Stocking Ideas?

[violetthunder]

I'm down to three fish in my tank and it looks super empty.

It's a ten gallon tank with a Top Fin 10 filter and the temperature stays at about 78 degrees. pH is at 7, ammonia is at 0 ppm.

Currently in the tank I have one red platy and two silver tipped tetras. They're all very small, the largest tetra at maybe one inch.

What can I add to the tank to give it more color? I also have two silk plants and two small tank ornaments. I was thinking of adding a dwarf gourami. Would that work with a ten gallon tank? I know my options are limited with such a small tank.

Thanks for any advice!

-Megan

 

[ImACoolguy]

Ember tetras, celestial Pearl danios, green neon tetras, and Pygmy corydora are all small addition options you could do. Bearing in mind they are all schooling fish meaning 5+ is strongly recommended.


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[bluebetta26]

Both the platies and silver tip tetras are best kept in larger numbers.

For the platies, at least 3 with a group of 2 females to one male, all females, or possibly all males, but you don't want to have the boys outnumber the girls.

For silver tip tetras, 6+ is recommended as they are schooling fish.

I think it would be better to up the numbers of the fish species you currently have to groups, rather than adding other fish species.

A 10 gallon is pretty limited in the number of fish you can have (unless you go with microfish). I'd say with 3 platies and 6 silver tip tetras, you would be fully stocked.

I'd also consider getting some more plants to make your current fish feel more safe.