10 Gallon Bottom Cleaners

[afurlow96]

Hey everyone, my ten gallon is up and running, so far only have 6 black skirt tetra in there and i am feeding them the smallest size sinking tropical fish pellets from API. They seem to like them but if they miss a few while they are sinking, they will not eat it out of the sand or gravel. I don't want to have a bunch of sunken pellets laying on the floor from the fish missing one or two every feeding, so i was wondering what i could get that would not mind sucking up some pellets from the substrate.

I was very close to buying some False Juli Corys but i knew that they should be in something like a 20gallon (unless someone tells me otherwise). If there is some other cory i could get for a 10gallon tank (i have never seen a pygmy cory sold in a store), or just some other fish that doesn't mind the bottom of the tank.
I know with only 10 gallons I'm limited and may just have to get some Ghost Shrimp, but even then, my knowledge on shrimp is zero to none.

 

[Brookster123]

You're pretty well stocked already.. I'd say add 5 among shrimp.and keep up the weekly wc's with gravel vac..

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[toddnbecka]

Snails would take care of the uneaten food, and as long as you don't feed too much extra they won't run amok.

 

[afurlow96]

do Juli corys have a chance in a 10gallon? or it is just not a good idea

 

[Brookster123]

Not really an ideal setting for juli's.. dwarf habrosus would be a great fit if you could find them..

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[Fishperson]

Yes but you are pretty fully stocked now.


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[cloaker]

An Otocinclus would work as they only get up to 2", but your tank is pretty full. Try switching to floating pellets or flakes instead.

 

[afurlow96]

An Otocinclus would work as they only get up to 2", but your tank is pretty full. Try switching to floating pellets or flakes instead.

I just looked up Otocinclus on liveaquaria.com which i usually find as a trustworthy site and it says they need minimum of 30 gallons which is more than a cory would need

Maybe a couple ghost shrimp are my best bet

 

[Coursair]

You have duplicate threads with same question ?

I'd stick with Ghost Shrimp or a single snail.


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[Kharrnn]

I'd go with Amano shrimp over ghost shrimp, but that's personal preference.