Fish suggestions needed please.

[Mummyfish]

My 7 year old daughter has a 10g tank which we set up at Christmas. Since then we've added 4 cories and a pleco. Now she would like to add something pretty and colourful which I am happy to do but the question is what? She wants pretty and colourful, I want hardy and easy to keep. All suggestions welcome, please help!

 

[Fishperson]

A few questions. 1. What kind of filter and heater do you have?
2. Who told you to put a pleco in there? Plecos grow to at least a foot long, often MUCH longer, and need at least 50 gallons or so. You definitely need to rehome the pleco, but after you do that you could add a dwarf gourami, they are colorful and a little bit hardy. 3. Do you know about cycling tanks? Is this one cycled? If you have no idea what that is, then you need a lot more help

 

[Mummyfish]

Not sure on type of heater and filter off the top of my head' I'll check in the morning and will also get the pleco rehomed. Tank is cycled. I did look at dwarf gouramis online but keep coming across some sort of gourami disease which puts me off. A friend mentioned guppies but, again, there is a mix of info online.

 

[librarygirl]

You're pretty maxed out with a pleco and corys in a 10 gal I'm afraid. What kind of corys? Most are very active and barring pygmy and/or dwarf corys, they'd need a larger tank. The pleco needs at least a 30 gal, depending on what kind it is.

 

[Fishperson]

Dwarf Gourami Disease (DGD) is, to my knowledge, a disease that people overreact to, and apparently it only comes from DG's from Asia, but IDK for sure.

 

[Fishbay]

If your to nervous to get dwarfgouramis then get a regular one it will be the only one u can get but they are gorgeous fish

 

[Fishperson]

If your to nervous to get dwarfgouramis then get a regular one it will be the only one u can get but they are gorgeous fish

Not in a 10 gallon