krap..why you would even suggest a 6-8 inch(in aquariums) semi schooling fish for a 10 gallon tank
baffles me completely
surely you have been here long enough to know better....!
The thing is BOB (looks like I am the militant one this week ^_6);
the only way to stock fish too large for a tank is; A) you KNOW you are getting a larger tank in the near future or B)if you are using the much disapproved of disposable pet method (now that my puppy is a dog..to the pound he goes is NOT the preferred attitude here nor a responsible one).
And the one fish inch per gallon is a loose rule that actually is meant to apply to small fish like guppies and tetras. larger fish and specialized fish NEED MUCH MORE.
Ideally a 10 gallon tank is not going to have more than 5-6 fish of any sort...
We humans can't stand that boring, empty looking space and try to fill it.
with very strict water quality one can get away with what works out to a whole fish per gallon as long as there are no aggressive qualities.
and tghen it becomes a big stressful juggling act...one drops the ball and the balls all go rolling. And fish will sicken as result.