stocking

by **elliriyanna** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 4:16 am

I am considering setting up another ten gallon aquarium and was wondering if my stocking ideas would be ok

Female betta
6 neon tetras
4 panda corys
3 crystal red shrimp

I checked a stocking calculator and it says its fine but I was wondering about personal opinions

also are there any really low maintenance aquarium grasses?

Or any other plants? I plan on having anacharis, java fern, and java moss

by **kizno1** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:56 pm

I woul up the corys to 6 pandas do alot beter in bigger groups. I think a bigger groups of shrimp would be fine aswell as they dont make much waste.

by **elliriyanna** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:29 pm

But wouldn't that overstock my tank by a bit? Its only a ten gallon

by **kizno1** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:35 pm

IMO no aslong as you have good filtration. Although i would go for 6 pygmy corys instead of pandas because pandas could do with a slightly bigger tank IMO.
So
Female betta
6 neon tetras
6 pygmy corys
5 crystal red shrimp

by **elliriyanna** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:40 pm

Its very hard to get ahold of pygmys around here and this is going to be a very colorful tank so the pandas would look much better. Are there any bright bottomfeeders I could use instead?

Also what filter would you recommend? I'm going to get a 10 gallon starter kit.

by **kizno1** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 4:51 pm

Fair enough. I cant think of any bottom dwellers more colourful than a cory that would work in a 10G.
I would go for a fluval 1 plus they do about 200lph so you should get a 5x turnever which should be fine as any more and the betta might not like it.

by **elliriyanna** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 5:25 pm

Ok

will the filter that comes with the kit work temporarily?

by **kizno1** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 5:27 pm

What type is it? I would think it would be fine but i wouldnt stock to high in it.

by **elliriyanna** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:03 pm

It comes with a whisper power filter but I may get a marineland penguin biowheel filter ... Its only 20 and its perfect filtration Smile

by **kizno1** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:07 pm

Sounds good. What tank are you getting?

by **elliriyanna** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:09 pm

Tetra ten gallon starter kit

by **kizno1** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:16 pm

Looks great. Seems a fair price aswell.

by **elliriyanna** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:21 pm

Thanks

I'm excited Smile

I just gotta save up for it Smile

by **kizno1** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:23 pm

Great. Plenty of pics once you get it thumbup

by **elliriyanna** on Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:27 pm

Definetly

by **elliriyanna** on Sat Sep 18, 2010 3:19 am

Could you start a Sorority in a ten gallon? I am going to plant it. I really want the tetra tank but I wanna know my other options lol

by **kizno1** on Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:59 am

I would recommend atleast a 20G it can work in a 10G but thats only if your lucky and get extremely calm females. I had 9 in a 30G and they would just fight none stop so i wouldnt go for much smaller.

by **elliriyanna** on Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:47 pm

Ok... My lfs just has a shipment of baby girls right now so I thought I'd ask Smile

the bigger ones they have are about an inch... I thought at that age it might work better

by **kizno1** on Sat Sep 18, 2010 4:06 pm

You could try it but it is risky.

by **elliriyanna** on Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:20 pm

Then I won't do it I won't risk my girls. Til I get the ten my friend is giving me a one gal with a filter for a little

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