Fully stocked? - Aquarium Advice

niks93gt · 10-19-2006, 04:34 PM

I have a 10 gallon with 6 L/f Gold Danios and 4 Panda Cories. It has 2 Top Fin 10 HOB filters, 2 Java ferns and a red wentii crypt. I was wondering if I could bump the number up to 8 Danios before my lfs sells out of them.

Nik

**Devilishturtles** · 10-19-2006, 04:55 PM

Might be a little tight, but I don't see why not.

krap101 · 10-19-2006, 05:19 PM

i'm sure it'd be fine

hc8719 · 10-19-2006, 07:13 PM

i dunno, cories get like 2" dont they? kinda overloading the bio-load.

**Devilishturtles** · 10-19-2006, 07:39 PM

Pandas usually max out at around an inch to an inch and a half.

krap101 · 10-19-2006, 07:40 PM

the inch rule is to make people slow down. like when people post highway speeds of 65. people go 80, but if the speed limit was 80 the people would go 100 type thing

JustOneMore20 · 10-19-2006, 11:52 PM

I think it would be fine. Personally I don't like keeping danios in a 10g just because they are very active fish and IMO deserve a longer tank....but it can work. And adding 2 more won't hurt anything.

Panda cories can get 2 inches, usually its the females since they are bigger. I have some 2 inch ones in my 29g. They won't get any larger than that and really danios or cories don't add a whole lot to the bioload.

Keep up on water changes and maybe add more plants in the future and you should be fine.

niks93gt · 10-20-2006, 10:34 AM

Thanks guys. I just added the cories yesterday so I'll probably grab some more danios later in the week. I would like more room for the danios... they went crazy when I added the cories... I'm pretty sure they were convinced that these were just more friends to play with and school. The cories quickly retreated under a piece of driftwood and have since slowly started to come out and graze.

Nik

10-19-2006, 04:34 PM	#1
niks93gt Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 153	Fully stocked? I have a 10 gallon with 6 L/f Gold Danios and 4 Panda Cories. It has 2 Top Fin 10 HOB filters, 2 Java ferns and a red wentii crypt. I was wondering if I could bump the number up to 8 Danios before my lfs sells out of them. Nik

10-19-2006, 04:55 PM	#2
Devilishturtles Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Frederick, Maryland Posts: 7,904 Images: 17	Might be a little tight, but I don't see why not. __________________ -Lindsay Live in the Western MD/West Virginia/DC Metro Area? Join our very active regional forum Here Like the advice someone just gave you? Add to their reputation! Click on the balance icon underneath their username and let them know.

10-19-2006, 05:19 PM	#3
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	i'm sure it'd be fine __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

10-19-2006, 07:13 PM	#4
hc8719 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 1,931	i dunno, cories get like 2" dont they? kinda overloading the bio-load. __________________ "Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research." George Bernard Shaw

10-19-2006, 07:39 PM	#5
Devilishturtles Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Frederick, Maryland Posts: 7,904 Images: 17	Pandas usually max out at around an inch to an inch and a half. __________________ -Lindsay Live in the Western MD/West Virginia/DC Metro Area? Join our very active regional forum Here Like the advice someone just gave you? Add to their reputation! Click on the balance icon underneath their username and let them know.

10-19-2006, 07:40 PM	#6
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	the inch rule is to make people slow down. like when people post highway speeds of 65. people go 80, but if the speed limit was 80 the people would go 100 type thing __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

10-19-2006, 11:52 PM	#7
JustOneMore20 Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: May 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 2,121 Images: 8	I think it would be fine. Personally I don't like keeping danios in a 10g just because they are very active fish and IMO deserve a longer tank....but it can work. And adding 2 more won't hurt anything. Panda cories can get 2 inches, usually its the females since they are bigger. I have some 2 inch ones in my 29g. They won't get any larger than that and really danios or cories don't add a whole lot to the bioload. Keep up on water changes and maybe add more plants in the future and you should be fine. __________________ ~Kristin~ 5 planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g My links to pics: My 40g breeder log, My tanks blog

10-20-2006, 10:34 AM	#8
niks93gt Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 153	Thanks guys. I just added the cories yesterday so I'll probably grab some more danios later in the week. I would like more room for the danios... they went crazy when I added the cories... I'm pretty sure they were convinced that these were just more friends to play with and school. The cories quickly retreated under a piece of driftwood and have since slowly started to come out and graze. Nik

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