Fish for a 10 gallon tank

[Adorkable]

Mkays, well I told my brother once his goldfish dies, I would like my 10 gallon tank back.
His goldfish isn't doing well, so I want to plan ahead, and figure out some good fish for a 10 gallon.

I don't really want to get any Neons/Cardinal tetras, unless I have too, since I have them in my 20 gallon already.

The lighting sucks, so there will be NO live plants, just plastic.

Thanks in advance to anyone that helps.

[EDIT] Here are my water parametres if it helps
Ammonia- 0
Nitrite- 0
pH- 7
GH/KH- 10/5

 

[HAAA]

bettas,zebras,guppys,platys,all shrimp tank,Dwarf gourami,dwarf puffer, thats all i can think of for right now

 

[roark fishies]

A Dwarf Gourami and maybe a couple of cories to clean up the bottom.

What about your nitrates?

 

[Adorkable]

The nitrates right now are higher then they would ever be. I would be doing weekly water changes.
This may sound REALLY mean, but I am killing my brothers goldfish. I told him everything about the tank, he had to do himself, and I wasn't going to remind him to do anything for it. So he hasn't done a water in three weeks.

 

[RoxnSox]

you can get 2 dwarf puffers in there if you have plenty of hiding spaces if not get a dwarf puffer and some otos

 

[Adorkable]

-Rubs chin- Dwarf Puffers, that is a great idea RoxyI Now I am stuck between yours and Roark's.

 

[TabMorte]

I was looking at American Flag fish the other day at the lfs. They're adorable.

http://www.myfishtank.net/reviews/showproduct.php/product/115/sort/7/cat/10/page/1

The girl at the fish room was saying you can keep them 1 male to three females, they eat algae but swim around all over the tank unlike most algae eatters and are pretty easy to breed. They're best kept in a planted tank.

 

[MOsborne05]

Why don't you take the goldfish back to the lfs rather than killing it? Your allowing it to suffocate in its own feces, which I find pretty awful. How would you like to have to sit in a bathtub for weeks without being allowed to move, and no one to help you clean it out???? It isn't the goldfish's fault that your brother doesn't know how to take care of it.

And I won't recommend any stocking options either because that would mean that I agree with what you are doing and I don't.

 

[brian1973]

Why don't you take the goldfish back to the lfs rather than killing it? Your allowing it to suffocate in its own feces, which I find pretty awful. How would you like to have to sit in a bathtub for weeks without being allowed to move, and no one to help you clean it out???? It isn't the goldfish's fault that your brother doesn't know how to take care of it.

And I won't recommend any stocking options either because that would mean that I agree with what you are doing and I don't.

Missy, when did this become your brothers fish? I am guessing this is the sameone you were looking for tankmates for that you rescued in this thread http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/goldfish-coldwater-discussion/51140-goldfish-tankmates.html, seems it wasnt much of a rescue if now your letting it die. I personally dont care but if your going to kill it off just kill the damn thing and move on.

 

[MissFishy]

I too think this is rather harsh. I would never condone someone killing another living thing out of spite. You can simply take it out, bag it up, and take it back to the LFS, then tell your brother it jumped out and dried up on the floor, etc etc. Problem solved. Killing something or letting it die when you can do something to help is pretty low IMO, no matter what it is.

 

[Adorkable]

Okay, BEFORE anyone else starts getting mad about the whole "killing the fish thing", I brought the goldfish back up to my room (well it is half way there right now), and I bought a brand spankin' new 10g. SO the goldfish is going to keep living.

 

[Kissyboots]

Sweet a new tank!!! I would definitely put cories in there. Hmmm. Fake plants...ugh. You already have gouramis so you probably don't want any more right?

Maybe a betta? If so, I would get a couple females, cuz if you get a male, then you can't put any other bettas in there. Plus I've noticed my male bettas are more aggressive than my female. (Finfin nips at my otos a lot)

 

[RoxnSox]

you should so go with the dwarf puffer, just saying

 

[Adorkable]

Not wanting gouramis, Kissy, are you kidding me? If I could, I would be a gourami XD
I've always wanted a betta too. Geez, I just want to get one of every fish you guys are suggesting, and cram them all in the tank, but I can't.

 

[RoxnSox]

i love bettas they are pretty but ive grown quite fond of the puffer family and ive always wanted a dwarf puffer so after my 5 gallon cycles again im getting one and 2 otos

 

[Adorkable]

Okay, I have decided on what I am going to get. I am going to get 1 honey gourami, a few otos, and some corys.
I will be getting two 5g later (one is a QT), and I will get 1 Dwarf Puffer, and some otos.

 

[TabMorte]

Okay, I have decided on what I am going to get. I am going to get 1 honey gourami, a few otos, and some corys.
I will be getting two 5g later (one is a QT), and I will get 1 Dwarf Puffer, and some otos.

Don't the honey's get a little too big for a 10G? Maybe you could look at the dwarf gouramis instead?

 

[Adorkable]

Don't the honey's get a little too big for a 10G? Maybe you could look at the dwarf gouramis instead?

Surprisingly Tab, the Honeys smaller then the dwarfs. The only reason Honeys aren't classified as dwarfs, is because they have a different body shape.

Honeys come in at 2"-2.5", and a dwarf 2.5"- 4"

 

[TabMorte]

Ah! Another case of mislabled fish at the fish shop then! The ones labeled 'honey' there looked larger. It totally wouldn't be the first time though!

 

[Adorkable]

Ah! Another case of mislabled fish at the fish shop then! The ones labeled 'honey' there looked larger.

That's what was happening at my LFS
They had Hillstream Loaches marked as Butterfly Pleco, And the Gold Gourami Marked as Honey Gouramis, and Honey Gouramis marked as Gold Gouramis. But, I corrected them. Here is a link if you would like more info! ^_^
I find them as the cutest little thngs ever.

Honey Gourami, Trichogaster chuna, Syn: Colisa Chuna, Family: Osphronemidae, Subfamily: Luciocephalinae