good begener chichlid
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Well in a 10gal you are limited. Cichlids, due to their aggression and most of the time, size, they need larger tanks.
Bust since this is what you got....lets make it work.
African Shelldwellers would work, maybe a nice breeding group or something. A pair of Apistogramma, rams, or convicts would also work. I must say that out of all the ones i mentioned, convicts are the prob. the most hardiest and make for a good beginner species....but that doesn't mean you CAN'T keep the others. You would just have to learn and put forth a little more time and care towards them, but you could be sucessful with any of the choices above i'm sure.
May i ask whats going into the 80? You might have more options converting the 80gal to a cichlid tank and leaving the 10gal like it is.
Bust since this is what you got....lets make it work.
African Shelldwellers would work, maybe a nice breeding group or something. A pair of Apistogramma, rams, or convicts would also work. I must say that out of all the ones i mentioned, convicts are the prob. the most hardiest and make for a good beginner species....but that doesn't mean you CAN'T keep the others. You would just have to learn and put forth a little more time and care towards them, but you could be sucessful with any of the choices above i'm sure.
May i ask whats going into the 80? You might have more options converting the 80gal to a cichlid tank and leaving the 10gal like it is.
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In a ten gallon you could get away with a pair of Kribensis- but they would be rather cramped- as they should have a 20G realistically.
you CAN do it though with frequent water changes.
Other than that the only other cichlids small enough are blue rams, apistogrammas, and shell dwelling africans.
Honestly, for all but tiny cichlids, 10G is too small I think
you CAN do it though with frequent water changes.
Other than that the only other cichlids small enough are blue rams, apistogrammas, and shell dwelling africans.
Honestly, for all but tiny cichlids, 10G is too small I think
Hmm... thats not gonna be a very nice tank and you have about 100 problems with your selections which I will outline now:
2 corys? in an 80? try 10. Theyll be lonely.
1 flying fox? WHY?
1 Kuhli loach? nay nay, more like 10 again
2 mollys- no you're not. They need brackish water to be happy and its cruel to keep a fish in the wrong conditions "But my uncle did it" good for him. Dont do it.
2 Danios? No. Try atleast 8, and go GIANT danio, much nicer fish and better suited to the size.
The lemon tetras, go nuts, very tough fish, but I suggest, again, a larger school.
Neons or cardinals, sure, but only if the tank is HEAVILY planted, and if you plan to also include the danios, their fast movements will frighten the neons, and the neons, being kind of dopey, wont get food fast enough.
Also, this really seems like a boooring *** tank to me. Unless you already HAVE these fish lyin around and u wish them a better home, trash this idea and put some nice cichlids in the EIGHTY, where you will have way more options.
A couple convicts, couple firemouths, sajicas, some bolivian rams, and then some giant danios schooling along the top?
Doesnt that sound much nicer?
2 corys? in an 80? try 10. Theyll be lonely.
1 flying fox? WHY?
1 Kuhli loach? nay nay, more like 10 again
2 mollys- no you're not. They need brackish water to be happy and its cruel to keep a fish in the wrong conditions "But my uncle did it" good for him. Dont do it.
2 Danios? No. Try atleast 8, and go GIANT danio, much nicer fish and better suited to the size.
The lemon tetras, go nuts, very tough fish, but I suggest, again, a larger school.
Neons or cardinals, sure, but only if the tank is HEAVILY planted, and if you plan to also include the danios, their fast movements will frighten the neons, and the neons, being kind of dopey, wont get food fast enough.
Also, this really seems like a boooring *** tank to me. Unless you already HAVE these fish lyin around and u wish them a better home, trash this idea and put some nice cichlids in the EIGHTY, where you will have way more options.
A couple convicts, couple firemouths, sajicas, some bolivian rams, and then some giant danios schooling along the top?
Doesnt that sound much nicer?
Well depending on tank size, usually a 1m to every 2-3f ratio of fish. Just a group with numerous females that breed with a dominant male.
Didn't catch this until now, yes a general rule is 1 discus per 10gals of water but blue is right on this....they really arn't for the beginnier. They arn't hard but do take a little more attention and time than most others. Aaron is also right. Minimum is a 29gal for a pair of discus, a pair as in breeding pair...so they don't really need a school or group to feel safe in. Otherwise its wise to keep at least 4-6 discus. They feel safer in numbers.
Didn't catch this until now, yes a general rule is 1 discus per 10gals of water but blue is right on this....they really arn't for the beginnier. They arn't hard but do take a little more attention and time than most others. Aaron is also right. Minimum is a 29gal for a pair of discus, a pair as in breeding pair...so they don't really need a school or group to feel safe in. Otherwise its wise to keep at least 4-6 discus. They feel safer in numbers.
