Need Help Stocking Aquarium

[NeonTetraFish64500]

I'm restocking my ten gallon planted tank. I have 6 guppies right now. Can you guys suggest some fish middle and bottom swimming fish that I can add to my tank. I also have a snail problem. They are eating all my plants, how can it get rid of them.
Thanks!

 

[Wills]

Hi! Do you know the tank capacity in liters? Or the tank make and model? The size 10 gallon is often attributed to a few different sizes due to the confusion of imperial and metric gallons and also some manufacturers have them rated as if the whole inside would hold 10 gallons including the lid space. I have seen tanks called 10 gallons that range from 33 liters to 64 liters - ideally I am hoping you have a 64 liter
 
Reason I ask is some of these tanks could be fully stocked with 6 guppies. Especially if you have a mix of males and females.
 
In small tanks like this I prefer to stock them using micro fish. Most larger fish have smaller relatives. So instead of your Guppies I would have gone with Endlers, they are much smaler and just as colourful and look like mini guppies. In this mix you can add thinks like Galaxy Rasbora, Chilli Rasbora and Sparrow Raspora all are classed as Micro Rasboras and stay small which allows for larger schools in smaller tanks. Other options are Ember and Green Neon Tetras which are also quite small fish.
 
For bottom dwellers you need sand in a tank this small, but you could look at things like Pygmy Corydoras, Rosy Loaches and Dwarf Anchor Catfish. Though only 1 group of 1 species.
 
For some oddballs you could look at Cherry Shrimp or even if you can find them, Thai Micro Crabs - you could also get an assasin snail which will deal with your snail problem
 
Most of those fish would work with your guppies it just depends on how much space you have in there
 
An other way to deal with the snail problem, simply put a lettuce leaf into the tank and weight it down, turn the lights off, leave it for about 20 mins come back and it should have snails on it, take it out, throw it away with the snails and repeat until they are all gone
 
Wills

 

[NeonTetraFish64500]

Thanks! I have a 64 litre

 

[NeonTetraFish64500]

Would a dwarf puffer attack my guppies?

 

[Ninjouzata]

Very likely yes, puffs are usually best kept in species only tanks.

 

[Xzavier247]

Hi! Do you know the tank capacity in liters? Or the tank make and model? The size 10 gallon is often attributed to a few different sizes due to the confusion of imperial and metric gallons and also some manufacturers have them rated as if the whole inside would hold 10 gallons including the lid space. I have seen tanks called 10 gallons that range from 33 liters to 64 liters - ideally I am hoping you have a 64 liter

 
Reason I ask is some of these tanks could be fully stocked with 6 guppies. Especially if you have a mix of males and females.
 
In small tanks like this I prefer to stock them using micro fish. Most larger fish have smaller relatives. So instead of your Guppies I would have gone with Endlers, they are much smaler and just as colourful and look like mini guppies. In this mix you can add thinks like Galaxy Rasbora, Chilli Rasbora and Sparrow Raspora all are classed as Micro Rasboras and stay small which allows for larger schools in smaller tanks. Other options are Ember and Green Neon Tetras which are also quite small fish.
 
For bottom dwellers you need sand in a tank this small, but you could look at things like Pygmy Corydoras, Rosy Loaches and Dwarf Anchor Catfish. Though only 1 group of 1 species.
 
For some oddballs you could look at Cherry Shrimp or even if you can find them, Thai Micro Crabs - you could also get an assasin snail which will deal with your snail problem

 
Most of those fish would work with your guppies it just depends on how much space you have in there

 
An other way to deal with the snail problem, simply put a lettuce leaf into the tank and weight it down, turn the lights off, leave it for about 20 mins come back and it should have snails on it, take it out, throw it away with the snails and repeat until they are all gone

 
Wills

I was really confused about your post. 
So I did some research. 10 US gallon is 37.*** liters and 64 liters is 14 UK Gallons. LOL
Cherries are really hard to house with guppies. I know because I did it for a while. You are required to have lots of plants and hiding place for breeding to take place and for the shrimplets not to get eaten. But I do however recommend amano shrimps as they are bigger. Another Bottom feed would be some loaches. If you like loached check out kuhli loaches. They have beautiful bands on them and they look like eels to people who are not in the hobby lol

 

[Wills]

I was really confused about your post. 
So I did some research. 10 US gallon is 37.*** liters and 64 liters is 14 UK Gallons. LOL
 
 

 
Yeah that is right but... its not really down to the physical conversion its about what the manufacturer states on the box, there are loads of tanks that are called 10 gallons and they are actually 33 liters but there are some that are 64 liters and are still labeled as 10 gallons. Its just down to the typical inaccuracy of fish manufactuerers
 
Wills

 

[elmo666]

IMO most people inadvertently get the start off point wrong. Do your research first, have a clear idea what you would like to keep, species/numbers, check out your tap water chemistry. With all that in place go to your lfs and discuss a suitable tank to house what you'd like to keep. As said, 10 gallons isn't a great deal, micro species would give you various options.

 

[Wills]

Sorry totally missed your post about your actual tank size.
 
I was hoping it was 64 liter I would probably go for the Rosy Loaches or the Anchor Catfish as you can keep them in groups of 3-4 rather than the 10+ needed for the pygmy cories. You could probably go for some shrimp as well. I appreciate what Xzavier says up top but Guppys are not known for their predatory nature so I think if you have a good sized colony to start with and lots of hiding places it should work out
 
Unless you swapped the Guppies out for something smaller - Endlers for example I think that would be your tank pretty much stocked.
 
Wills

 

[GriffinC18]

Endlers are a great micro fish to keep, just sayin from expirenece and personal opinion. 
 
Some strains of endlers are more beautiful that guppies, just gotta look around if you are willing to pay $20-$40 bucks including shipping, cause most LFS have them mixed with guppies if they have a large guppy stock to choose from.
 
 
So you can either order them for the money (can get pure strain) or go to an LFS that has a wide variety of guppies and look at the body, size, color, and how they swim to decide if it's an endler or not (probably Class K, but would be way cheaper).

 

[NeonTetraFish64500]

The person I got it from said it was 10 gallons but on the box it says 5 gallons. I got a real 10 gallon and put them in.

 

[alexpb22]

I've just got some dwarf chain loaches and they're brill. They're always active and seem to spend loads of time off the bottom

 

[Wills]

Dwarf Chain Loaches are a bit big and active for a 10 gallon...
 
Wills