My 10G stock list...

[h8z2luze]

Ok so my 10g is about a week form being ready for fish. here is what im thinking to start out...


neon Blue dwarf gurami
Upside down catfish



Id like to get a couple neon tetras as well if its not to much..


What do you guys think? How many can I get? Is the upside down cat a bad idea?

 

[bmg07]

i think the upside down cat should be fine.youd probbally be able to get away with about 5 neons

 

[h8z2luze]

i think the upside down cat should be fine.youd probbally be able to get away with about 5 neons

I am reading on the neon blue gourami and it says they will be more active and swim in pairs. I think i want 2 if that is the case. If I could get two of those and a few neons and possibly later on some inverts?? That would be sweet! my only thing is the gourami profile says it likes planted tanks and i only have 2 10W screw in florescent bulbs from lights of america... I donno if i can keep any plants...


Help???


EDIT: These are the bulbs I have...

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10448675

 

[bmg07]

i think ud be able to do that ,inverts dont add much to the bio load anyways..i dont know anything about plants so someone else will have to help u with that

 

[h8z2luze]

Cool, well thanks for your help!

 

[portia]

Keep in mind that if you get an upside down cat you need to give him places to hide such as a cave or a piece of driftwood and you'll never see the little guy unless you have a nightlight. Such is my experience.

 

[spoonman]

My daughter has 6 neons, 1 red dwarf guorami, 3 zebra danios and a small pleco in a 10G with fake plants and a couple places for the pleco to hide during the day and they are all happy including the guorami. I dont think it needs a partner. This one has been by itself for about 3 or 4 months now and is doing great.

 

[h8z2luze]

Cool. Well id like to get a pair anyway. If I am never going to see the USD Cat then I dont want it lol I want active fish.

 

[mfdrookie516]

if you want active fish, had you thought about corries? they are some active little guys...

 

[spoonman]

I think a pair would be ok of the dwarfs. I think the reason I went with one is because every one got me nervous about the dwarf gourami disease.... They seem pretty hardy at my LFS.

 

[h8z2luze]

lol seems like every species has its own disease...

Also thinking about putting some plants... Can someone help me out with that aspect?

 

[h8z2luze]

Guess not??

 

[portia]

lol seems like every species has its own disease...

Also thinking about putting some plants... Can someone help me out with that aspect?

What kind of light? I'm sort of a newbie too, but I'm doing well with Amazon swords and I have a piece of driftwood with a java fern stuck into a crevise that looks pretty good (that's where my catfish likes to hide, BTW).

 

[h8z2luze]

2 of these...

Walmart.com: Lights of America: 10 Watt Mini Fluorescent Aquarium Bulb, 1 ct: Fish