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Aquarium Advice FINatic
Yes, I know.... you don't want to read another stocking question. But here it is anyway.
We got a 10 gallon aquarium for my daughter (that's how I justify it. lol). It's already up and running and is planted with low/mid light plants. We went looking for fish, but my daughter wanted everything EXCEPT for what could go in a 10 gal tank. She was pointing to things like yellow labs, goldfish, various sharks, and angels. When I pointed out the normal neons, guppies, lyretails, endlers, platies, etc, she pretty much shrugged them off.
So my question really goes out to those with youngers kids (3 and under) and community tanks, but anyone can chime in. What can I stock the tank with that will be both colorful and large enough to easily be seen. Like I said, the first thing that came to mind was guppies, but they were shrugged off. I would think that a school of smaller fish would make up for the lack of larger fish since they would be in a group and easier to see. I guess I need something that I can get the most off to make it a highly active tank. The kiddo's are only used to seeing two goldfish in a larger tank so a much more active community would probably draw more of their attention, what do you think?
We got a 10 gallon aquarium for my daughter (that's how I justify it. lol). It's already up and running and is planted with low/mid light plants. We went looking for fish, but my daughter wanted everything EXCEPT for what could go in a 10 gal tank. She was pointing to things like yellow labs, goldfish, various sharks, and angels. When I pointed out the normal neons, guppies, lyretails, endlers, platies, etc, she pretty much shrugged them off.
So my question really goes out to those with youngers kids (3 and under) and community tanks, but anyone can chime in. What can I stock the tank with that will be both colorful and large enough to easily be seen. Like I said, the first thing that came to mind was guppies, but they were shrugged off. I would think that a school of smaller fish would make up for the lack of larger fish since they would be in a group and easier to see. I guess I need something that I can get the most off to make it a highly active tank. The kiddo's are only used to seeing two goldfish in a larger tank so a much more active community would probably draw more of their attention, what do you think?