10 gallon suggestions

[eja206]

i have a 10 gallon tank that is already set up. in it is 1 female paradise fish and 5 danios. is there room for anything else? just curious...

 

[spoonman]

Maybe a few neons or a single dwarf gourami?

 

[mfdrookie516]

Maybe a few neons or a single dwarf gourami?

the neon blue dwarf gouramis look awesome... that would be cool

 

[spoonman]

I dont know about the dward gouramis but the dwarf gouramis are cool.....LOL

 

[mfdrookie516]

I dont know about the dward gouramis but the dwarf gouramis are cool.....LOL

hmmm, didnt see that.

 

[mcgrady7761]

get some neolamprologous ocellatus. they is tiny and cool

 

[joy13]

Paradise fish and gouramis will fight. They are both very territorial and belong to the same family. Your tank is already a little over stocked.

 

[eja206]

yeah, i have heard that paradise fish and gouramis will fight, so they are out of the question. hm, neons interesting though... what about a platy or 2?

 

[eah]

How often do you do water changes? How longs has the tank been established?

 

[Aquarium1]

Maybe a few neons or a single dwarf gourami?

What about the Dwarf Gourami Disease?

 

[spoonman]

I have a dwarf flame in my daughters 10G and its doing fine. Have had it for about 4 months. I have heard the same. Dont know if all are affected by it.

 

[Aquarium1]

Just trying to mke sure you knew about it.

 

[spoonman]

Have heard alot about it but the stock here seems very hearty and healthy.

 

[Aquarium1]

That's great. I'm not so certain about the ones. Here. I've seen quite a bit of dead ones at one of my lfs.

 

[Nippy Fish]

I doubt your paradise fish will allow much of anything else in her tank. They are one of the most aggressive freshwater fish available. How did you decide to get one of those? I've had one, loved him, but couldn't put anything with him except 5 Badis Badis....and that was in a 30 gallon tank. He seemed to (barely) tolerate them because they were so small. At first he tolerated 3 Bolivian Rams, seemingly because they were bottom-dwellers and he maintained mostly the middle and top, but once he matured a bit he began picking on them...and anything else, except those tiny Badis Badis.

You managed to get just about the most aggressive fish you could find, so I doubt you'll find much that will co-exist with a paradise fish, especially when she's mature. And absolutely do not try anything in the same family, like a gourami. You'll wake up to a dead gourami. The paradise fish will always win... The paradise fish is beautiful and full of personality, why not consider keeping the single fish? It's a small tank and she'll get nearly as big as your hand if fed a varied, healthy diet twice a day.

 

[Hucklebuck]

I had a light blue dwarf gaurami for about 7 months then just died but he was a great fish

 

[ricardo48]

I would recommend some "Endlers" wont add much at all to bioload and you can get quite a few for a nice shoal affect.

 

[eja206]

thanks guys for your interesting observations. to answer questions, the tank has been estabished for about a year now. water changes usually every fortnight. i am not really sure why i decided to get a paradise fish, just tought they were very beautiful. i also like how intelligent they are - seem a bit more switched on than most smaller fish!
i have had no trouble with agression from her so far, used to have 2 loaches in there which have moved to a bigger tank now. although maybe that because she is still quite young?
i would really like her to grow bigger - she seems to be a slow grower!
endlers are an interesting suggestions. i wil think about it for a couple of days. becasue i suppose people are right, shouldn't upset a tank that is peaceful and well established!