10 Gallong Tank Setup Help!

[athao04]

Hi Everyone!

I have a 10 gallon tank thats been up and running for about 1 1/2 months. I want some lively, but small fish. If anyone could suggest some great setups with fish/fishes that would be great! I was thinking of getting some Neolamprologus multifasciatus but Im not sure. I also want to get some smaller fishes such as Guppies or Endlers. Ive gotten a TON of bettas, but they are in their separate tanks, I just want some nice suggestions for a 10g that people have made before! Thanks in advanced for the advice!

 

[the_thiemes]

Hey i was in the "new to the hobby" forums and they have a post all about 10 gal. tanks with some cool ideas.
Maybe check it out.
but whatever you do, don't over stock it, thats sadly what I am dealing with at this time.

 

[minxfishy]

Id say endlers or a single Dwarf Puffer

 

[athao04]

Thanks you two! I will definitely look into both.

 

[jonny_dw]

have a look at the different variations of danios. Very lively fish and stay small

 

[Ficious]

you could get away with 4 or 5 dwarf puffers.

 

[athao04]

I haven't checked out Danios yet, but I will give a look into them after class today!

 

[TylerFerretLord]

I wouldn't do the danios, they're far too active to be in a small tank even though they would fit.

 

[mark.w.jones]

you could get away with 4 or 5 dwarf puffers.

In a tank that size you can really only keep them as single or 2 maximum I'm afraid although I would be inclined to keep a single with maybe a few ottos. There's any article here about them:

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Some decent small sized species are:

Cherry Barbs
Harlequin Rasboras
Galaxy rasboras
Dwarf (Spotted) Rasboras
Endlers
Pygmy cories (Corydoras pygmaeus, harbrosus, hastatas)
Sparkling gouramis
Honey Gouramis
Platies (although a little on the big size at 2")
guppies
Most Shrimp species
Some danio sp. and tetra sp. are small enough but are too active IMO for anything less than a 20 gallon tank.

 

[athao04]

Thanks Jonesy

 

[Shrimper]

I would say Dwarf Shrimp... 10 Gal is a great size for a shrimp tank

 

[blodhi74]

Endlers and Pygmy cories as mentioned above.