Which Livebearer?
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finmama
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You should get Platys!! They are smaller than Mollies, lots of different varieties and colors, and they breed alot. If you do you will soon need a bigger tank though
kribensis12
I know where you live
Yeah you could put platys in there, but you would need to get rid of your male guppy, and your common pleco, because you stilll at risk of over stocking. And then there is the fact that they will reproduce like crazy.
I wouldn't be worrying about putting more fish in that 10 gal tank, especially when the common plec will be taking up all the room and making a hell of a mess. Good luck, you're going to need it, and at least a 30 gal tank before too long!
nmonks
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The short answer is that no fish will do all the things you want.
Putting aside the fact zebra danios should not be kept in 10 gallon tanks (they're way too big and hyperactive to be cooped up thus) they are surface predators. They eat livebearer fry just as readily as they'd eat any insect unfortunate enough to fall onto the surface of the streams they naturally inhabit. No livebearer is going to produce enough fry to withstand the concentrated predation you're going to have in a tank as miniscule as this.
So: make up your mind. Do you want to breed fish, or simply keep fish. Breeding fish really demands an aquarium at least designed to minimise predation. For example, no predators, and lots of hiding places at the top of the tank in the form of Indian fern, hornwort, or whatever.
For a ten gallon tank, they ONLY livebearers your could realistically maintain would be things like the dwarf mosquitofish Heterandria formosa. Even guppies are too big: the males will harass the females, and if there were more than one male, they'd fight as well.
A ten gallon tank is an excellent aquarium for rearing fry though, so by all means use one for that.
Cheers, Neale
Putting aside the fact zebra danios should not be kept in 10 gallon tanks (they're way too big and hyperactive to be cooped up thus) they are surface predators. They eat livebearer fry just as readily as they'd eat any insect unfortunate enough to fall onto the surface of the streams they naturally inhabit. No livebearer is going to produce enough fry to withstand the concentrated predation you're going to have in a tank as miniscule as this.
So: make up your mind. Do you want to breed fish, or simply keep fish. Breeding fish really demands an aquarium at least designed to minimise predation. For example, no predators, and lots of hiding places at the top of the tank in the form of Indian fern, hornwort, or whatever.
For a ten gallon tank, they ONLY livebearers your could realistically maintain would be things like the dwarf mosquitofish Heterandria formosa. Even guppies are too big: the males will harass the females, and if there were more than one male, they'd fight as well.
A ten gallon tank is an excellent aquarium for rearing fry though, so by all means use one for that.
Cheers, Neale
BlackSwords11
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I agree, but disagree. My brother has three danios in a ten gallon, and they have lived for almost a year now, and they never get sick.
As for agreeing, danios will pick off almost anything, even something as large as mollie fry. In a small tank, small fish won't stand a chance with the quick moving danios. It is like putting guppy fry in a tank with a school of tetras. They won't make it very long at all. Sorry to say.
5teady_2012
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If your going to breed livebearers m8, your best with at least a 30 gallon tank and a 10 gallon tank for the fry to grow in.
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