NEED sum aquarium advice plz

[datkidkevin]

ok i got an empty 10 gallon tank that i got to cycle...but i want to know any aggressive fish i can put in there that would eat feeder fish let me know whats out there

 

[datkidkevin]

sumbody..? sumthing..?

 

[mfdrookie516]

nothing to my knowledge that would stay small enough for a 10g tank... not to say there arent aggressive fish that can stay small enough for a 10g, but none that will eat feeders

 

[datkidkevin]

so what are sum aggresive fish then?

 

[mfdrookie516]

suitable for a 10g? depends really on what you consider aggressive... shell dwelling cichlids can be quite aggressive towards other colonies, male bettas are aggressive to other males as well as females, dwarf gouramis can be aggressive, puffers can be aggressive.

 

[datkidkevin]

that eat feeder fish..im thinking ID shark or Oscar its not going to b in that tank for ever anyway

 

[JustOneMore20]

I personally wouldn't put either of those in a 10g unless it was for a quarantine period of like 2 weeks max. Both would out grow a 10g in a matter of months, so its best to start them off in a larger tank.

I can't think of anything that would live in a 10g comfortably and eat feeder fish. Feeder fish from the store carry alot of diseases and aren't really the healthiest foods for fish anyways.

 

[mfdrookie516]

please dont put either of them in a 10g... that would be a very irresponsible thing to do, especially considering that one oscar alone needs a 55g, preferrably 75g tank.

 

[Jason7894561230]

What about a yellow lab Cichlid?

 

[mfdrookie516]

What about a yellow lab Cichlid?

no, no, no, no, no... nothing smaller than a 55g! Shell dwellers and some of the dwarf cichlids are the ONLY cichlids suitable for a 10g tank

 

[datkidkevin]

what about the inch of fish per gallon 10 g 10 inches. so that actually mean nothing

 

[strokinbyeu]

not really look at a bala shark when u buy them usuly ther abour 2in long so they should be able to live in a 2gal tank but the fish would kill itself in that lil of tank that and a 10gal tank is norm 20long and 10 wide that means a 10in fish could not turn around and would be half the length of the tank. i try not to have fish more than 20% of any of the mesuments of the tank