10 Gallon Tank needing suggestions for stocking!

[ToastyHippie]

Hey guys I need advice for stocking my brand new tank!

I have one idea but I'm really open to suggestions


I'm thinking

-6 neon tetras
- A betta
- Ghost shrimp
- One mystery snail


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[SteelWind]

Your stocking is pretty good,

You can also try,
Mollys
Guppies
Mystery snails
Shrimps


Or- take out Mollys or guppies
And try some bottom feeders, Cory cats


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[emerald76]

No mollies in a ten.


Emerald76

 

[emerald76]

Haven't I already advised you about the tetras and a betta thing?


Emerald76

 

[ToastyHippie]

I posted this before we got into the conversation about it,


I can't think of anything that's colorful and attractive to put in the tank


I really want the ghost shrimp and mystery snails but I'm thinking about using the glow danios? I think that's what their called anyway


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[emerald76]

Colorful? Guppies- all males to solve the fry problem.


Emerald76

 

[ToastyHippie]

-Three glofish of different colors
-Four neon tetras
-Mystery snail
- 2 Ghost shrimp

I think this is what I'm going to get

Would they all work together and look nice in my tank?


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[emerald76]

I think you could get away with the neons with a lot of water changes but the glofish are GMO zebra danios- too big and too fast for a ten.


Emerald76

 

[ToastyHippie]

Everywhere I've read says they can easily be added into the tank at that size they should be good and I really want them in my tank


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[ToastyHippie]

Also one sorta unrelated tank question my tank came with tetra aqua safe do I wait to put it in till the fish are put in Monday or do I plop it in now?


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[emerald76]

Where does it say they will be ok in a ten? Because the list on the store tanks are never right- they are there to make a sale.


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[ToastyHippie]

Well the store lists are one, my friend keeping five of them completely healthy in a five gallon tank so I can easily keep them in a ten gallon tank with no problem.


Most of the internet is also another source.


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[emerald76]

Trust me I understand the I really want them thing- I fell in love with zebra danios and really wanted them too in my ten but it's not fair to the fish.


Emerald76

 

[emerald76]

Well the store lists are one, my friend keeping five of them completely healthy in a five gallon tank so I can easily keep them in a ten gallon tank with no problem.


Most of the internet is also another source.


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Okay, maybe someone else should come into this because you don't believe me. Look up zebra danios in the freshwater fish profiles section.


Emerald76

 

[emilygupps]

You CAN put zebra danios in a ten. I just don't think you SHOULD. They're so fast and active they wouldn't be very happy.

I loved your betta-neon idea. I personally have a betta, 7 neons and two nerite snails in a planted 10g. You HAVE to keep up with water changes every week. But my amonia, nitrite are always 0 and my nitrate never gets above 15.


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[ToastyHippie]

It's not that I don't believe I'm just a little bit confused due to the fact that they are perfectly happy in my friends tank is it honestly super bad for them? To be kept in a ten gallon? They seem so small to the point it wouldn't bother them sorry for my ignorance I'm just extremely new to this the last time I kept a fish was when I was 5 years old and had a goldfish xD


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[mrgazza]

Half a dozen zebras will be fine in a 10g, just keep up with water changes and general cleanliness of the tank


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[ToastyHippie]

See I was reading on the glofish site they have three different types of glofish tetras, danios and barbs


If I go for the tetras would that be better?


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[mrgazza]

They look like black phantom tetras so there probably bigger then the danios anyway


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[ToastyHippie]

Got it


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