Taking pictures helps with getting a better sense for minor changes in colors...
eaglesaquarium said:Taking pictures helps with getting a better sense for minor changes in colors...
the_lock_man said:Too much, IMHO.
Suggestions
A shoal of 6 of Chill Rasbora, Lambchop Rasbora, Celestial Pearl Danio, or similar small
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A pair of either Peacock Goby, or Scarlet Badis, or a 4-5 group of male Endlers.
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4/5 male Guppies
Thanks again for your advice. My tank is tall rather than wide (I know - not the best shape!) so that is why I thought I should get some bottom, middle and top dwellers.the_lock_man said:In a 10gal, there ain't much difference between top and bottom.
If you want cories (and frankly, who can blame you), then you need 6, and that's your shoaling fish done, having another shoal of chillis would be OTT.
Peacock Gobies generally stay near the bottom, if you wanted to push stocking a little, then 2 pairs of these + the chillis would work, or you could sub the chillis for pygmy cories, which can often go midwater. The other dwarf cory species are much more exclusive to the bottom.
the_lock_man said:Tall tanks restrict your stocking further, because there is less surface area than a wide tank - and it's at the surface that oxygen enters the water. The greater the surface area, the better the oxygenation of the water.
I would have to say to go with whichever shoaling midwater species you want, and then either the peacocks or the scarlet badis (1 pair only of either). I definitely think that no gourami species is going to be suitable.
You can add them all at once after your cycle is established.