i need help choosing fish for my 10 gal!!!

anna338 · 07-11-2008, 09:32 PM

hello everyone,
i have a 10 gallon tank which has a full grown pearl gourami, a few neon tetras and 1 loner white cloud in it. i am planning on giving the pearl gourami to our local pet store, they are very nice people, and have promised me they will find him a new home.
i want to fill the tank with some new fishes.

does anyone have any ideas of what fish combos can go in?

i want to know if a dwarf gourami, 2 platies (female, yes i know they will most likey have babies!), a small sucker fish (are there any catfish or bottom feeders that STAY small?), and the neons still in there be ok? (oh and also with a few live plants)

thank-you!!!

tiffsplaties88 · 07-12-2008, 10:18 AM

i do know that the gourami will more than likely gobble up all baby platies because i had one in with i believe a balloon molly and we unfortunately watched him gobble up every last baby no matter what we did to try and save them until we could catch theml.

justintrask · 07-12-2008, 01:40 PM

i think that the stocking would be absolutely perfect. This is what I would recommend:

Dwarf Gourami
2 Female Platies
3 Oto's (small sucker-mouth fishes that eat algae like its their jobs)
5-7 Neon Tetras.

For plants, get a nice mixture of floating plants, and some java fern, and there is a good chance that some of the fry may actually survive!

Blue Cray · 07-12-2008, 02:26 PM

I'd go and take all the fish back and get an Electric Blue Crayfish and 5 - 7 hatchet fish and keep the tank without a heater.

fishboy689 · 07-24-2008, 05:40 AM

There are some plecos that stay small, I think they can grow up to 15 cm.

Justintrask's combo of fish would look great.
But im not sure about the crayfsh, since they escape really easily.

Pac-Man · 07-24-2008, 12:43 PM

You might be able to get away with an ancistrus sp., but just stick to the otos. I would do a bunch of cardinal tetras and some plants.

07-11-2008, 09:32 PM	#1
anna338 aussie! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: AUSTRALIA! Posts: 38	i need help choosing fish for my 10 gal!!! hello everyone, i have a 10 gallon tank which has a full grown pearl gourami, a few neon tetras and 1 loner white cloud in it. i am planning on giving the pearl gourami to our local pet store, they are very nice people, and have promised me they will find him a new home. i want to fill the tank with some new fishes. does anyone have any ideas of what fish combos can go in? i want to know if a dwarf gourami, 2 platies (female, yes i know they will most likey have babies!), a small sucker fish (are there any catfish or bottom feeders that STAY small?), and the neons still in there be ok? (oh and also with a few live plants) thank-you!!!

07-12-2008, 02:26 PM	#4
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07-12-2008, 10:18 AM	#2
tiffsplaties88 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Age: 20 Posts: 46	i do know that the gourami will more than likely gobble up all baby platies because i had one in with i believe a balloon molly and we unfortunately watched him gobble up every last baby no matter what we did to try and save them until we could catch theml.

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justintrask Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Allston, MA Age: 21 Posts: 349	i think that the stocking would be absolutely perfect. This is what I would recommend: Dwarf Gourami 2 Female Platies 3 Oto's (small sucker-mouth fishes that eat algae like its their jobs) 5-7 Neon Tetras. For plants, get a nice mixture of floating plants, and some java fern, and there is a good chance that some of the fry may actually survive!

07-24-2008, 05:40 AM	#5
fishboy689 Addicted to water Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 125	There are some plecos that stay small, I think they can grow up to 15 cm. Justintrask's combo of fish would look great. But im not sure about the crayfsh, since they escape really easily.

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