Two 10 G Tanks To Stock

[FBTgirl2]

I have two working and empty 10 gallon tanks, one has a heater and one does not but they both have filters. Suggestions? Here is my idea for for them but need your approval.

1st tank with heater:
-2 apple snails
-5 male guppies
-3 neon tetra's

2nd tank without heater:
-2 Black Moor Goldfish (Until they get bigger I will get a bigger tank)
or
-5 minnows

Suggestions/Idea's?

 

[didz04]

The first tank should be fine.
The second tank - I bought 5 minnows for my 10 gallon tank 3 years ago and to be honest i found them quite boring to just have them you could add a siamese fighter (male) It will add more colour.
Also i have realised that when the White Cloud mountain minnows are in a heated tank their colours seem to come out more, they show their red tails more like they are happy. One of mine lived for over a year and a half after almost fully grown in the heated tank and his colour showed up more.
They are nice shoaling fish but seem better in a community tank when there are other varieties.

The other option of black moor would be really nice i think only of course later if you can afford to upgrade for them or rehome then in a bigger tank or pond.
They are really entertaining in the way they swim with their huge eyes lol.

Hope this Helps

 

[Honeythorn]

Tetras need bigger groups than 3, a group of 8 minimum is best for them


DON'T put any goldfish of any sort in a 10 gal, they won't grow much and you'll end up stunting them. Also, constant upgrades to coincide with the growth of the fish is expensive and leaves you with a lot of empty tank you may not have space for. With a large growing species like goldfish, it honestly is much cheaper for you ( in the long run ) , and safer for the fish to get a large tank to begin with ( a pair of fancies like moors needs around 55 gals )



A better idea for your unheated 10 gallon is to simply get a heater from ebay ( they're cheaper on there) as this will increase the types of fish you can choose from for a tank that size.

With a heater in both tanks you could go for some small rasboros, such as Galaxy rasboros, or chilli rasboros, or perhaps some tiny ember tetras or Normans lampeye killifish, you could try male endlers which are very small bright and active, or a group of female bettas, or even honey gouramis

For bottom dwellers, pygmy or Hasborous cories are good, or perhaps a bulldog plec.

Or if you just wanted a single showpiece fish, then either a single male betta or a dwarf gourami.


You could also divide the tank with a mesh divider to accomodate two male bettas, each in his own 5 gallon section.

Shrimp you could have quite a lot of in both tanks, as they produce such low waste it won't affect your water quality. Apple snails you have to be more careful wih as they do produce some noticable waste due to size. It's reccomended for 2 gallons per apple snail.

Considering the amount of choice you have with a heated tank of that size,compared to an unheated one , getting a heater is really not that much of an expense or inconvenience.

 

[Forestpisces]

I fully agree with honeythorn on this one, adding a heater gives you so much more choice you could create a mini community with think lipped gourami and anice shoal of fish with some bottom dwellers such as cories or kuhli loach. Or try something more unusual. A single dwarf cichlid such as an aggazizi would be fine in a 10g with a shoal of small tetras e.g. neons.

Theres really no contest

 

[OldMan47]

Although people only think of goldies and minnows when talking about an unheated tank, there are lots of semi-tropicals that are in the hobby, including most of the goodeids, Heterandria formosa, and even quite a large number of the cories. Almost any cory is stressed at typical community tank temperatures around 25C and will do much better a few degrees cooler. Among some of the fish that I have kept without heaters are platies and guppies.

 

[Honeythorn]

I do think that going with an unheated tank does depend partly on the area of the world you live in. Those in a cold or cool temperate climate such as here in the Uk, or northern europe, will not have as much scope for choice as someone who lives in say Texas, Florida , spain or South America ect ( warm climates basically )