predatory fish for a ten gallon?

by **elliriyanna** on Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:58 am

I am upgrading my fish and will have an empty ten gallon. SO i was wondering if there were any small predatory fish I could keep in it. I am also breeding guppies so anything that will eat guppy fry is great Smile

by **kizno1** on Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:41 am

I cant think of anything thats small enough to go in a 10G. If it was 20G a African leaf fish would work. There not really predatory but what about Dwarf puffers.

by **kizno1** on Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:26 am

Or you might get away with 1 male Golden panchax. They look stunning when mature and will take Guppy fry in a snap. Or 1 male and 2 female Wrestling Halfbeaks.

by **Kamaljot** on Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:24 pm

What about Pantodon buchholzi, according to aquariumwiki 1 can live in 10 US gallon [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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by **elliriyanna** on Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:44 pm

I think instead of turning it into a predatory tank I am just going to return the guppies and get two honey gourami's and two African dwarf frogs. According to aqadvisor this would work fine and I did some research and It seems that honey gourami's are much more laid back than other gourami's.

by **silverrabbit** on Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:48 pm

ADF's are really funny to watch Smile

by **kizno1** on Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:49 pm

I personally would go for 1 honey gourami. The males can harras the females quite a bit so its best to keep them in a trio of 1 male 2 females which will be to much for a 10G IMO. What about sparkling gouramis you could have 3-5.

by **elliriyanna** on Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:55 pm

There's no way to get ahold of sparkling gourami's around here. And what if I manage to get two females? Would that be ok?

And I LOVE ADF's but would they be perfectly safe in with the gourami's? I want to make sure.

by **kizno1** on Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:00 pm

Two females should work but there not really that colourful but its up to you.

I wouldnt think there would be any problems but the ADFs might need spot feeding so they get enough food.

by **elliriyanna** on Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:10 pm

That's fine Smile

I'll look into how to properly feed them and what to feed them before I get them Smile

they are worth the extra effort Smile

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