10 gallon livebearers help!

[NinjaNomad196]

Ok my male platy is in a 1 gallon for now, it's been two months. He had a male platy in there with him but he killed it at like two weeks. (I was a newbie at the time) Will 1 male platy be aggressive in a ten gallon with this stocking since he is currently used to being alone.
-1x Platy (the male)
-2x Guppies (probably males)
and I can't decide if I should get an African Dwarf Frog and Dwarf Gourami with that. Any help? Please also tell me what else I can add and if I can add the frog and gourami.

BTW: the guppies must be male, I can't have any fry.

 

[aquandrew]

if you have enough plants/decorations it should be fine. if you added the gourami the tank would be fully stocked

 

[NinjaNomad196]

if you have enough plants/decorations it should be fine. if you added the gourami the tank would be fully stocked

Thanks, but I'm thinking either gourami or maybe a school fish like danios. I just don't want any fry or tetras.

Any ideas for school? If not, I'll just do gourami.

And if I get a school or gourami, could I also add like 4 shrimp (ghost)?

 

[jwh0818]

Thanks, but I'm thinking either gourami or maybe a school fish like danios. I just don't want any fry or tetras.

Any ideas for school? If not, I'll just do gourami.

Danios need to have atleast a 20g long to work

 

[aquandrew]

celestial pearl danios are really cool little guys if you can find them in your are or glowlight tetras are pretty common and only get 1.25" they have a really cool silver color with red tipped fins and are known for being pretty hardy

 

[aquandrew]

celestial pearl danios are really the only danios that do well in a 10 because they max out at an inch

 

[NinjaNomad196]

Thanks for the ideas!

 

[Ayi]

And if I get a school or gourami, could I also add like 4 shrimp (ghost)?

My DG has always eaten ghost shrimp.

 

[NinjaNomad196]

My DG has always eaten ghost shrimp.

Interesting...
do you think celestial pearl danios or glowlight tetras would eat shrimp?

 

[aquandrew]

Interesting...
do you think celestial pearl danios or glowlight tetras would eat shrimp?

there mouths are too small and i dont think they are aggressive enough to rip one apart. ive had zebra danios with ghost shrimp without a problem and my sister has ghost shrimp with her glo danios just fine

 

[NinjaNomad196]

Ok thanks, really excited, I hope I can get this tank!

 

[NinjaNomad196]

Wait would a tank like this need cycled:
-1 Platy
-2 Guppies
-5 Celestial Pearl Danios
-Some Ghost Shrimp

If so I'm using Seachem Stability:
Seachem Stability - Fish Care - Fish - PetSmart

 

[jwh0818]

Wait would a tank like this need cycled:
-1 Platy
-2 Guppies
-5 Celestial Pearl Danios
-Some Ghost Shrimp

If so I'm using Seachem Stability:
Seachem Stability - Fish Care - Fish - PetSmart

Any and every tank you set up will need cycled no matter what. Fish or no fish the cycle needs to happen

 

[NinjaNomad196]

Ok well, I will probably use Seachem or some other thing to boost the process. Any recommendations?

 

[aquandrew]

Ok well, I will probably use Seachem or some other thing to boost the process. Any recommendations?

find someone with an established tank or ask a lfs if you can buy a filter pad or established media from them. you can go through a cycle in less than a week this way

 

[jwh0818]

find someone with an established tank or ask a lfs if you can buy a filter pad or established media from them. you can go through a cycle in less than a week this way

Yes or you can pick up some external parasites so be careful