JDogg
Aquarium Advice Addict
like many my first tank was a 10 gallon, and why not they are compact and relatively cheap, you can even pick up a kit at walmart, that "contains all the goodies that a fish lover could need"! LOL
but seriously i think a lot of people start out with a 10 as their first tank. and since smaller tanks are by default less stable, for many it maybe be there last tank... :?
i however made it through that stage and moved on to bigger and better things, leaving the trusty old 10 gallon, with its neon gravel, plastic plants and plastic caves to collect dust... 8O why would i want to us a 10 gallon? they are so limiting i want to expand my horizons, i want bigger fish, i want live plants... so i got a 28, then a 75... i got plants, i got fish... WooHoo MTS here i come 8)
but somewhere down the line, as i learned about plants and fish... i started to fall in love with some of the smallest fish, Dwarf cichlids and now Dwarf Puffers, out came the trusty old 10 gallon... Neon gravel replaced with natural gravel, of a size that is good for plant roots to hold on to, plastic plants and caves are replaced with live plants, Driftwood and dosing ferts...
and you know what i have learned... that trust old RELIABLE 10 gallon, with a little patience and know how can make a REALLY AWSOME mico-world for some of the smallest and most interesting fish!
but seriously i think a lot of people start out with a 10 as their first tank. and since smaller tanks are by default less stable, for many it maybe be there last tank... :?
i however made it through that stage and moved on to bigger and better things, leaving the trusty old 10 gallon, with its neon gravel, plastic plants and plastic caves to collect dust... 8O why would i want to us a 10 gallon? they are so limiting i want to expand my horizons, i want bigger fish, i want live plants... so i got a 28, then a 75... i got plants, i got fish... WooHoo MTS here i come 8)
but somewhere down the line, as i learned about plants and fish... i started to fall in love with some of the smallest fish, Dwarf cichlids and now Dwarf Puffers, out came the trusty old 10 gallon... Neon gravel replaced with natural gravel, of a size that is good for plant roots to hold on to, plastic plants and caves are replaced with live plants, Driftwood and dosing ferts...
and you know what i have learned... that trust old RELIABLE 10 gallon, with a little patience and know how can make a REALLY AWSOME mico-world for some of the smallest and most interesting fish!