freq asked quesiton but im so indessive

[abomb]

Ok so i have a 10 gal tank been runing 3 mnths only home to 6 neons. i want to get some fish tomorrow since its my day off of school. I probaly will get 3 corries. However i want a bigger fish. I dont have ot get corrys thogh once bigger those little guys are so kool.

1.whats the absolute biggest ifsh i could put in there with the 6 neons????i want something exotic or kool looking. Liek a blue ram or i sopose a neone blue dwarf gaourmi (iffy on the dwarf tho)

2. Whats the biggest ifsh i could put in there if i had 6 neons 3 corrys???? I want somehting bigger cause itll sorta be a center piece to my tank.

I aprecate any adivce. I know this quesiton is asked often and well maybe someone will have some new imput.

Side note if there is somehow i can set up a 10 gal tank with fish that enjoy eating live fish i woudl love info on that. I would liek to have my 10 gal be a tank that i coudl feed live fish too.

Sory so long

Adam

 

[Allivymar]

You may be able to move a dwarf gourami or a betta into the tank; thats pretty much it. Thing is, that pretty much tops out your bioload, and you'll need to be on top of your water; weekly water changes at minimum.

I would NOT put anything that eats live fish into that tank for 2 reasons. The fish that eat feeder fish are too big, and if they eat feeder fish, they'll eat the other fish in the tank too, especially the neons.

 

[Christmasfish]

I take it as an aside means a separate tank....

For a mere 10 gallons?
Your options are limited

If decorated heavily..
the smaller specie leaf fish possibly otherwise a pike gourami or a climbing perch.
You have two problems with your request....three even..
1) Fish that eat fish are in general large animals. Much larger than their ususal prey in order to prevent a fight for dinner.

And

2)The large portion of smaller fish that prey on fish are shoaling/schooling animals

3) Smaller predators are shyer and usually like to ambush prey or are nocturnal.

But that means that tank has that single lone wolf animal, of about 6-7 inches and NOTHING else. No bottom feeders- no nothing.
And since leaf fish are a bit fussy on water and prey..that may not work.

Plus after getting a unique and probably expensive animal, you do not want to feed it guppies/platie young/baby mollies you haven't raised yourself. (I don't mention common golds becuase the care needed isn't worth using them) that way) Otherwise you have achance of the low quality weak and easily diseased/parasite riddledd feeder animals killing off your prize. Or you can feed it fresh frozen small fish like found in asian markets. Your anabantids will eventually take unpreferred fare being the adaptable boogers thay are. And will accept a wider range of water parameters.

As for your other tank? It is stuffed. The adult sizes are already bulging it to capacity...not to mention aggression issues caused by space constraints.