nano Fish Ideas

[greenpepper]

Hi everyone,
I need a bit of help stocking my 10 gallon planted tank. I already have an assortment of Nano species including CPDs , Scarlet Badis and Dwarf Emerald Rasboras. Naturally I have fallen in love with them. I was thinking rummynose rasbora but they are tough to find and I know there is plenty of nano fish I am unaware of. Thank you for your suggestions

 

[Sanderguy777]

Hi everyone,
I need a bit of help stocking my 10 gallon planted tank. I already have an assortment of Nano species including CPDs , Scarlet Badis and Dwarf Emerald Rasboras. Naturally I have fallen in love with them. I was thinking rummynose rasbora but they are tough to find and I know there is plenty of nano fish I am unaware of. Thank you for your suggestions

You have the ones in mind, or in hand?
I would do a cool blue strain of guppies, but that's me lol. (If you dont have a place for fry to grow, then make sure you get all males....)

 

[greenpepper]

You have the ones in mind, or in hand?
I would do a cool blue strain of guppies, but that's me lol. (If you dont have a place for fry to grow, then make sure you get all males....)

I do have the CPDs, Scarlet Badis and Dwarf Emerald Rasbora. Was thinking rummynose but I do like the idea of a guppy tank.

 

[Sanderguy777]

I do have the CPDs, Scarlet Badis and Dwarf Emerald Rasbora. Was thinking rummynose but I do like the idea of a guppy tank.

How many of each?

 

[Ouse]

Harlequin rasboras and ember tetras are both excellent starter nano fish. I speak from experience.

 

[BigManAquatics]

My nano fish tank i am planning will have pygmy cories and some harlequin rasboras. Or maybe some chilis if i can find them instead.

 

[ProudPapa]

Sparkling gouramis and Corydoras pygmaeus.

 

[KingJamal2]

Harlequin rasboras and ember tetras are both excellent starter nano fish. I speak from experience.

Herlequin rasboras are a no go in a 10 gallon. they're way too active for a 10g

 

[Ouse]

Herlequin rasboras are a no go in a 10 gallon. they're way too active for a 10g

Would ember tetras also be too active for a 10 gallon? I’ve seen them many times in nano aquariums before.

I can confirm that harlequin rasboras are some of the tougher of the rasboras but if a 10 gallon isn’t spacious enough even for a small shoal of at least six then I’d reconsider.

 

[FishGuy89]

I have a small school of ember tetras and CPDs in a planted 10 together, and they all get along great. Gonna change it up though--the tank is too distant from the couch, so it needs a little bit bigger fish in there. Bought a 14 gallon cube, so some of the 10 gallon fish might end up in there.

 

[SnookusFish]

I think that's pretty full for a 10g, if anything I would add some pygmy corys and amano shrimp

 

[KingJamal2]

Yeah. What Snookus said. If you were looking to do different fish, and rehome the ones in there, embers would be fine. I have a school of 12 in my 11g

 

[greenpepper]

I think that's pretty full for a 10g, if anything I would add some pygmy corys and amano shrimp

Sorry if I was confusing in the original post but I have the previously mentioned fish in a 29 gallon, not in a 10. I like the idea of having Pygmy corys but maybe bamboo shrimp or too small for a shrimp that size?

I think that's pretty full for a 10g, if anything I would add some pygmy corys and amano shrimp

Sorry if I was confusing in the original post but I have the previously mentioned fish in a 29 gallon, not in a 10. I like the idea of having Pygmy corys but maybe bamboo shrimp or too small for a shrimp that size?

 

[Ouse]

Sorry if I was confusing in the original post but I have the previously mentioned fish in a 29 gallon, not in a 10. I like the idea of having Pygmy corys but maybe bamboo shrimp or too small for a shrimp that size?

Bamboo shrimp grow to about the same size as amano shrimp and will sit in the current to catch food particles. As long as there is no smaller shrimp a few bamboo shrimp should be ok. Shrimp produce very little waste and are light on the bioload.

 

[KingJamal2]

Bamboo in the 10g is no good. They need lots of flow as well, so a canister filter is best

best option for a 10 gallon would be Pygmy corys and/or ember Tetras
Bamboo in the 10g is no good. They need lots of flow as well, so a canister filter is best

best option for a 10 gallon would be Pygmy corys and/or ember Tetras

 

[Sanderguy777]

Bamboo shrimp grow to about the same size as amano shrimp and will sit in the current to catch food particles. As long as there is no smaller shrimp a few bamboo shrimp should be ok. Shrimp produce very little waste and are light on the bioload.

Issue with the bamboo shrimp is they need flow, WITH food in it, so just having a filter output might not work well. I tried them in a 60g with a MASSIVE matten filter setup, and the one I had died (probably because it literally crawled over the filter foam, into the filter, and then starved since all food was stopped by the foam).

All that to say, I'd you want them, do a lot of research to find a good setup, then look for other critters that work in THAT setup. Don't build a system, then expect the bamboo shrimp to just adapt like I did.

Habrosis corys might be a good option, they are REALLY active in my experience. They should be able to go in a 10g with guppies ok (though in a 20g, unless you have a place for fry, I'd only get male guppies...)

 

[Ouse]

Issue with the bamboo shrimp is they need flow, WITH food in it, so just having a filter output might not work well. I tried them in a 60g with a MASSIVE matten filter setup, and the one I had died (probably because it literally crawled over the filter foam, into the filter, and then starved since all food was stopped by the foam).

All that to say, I'd you want them, do a lot of research to find a good setup, then look for other critters that work in THAT setup. Don't build a system, then expect the bamboo shrimp to just adapt like I did.

Habrosis corys might be a good option, they are REALLY active in my experience. They should be able to go in a 10g with guppies ok (though in a 20g, unless you have a place for fry, I'd only get male guppies...)

Mine are in a 30 gallon with a Fluval 307 external filter and they sit on the pipe to filter feed. It’s quite cute to watch but I wasn’t sure why they were staying up there when I first got them. I didn’t see why they’d behave and feed any differently to say, amano shrimp, for example.

 

[KingJamal2]

It’s because bamboo shrimp are fanning shrimp. If they’re picking for food, that’s a bad thing

 

[Evergreen2]

Chili Rasbora might be a good fit, they are tiny. Exclamation Point or Phoenix Rasboras also.

 

[RedOnion]

Would ember tetras also be too active for a 10 gallon? I’ve seen them many times in nano aquariums before.

I can confirm that harlequin rasboras are some of the tougher of the rasboras but if a 10 gallon isn’t spacious enough even for a small shoal of at least six then I’d reconsider.

I have them in my 10g planted and they seem perfectly good in it. They arent the fastest swimmers.

 

[Ouse]

It’s because bamboo shrimp are fanning shrimp. If they’re picking for food, that’s a bad thing

They spend most of their time fanning anyways but originally I just thought they weren’t fairing well.