10 gallon

[armenkk1]

have a 10 gallon fish less cycling and haven't figured out what fish to put in it. Could I put like 5 neon tetras and a cory or two.

 

[armenkk1]

this is it with out any thing in it yet

 

[jwh0818]

I had 9 neons in a 10g. What's your filtration look like.


I would do 9 neons and about 10 ghost shrimp with some live plants

 

[armenkk1]

it's just a small HOB filter with a big sponge in it.

I got rid of the carbon

 

[jwh0818]

Carbon just removes chemicals and gives water clarity. What kind of substrate do you have

 

[josh7]

It looks like sand I would go with 6 neón tetras and you could get Pygmy corys but not regular ones. I would just do 6 neons and 6 Pygmy corys.

 

[Coursair]

It looks like sand I would go with 6 neón tetras and you could get Pygmy corys but not regular ones. I would just do 6 neons and 6 Pygmy corys.

Dwarf Cories and Neons appreciate live plants. Check out Anubias or Java Ferns for super easy plants.

I would smooth out your sand and make the back higher than the front. That will let debris roll to the front where you can see it easier.

 

[librarygirl]

Just my opinion but I wouldn't put Neons in a 10 gal; they are active fish and would appreciate more horizontal swim space than a 10 gal can provide for them.

 

[Coursair]

Just my opinion but I wouldn't put Neons in a 10 gal; they are active fish and would appreciate more horizontal swim space than a 10 gal can provide for them.

True.
Celestial Pearl Danios aka CPDs aka Galaxy Rasboras are a good alternative. Mine do well in my 10g.
Other Nano fish may work.
Ember Tetras
Chili Rasboras
Etc

 

[Iodizedfate]

I have 2 guppy males, 5 neon tetras, one bamboo shrimp and 3 zebra nerites in my 10g.... which i think is a little overstocked so i make sure i do a 50% water change every 5 days or so. It works really good from what I can tell. 5 tetras is really less than you should have and technically you should have 2 females for every male guppy but it's worked for me. They are all about to move to a 65 gallon where I'll fill out the tetra school and probably grab some more guppies.