Opinions?
- Thread starter FirstTimeFreshie
- Start date
oh sorry didn't see that in this thread, maybe you said it somewhere else?>
I'm seeing more people okay the dwarf Gourami in a 10G in recent posts so it's probably not so bad.
I would have to say nay to the danios though, or any active fish really, 10Gs is too short a tank for them to swim. I would go the route of your Dwarf Gourami, plus some ottos or other relatively small bottom feeders. Your gourami is going to want the mid-top part of the tank anyway, you shouldn't crowd 1 area of the tank.
I'm seeing more people okay the dwarf Gourami in a 10G in recent posts so it's probably not so bad.
I would have to say nay to the danios though, or any active fish really, 10Gs is too short a tank for them to swim. I would go the route of your Dwarf Gourami, plus some ottos or other relatively small bottom feeders. Your gourami is going to want the mid-top part of the tank anyway, you shouldn't crowd 1 area of the tank.
I don't know about the cherry barbs. They get pretty big once they're full grown. I have one small male in my 10 gallon. The guy at the store said he'd be fine alone because they're not true schoolers, but I can tell he gets stressed at times and bullies around the glass fish and oto that I also have. I think it's because the 10g is too small for him. I'm about to get a bigger tank so we'll see if that improves anything.
How set are you on danios? There are a lot of awesome small fish that would do well in a 10g. This thread has a nice list of fish for smaller tanks. I kinda wish I had seen it before I stocked mine.
Tropical Fish Forums > Recommendations For A 10 Gallon
Check that out if you're open to other fish. If not, totally disregard this post
Tropical Fish Forums > Recommendations For A 10 Gallon
Check that out if you're open to other fish. If not, totally disregard this post
I really wouldn't do the Danios in a 10g. And mixing them IME and IMO doesn't really allow them to display their true personalities. I've added some more Pearls and Zebras to my 29g to get two small schools in there, and they just kinda mix around. Everyone's temper has calmed down, but it's more chaotic than anything. Then, with my two guppy fry-making machines- it's just crazy in there. I'm actually thinking of taking them back and going a diff route... we'll see. Go with some of the suggestions people have thrown out to you. I personally would stick to one type of schooling fish OR a couple of cool loners- not both for a 10g.
Good call on the danios needing more space than a 10 gallon, I wasn't thinking about how active they are, just that they stay smallish. Sorry about that freshie. As far as the barbs and the betta go, I've heard that keeping a betta in a community setting can go either way. Sometimes the other fish fin nip the betta, and sometimes the betta can misake other long finned fish for another betta and fight. But as long as you keep an eye on it I would think it would be ok, especially since it was MissFishy, who seems to know what she's talking about, that suggested it.
Bettas are fine in community settings. Especially with other fast fish that aren't nippy, like cherry barbs or harlequin rasboras. The smaller fish won't bother the betta if they have enough friends and the betta wouldn't be able to catch them if he wanted to, so it works out for both sides. It's always nice to have a "centerpiece" fish in the tank. Personally I think cherry barbs are fine in smaller tanks like 10 gallons. They aren't really huge fast swimmers and seem to be happy just plucking along.