My 10 gallon tank: Ideas, anyone?

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Ben the Betta

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I have a 10 gallon tank. It has been cycled, has a rock cave, fake plants, and 3 male guppies in it. I have a Good filter and heater, but I feel the tank is a little empty, with not enough fish. I know that for a community fish tank, you should have fish for every level: top, middle, bottom. The guppies I guess are either top or middle dwelling fish. If anyone is reading this, please give me some advice, setting up the reply like this:

Top fish - (List fish here) Temperatures - (List temperatures here)

Middle fish - (List fish here) Temperatures - (List temperatures here)

Bottom Dwelling fish - (List fish here) Temperatures - (List temperatures here)

Anything else I need to know? Thanks!
 
I don't know the temperatures, but besides the guppies:
4-6 pygmy corys (corydoras habrosus, hastatus, or pygmaeus)
OR
6 nano fish:
such as, celestial pearl danio, embert tetras, chili rasboras.
 
A nice dwarf gourami for the top and maybe even a betta with it.
Middle, with guppys- a few , 2-3, rosy barbs or lemon tetras-tons of others
Bottom-I'm partical to corys but if you want something odd a blue alleni crayfish would work, CPOs or cherry shrimp.
 
I am going to really disagree with henningc.

This is what I would do:
Top: Honey Gourami, which are very peaceful, unlike Dwarf Gouramis.
Middle: A school of 6 nano fish, such as Ember Tetras
Bottom: Dwarf Loaches, Pygmy Cory Cats (pygmy and hasborus) (shrimp do not stay on the bottom of the tank) You could do 6 of either

While I would say this is overstocked, with enough plants and hiding places, and clean water, it would be doable. You could replace the honey gourami with a Sparkling gourami , if you wanted.
 
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