If you had a cycled 10 gallon

[levia7han]

What would you do with it. Say it has a shallow bottom of rocks. 5lbs of them.

Its ready to go. What do you do with it.

Im not asking what "I" should do with mine. Im asking what YOU would do with it. I want to hear some ideas. I have a few but if anyone could help get the wheels turning it would help me a bit.

Its easy to set up a big tank and put all kinds of stuff in it. But with a 10 gal I think it takes a little more thought. So as to make it look nice.

What I would do.
I want to plant some java fern, and moss, maybe another plant or 2 then put 4 coreys in it. And if any platy fry make it from my other thank Ill let them grow up in there untill i can find someone to take them.

what would you do
Lev

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I'd plant it and put Neons and Rosabaras in.

 

[fishman0]

plant have corys 5 neons 5 black neons 5 endler livebearers 4 zebra

 

[jd_energy]

that is a 10 gallon fishman0

 

[Davy]

I would put some big rocks in it and make lots of cave and put in a dwarf puffer or two.

fishman0- This is a 10g not a 40g.

 

[rocketshrimp]

1 dwarf gouromi and 6 rasboras.

 

[Managuense]

ill have to second the rasboras. they are great little schoolers for almost any set-up.
M

 

[WiltChamberlain]

I would go lightly planted.
2 Cherry Barbs (male/female)
2 Black Widow Tetras
2 Otocats
1 Ghost Catfish (moved when it outgrows the tank)
2-3 Ghost Shrimp

 

[Velvet AciD]

I'd plant it Amano-style, with a glosso carpet and a reddish Japanese Fern.

For stocking, a pair of Dwarf Gouramis and a small school of brightly marked Danios or Tetras. For a cleaning crew, Panda Corydoras and black mystery snails.

I know PetsMart has a plastic Japanese Fern that doesn't look too shabby, so up-keep really wouldn't be hard. You'd just have to pay attention to the glosso.

 

[ducksarefun]

I'd plant it all like crazy!! And then add two honey dwarf gouramis and some cories and shrimp.

 

[fishysmell]

I'd go the heavily planted route. 2-3 anubias nana, 3-4 java fern, plenty of x-mass moss for the foreground (or java moss if x-mass is either too expensive or too hard to find in your area. Just have to keep it trimmed low), and some medium sized crypts for the background.

Throw in 3 dwarf cories, 4 blue tetras, a pair of honey gouramis (good idea ducks), and of course a couple of ottos. Maybe some cherry red shrimp if everyhing is small and you have tons of plants.

 

[myfishnorton]

I would do a species tank for (what else) rasboras

 

[Velvet AciD]

Hmm.. I kinda wish there were more colorful species of rasboras. Thier colors kinda turn me off.

 

[levia7han]

I have been looking into shelldwellers. If I could find them. I wouldnt mind haveing a pair or 2 in there
Or some kind of dwarf african cichlid, I cant get my water pH low enough to get new world sicks.

 

[fishface]

plant it have some rocks and some diffwood in and have 2 leopard corys 4 harliquins 4 glow lights and 4 male guppies... oh wait i already did that!

 

[ducksarefun]

shellies are a good idea! just keep one pair in a 10g though

 

[monkeyboy]

I'd probably go with 7 rasboras and 2 otos--both fish are entertaining and I find them colorful enough.

Then I'd try to find a nice branchy piece of driftwood (grapevine? or whatever its called) to put in there...get a mangrove feel out of it. Cover that sucker with moss and java fern. Maybe "plant" (anchor with some rocks or a weight) some free-floaters, like water sprite, as background plants.

Shallow bottom with rocks, eh? Might want to put some larger rocks in there and grow a bunch of moss, or leave them bare amidst a sea of bushier plants.

- mb

 

[420Loach]

well, i just set up my spare ten gallon(empty for about 2 weeks) with guppies, and i got my yoyo loaches some buddies yesterday at the lfs. lucky i went yesterday, they went from a full tank of yoyos on sunday to about 3 left on tuesday. im just glad i went back when i did.