Help With My 10 Gallon Tank

[joselaz5780]

Hey guys, i have a 10 gallon tank and i have some fish in it, i am planning to change my fish. I am planning to get 6 neon tetras or bloodfin(which would be easier and better) 2-3 cory cats and one betta. Also, i would like to add a snail that won't reproduce too much or just won't reproduce(not expensive either) are these fish fine in a 10 gallon tank? The tank is ready to be filled with these new fish, also is the tetra disease easy to get? will it infect my tank like i would have to buy a new tank in order to have more fish?

 

[Smells a bit fishy]

Have your fish already got tetra disease then?

Most tetras are fin-nippers especially the smaller species, so they wouldn't be compatible with the betta.

With the snails I've heard apple snails can't reproduce on their own but I'm not confident with snails so wait for more suggestions with that one

 

[BarbH]

For snails the apple snail or also sold at pet stores as mystery snail would be good. The need to have a male and female to reproduce. On the corys they are a very social fish and should be kept within a group of at least 6.

 

[joselaz5780]

I was thinking maybe i can get platys instead of tetras? i like the redtail wag platy? is this good? i'm planning on getting around 5 of them

 

[fluttermoth]

Five platies would really be tha maximum amount of fish for a 10 gallon. You must make sure you get all males, or they will breed like rabbits and you'l be over-run in no time. Female platies will almost certainly already be pregnant when you buy them and, as they can store sperm for up to six months, you'd still end up with too many, even if you buy only females.

Cories need a 20 gallon tank as they do need to be in larger groups,; they also really need a sand substrate, not gravel.

 

[joselaz5780]

Five platies would really be tha maximum amount of fish for a 10 gallon. You must make sure you get all males, or they will breed like rabbits and you'l be over-run in no time. Female platies will almost certainly already be pregnant when you buy them and, as they can store sperm for up to six months, you'd still end up with too many, even if you buy only females.

Cories need a 20 gallon tank as they do need to be in larger groups,; they also really need a sand substrate, not gravel.

so what fish can i get, i would like to get a new list that would include many fish and that aren't expensive, i wouldn't want tetras or fish that mate too much, also fish that don't require big schools

 

[fluttermoth]

Why don't you have what my son has; a few male Endlers and some freshwater shrimp?

The fish are lovely and colourful and cheap and they're only small but they're lovely little chaps and the shrimps are awesome; they can swim upside down and balance on the smallest leaves!

They wouldn't make much mess and would be fantastically cheap to feed, nor would you need a massive filter, or a huge amount of decor; a couple of crytocorynes and a piece of driftwood with some moss on it and you'd be the envy of everybody, I promise

 

[joselaz5780]

I'm thinking of guppies... are they a good idea? will they mate a lot and how do i tell the difference between boys and girls because if they mate too much i might get all boys or all girls

 

[waterdrop]

Guppies are the most prolific of all. Males and females are quite easy to tell apart. I recommend you go over to the livebearer subforum and do some searches. I'm sure in the past there were some wonderful threads (or even pinned articles at the top perhaps) telling all about how to sex guppies complete with pictures.

~~waterdrop~~