Fishingforfish
Aquarium Advice Activist
That can live as the only species and can stay in a 10g tank with other fish? Otherwise, I'll just get neon tetras..
I don't understand the question, you want only one species, but other species at the same time?
Rams and smaller apistos can do alright by themselves. A dwarf gourami, or even a female betta.
Female betta are almost always peaceful, I keep mine in groups of 3. Just make sure to give them a lot of plants (real or silk) and rock and wood caves for them to hide... But it is risky, ALL betta, male or female have their own personality.
Actually if you can find smaller ones with shy personalities when you place a mirror next to them they are beautiful additions... plus they are rugged dither fish and less likely to cause harm than apisto, krib or ram...
Will do! Thanks
Not all bettas are agressive!!!! Every single one has a different personality! Females do tend to be a bit calmer but some males are like that too!! I don't think that any cichlid should be in a 10g except shell dwellers!
Not all bettas are agressive!!!! Every single one has a different personality! Females do tend to be a bit calmer but some males are like that too!! I don't think that any cichlid should be in a 10g except shell dwellers!
I prefer a honey gourami over a dwarf for a 10 gal. Slightly smaller and less susceptible to disease.
In my 10 gal I have:
5 harlequin rasbora (might add 1 more female, not sure)
1 honey gourami (male, of course)
2 red cherry shrimp (male and female pair)
and I plan to add
4 or 5 small corydoras, such as pandas or habrosus
I'm lucky. One of the LFS I go to keeps their bettas in tanks with platy or tetras or raspboras. So the bettas are already used to company. They do keep it to only one betta per tank in the store. Every betta I purchased have done well in my community tanks.
Do you notice that their bioload is big? I heard that they are, but I haven't owned one so I can't say much.
Not really. When I added the honey gourami, it was the only fish I added at the time and I never saw an ammonia spike. They do like to eat though. Mine is constantly grazing, but at least he does a good job of cleaning up food that falls down to the substrate.
They are generally very peaceful as long as there is only one gourami in such a small tank. Females are quite hard to find as they are duller in color and most LFSs won't carry them.