What to put in my 10 gallon?

[nibbles]

ive done it.. theyve been fine.. but i guess it depends on the individual fish also

 

[Guppylover]

Some good breeding pair for a 10gal in my opinion would be:

Dwarf Gourami (Just be warned because these guys are really hard to breed and it would be a good idea to get a extra tank)
Rams
Guppies (you will need 2 females to 1 male)
Platy (you will need 2 females to 1 male)
Swordtail (you will need 2 females to 1 male)

There should be other fishes too but these are the ones I find easy to breed.

 

[Cheese Specialist]

i believe the min for kribs to reproduce was a 20g becuase they are very aggressive and could turn on each other if you dont' have any dithers. a 10g seems awfully small for them to me tha'ts all

That is exactly why, couple with that the fact that kribs are actually fairly large fish (my adult male is over 4" not including tail) and can be very aggressive. I have bred 2 sets of kribs and in both cases there was high amounts of aggression to eachother and the fish around them.

At the moment, my male krib is dying because of being attacked by the female (the have fry currently) and this is in a 4ft/40gallon tank!! There are only a few other fish in with them (see my sig) and the tank is planted and has bit of wood. I also had the same problem but the other way round when I bred my albino kribs, the male turned on the female and she had to be removed. This was in a 30"/20gallon tank witha few small dithers.

People say that kribs can be bred in a 10gallon and some have, but from my experience it's not a good idea and many who do it say that the fish are only in there to breed. They are too aggressive and large to go through their rituals in such a small tank.

Now then, off tangent...!

Rams would be nice IMO, the are gorgeous fish and small. You could make a nice home for them in a 10gallon IMO.

* Sorry about the rant, it's a common misconception (IMO) that kribs can be kept/bred in a 10gallon and to me it just ends up with dead fish *

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Shoe

If you are still thinking about breeding fish, let me recommend cory cats. They are excellent fish for someone wanting to breed egg layers to start out with. Their fry are larger than many and that gives them a good start.

I would especially recommend C. aeneus, bronze or albino or C. paleatus.

Gouramis and bettas are particularly difficult to breed and raise the fry and I would not recommend them to anyone with little or no experience breeding.

 

[FreezingInAz]

i dont know about the rest of you but i see female dwarf gouramis all the time. they also sell them at petsmart

 

[Forestpisces]

Not sure about the minimum tank size for dwarf cockatoo cichlids?

Can anyone bild on that? They are amazing looking fish and quite easy to breed from what i've heard.

 

[ALW]

Take a look at the date 2004!

 

[scoliofish]

A pair of dwarf gouramis would do well. they are pretty and breed quite easily.

do you know how hard it is to get females??

i can only get femail dwarf goramis

 

[Bebobb]

Take a look at the date 2004!

Just going to say that.

 

[scoliofish]

Take a look at the date 2004!

Just going to say that.

S0Z WAS MY FIRST POST EVA. ddnt know what was goin on yet

 

[Bebobb]

Take a look at the date 2004!

Just going to say that.

S0Z WAS MY FIRST POST EVA. ddnt know what was goin on yet

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interfere with your first post. Geez, you don't have to get over aggrevated about it.