13 gallon stocking suggestions

[TempleofApollo]

Recently bought a second tank and am planning in putting it in my guest room. It's a fairly small 13 gallon tank that I plan on turning into a simple freshwater tropical community.

So my question is what would be a good 'large' fish to keep as the centerpiece in this one. I mean large relative to the size, and I'd like something that would go well with perhaps a couple Cory cats and maybe a small school of danios of tetras.

I have some dwarf gouarmi in my other tank and love them but I figure I'd like to go another route. Looking into larger gouarmi the consensus seemed to be I wanted a 20 gallon for those.

I also considered a pair of angelfish then read up on them and learned that this tank is egregiously small for angels.

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[ImACoolguy]

Yeh.. 13 is not much different than a 10g on stocking.

5 Pygmy corydora
5 neon tetra OR harlequin rasboras
1 honey gourami

And call it a day. Aside from a Betta there is not many "big" fish that can go into small tanks like this.


Caleb

 

[TempleofApollo]

That's not a bad selection at all. Thank you!

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[TheresaM]

Either pygmy or habrosus cories would work in that size tank.

Pygmy spotted rasboras are my favorite small schooling fish. Active yet peaceful and great color!