Go Back   Aquarium Advice - Aquarium Forum Community > Freshwater > Freshwater & Brackish - General Discussion
Click Here to Login

Join Aquarium Advice Today
Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about them on AquariumAdvice.com
 
Old 06-18-2011, 09:20 AM   #1
Aquarium Advice Addict
 
maxwellag's Avatar

POTM Champion
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Iowa
Posts: 5,287
should i get any more fish and/or get another tank?

I have a 10 gallon community tank with 3 guppies, a peppered cory catfish, a sunburst mickey mouse platy, and 4 ghost shrimp. I use aqadviisor for calculationg my stocking level and it says its at 90%. I was wanting to put a little more color in the tank because I already have red, orange, yellow, and brown. One of my guppies is red. My platy is yellow and orange. My catfish is brown with black spots. The other two guppies have purple and pink and green and some other colors on them, but they are random bloches. They aren't huge either. I used to have a dwarf gourami that was neon blue with bright orange and striped. He was the prettiest fish in the tank, until I noticed he had dropsy. he is dead now, but he is in a better place... I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for species that look really good that would fit in my tank. I have also been considering getting another 5 gallon aquarium. I wish my mom would let me get a big tank, but she doesn't want me to... I know that not many fish would be able to live in something thag small. I would probably make it a display for another place in my moms house. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

__________________
maxwellag is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-18-2011, 09:29 AM   #2
Planted Tank Addict
 
daileene's Avatar


 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Fiskdale, MA
Posts: 2,561
Send a message via MSN to daileene Send a message via Yahoo to daileene Send a message via Skype™ to daileene
you can get at least 12 chili rasboras in a 5G with no problem coz they are a nano fish. so I think I recommend you to get another tank if you are allowed and can afford it.
__________________

5G Planted|10G Planted|10G Planted #2|10G Paludarium #3|20G Long Planted|20G Long Planted#2
"Love is long-suffering and kind. Love is not jealous." (1 Cor. 13:4a)
daileene is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2011, 01:41 PM   #3
Aquarium Advice Freak
 
BeavisMom62's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: East Central FL
Posts: 325
max, other than myself, I've never seen anyone post about using colors of fish to stock their tank. I've done that before. I had one tank that I tried to keep all red/orange. Had h. rasboras, mickey mouse platys and red and orange guppies. And I had another tank that was "blue", with neon tetras and dwarf gouramies. They are beautiful fish. I absolutely LOVE the powder blues. Gorgeous. Couldn't you get another DG? They can be sensitive though.
__________________
55 gal with 3 fancy goldfish. 2 goldies in QT, 23 flatback hex tank with betta, 3 ADF's, 2 BN's and nerite snails, 60 gal community tank: 4 angels, rainbow shark, raphael cat, apple snails,etc.
BeavisMom62 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2011, 06:50 PM   #4
Aquarium Advice Addict
 
maxwellag's Avatar

POTM Champion
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Iowa
Posts: 5,287
Yes I can get another dg. I love them! My favorite type of fish are cichlids and.dgs
__________________
maxwellag is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
tan

Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about them on AquariumAdvice.com

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
new fish tank!.. because i haven't been giving the fish enough attention :P annnie Freshwater & Brackish - General Discussion 9 06-21-2010 07:13 AM
How many fish in a 150g tank? And how many angel fish? ScotJ Saltwater Reef Aquaria 3 05-10-2009 02:47 PM
Are there any eel like fish (long bodied fish) that i could keep in a comunity tank? mike47517 Freshwater & Brackish - General Discussion 42 03-16-2009 11:20 PM
Huge fish Tank and fish for sale! Moving Soon! dave6riv Archive 0 12-08-2008 01:44 PM
2500 gallon fish tank, fish lists anyone WhiteAngel Freshwater & Brackish - General Discussion 30 09-27-2004 08:19 PM







» Photo Contest Winners







All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:03 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2023, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.