Getting a 10G

[Cichlid-Lover]

I am going to get a 10G tank soon and i wanted to put some cichlids in there. What would be some good cichlids for a 10G tank that will get along??

 

[silver dollars]

I suggest some German blue rams or Kribs, or mabey for a species-only tank, Keyhole cichlids

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

you might be able to do some small lake tanganyikan cichlids. shell dwellers like neolamprologus calvus or neolamprologus something or other... orion should know. they arent bright like the other rift lake fish, but i heard they got lots o' spunk.

 

[Orion]

You are very limited in what you can put in a 10 gallon. More so by what fish you can get localy than the species of fish that will work.

Just about any New World dwarf cichlid would work. And like yahoo said some of the shell dwellers from Tanganyika.

Rams might work, but I don't think I'd put a breeding pair of kribs or keyholes in a 10 gallon.

Do you have any idea's of what you'd like to see in the tank?

 

[Cichlid-Lover]

mabey some catfish and rams. I would like to have a breeding pair of rams in there so they can breed.

 

[grottosandfins]

Definitely Kribs.

 

[kagal]

maybe a trio of apistos?

 

[Zman16]

I like the blue ram idea.

 

[GeraldTheMouse]

With the trio of apistos, you are kinda screwed if 2 of them 'pair up' because the other one would get a good beating!

 

[silver dollars]

With the trio of apistos, you are kinda screwed if 2 of them 'pair up' because the other one would get a good beating!

Then mabey he could just get two of them so then there won't be a loner.*crazysmil

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I'd recommend a pair of apistos if you can find them around you. They can be hard to come by in the LFS usually (at least around my parts).

 

[phOOey]

multies, multies, multies, sorry, ever since i lost mine i cant stop recommending them to people but they really are a whole lot of fish in a tiny little package, very entertaining and they have a very interesting social structure, although in a 10g you couldnt get much of a colony going.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I'm probably getting rid of my 3 ph00ey, want mine? hehe to bad you arn't closer.

 

[phOOey]

i would actually of taken them, too bad i cant exactly just pop round and take them off you hands

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Ehh, sure ya can! We will call the 2 way plane ticket even! I'll even meet you at the airport.

 

[catfishbum]

i was hoping to put 2 africans in the 10g i am cycling now. i figured 2 yellow labs would be fine with all the cave work i got, any suggestions to this?

 

[BRANDX]

Hey silver dollars!

I started with a 10g, and it was nothing but constant work to try to get a living situation arranged, granted I had very aggressive cichlids and hadn't done any research. Heck, I didn't even join this site until after I had bought too many fish for the tank.

You've probably heard the drill...Overstocked the tank. Got attached to the fish. Bought bigger tank. Fish outgrew them both. myfishtank.net members really all over the place trying to get me to straighten out my situation. In one month I ended up with four tanks!

Moral of the story is research first, less asprin later. But so far, my ten was the most fun.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

I would have to agree with a pair of German Blue Rams... I have 7 pairs in my 75G and just love them to death. A pair would do excellent in a 10G Planted.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

i was hoping to put 2 africans in the 10g i am cycling now. i figured 2 yellow labs would be fine with all the cave work i got, any suggestions to this?

To small for labs. They need at least, i would say, a 29gal.

 

[catfishbum]

thought so