10g fish

[Steve]

I've had a beta and four cory cats in a 10g under one of my 55gs for a while now. My beta was a real beauty, bright blue male veil tail and one of longest tails I have seen in a long time on a beta. He died tonight  lived a good life though, I had him for 14 months and I think he was at least 2 years old when I got him so I think he lived about average lifespan. Anyway I'm thinking of what to put back in that 10g now. Like betas, but I'm thinking maybe something more active than a beta because 90% of the time you never even saw him unless you kneeled down and looked for him.

Not real big on community fish so I don't know what would be an "active" stock for a 10g community. Any suggestions?

[Sean]

Smaller gobies and shrimp? You could put in some smaller tetras also if you wanted. I just got a pair of Rhinogobius zhoui from a guy on here and they're awesome. Shrimp are just cool to look at, and since those two wont be moving too much you could throw some tetras in tere to make it interesting

[Marty]

Desert gobies are pretty cool small fish.  They prefer salt in their water though, so you'd have to move the corys.

[Ogre44]

You could get a trio of honey gourami, they're pretty small, attractive, and quite active.

[Steve]

Jon gave me a good idea today that I had not thought of yet for some reason(no idea why I had not thought of this ) . I'm picking up a group of juvi SRBNP from him at the auction this weekend and I didn't really know where to put them till they grow up to breeding size (I'm wanting to start trying my hand at breeding super reds) so he said the 10g will be fine to have them in till they get a bit bigger, so I think I'll just make that their new home for the next 6 months or so till they get to where I need to move them to a 20g long.


I did go to the Auarium shop today just to see what is out there in community fish these days. They did have some dwarf gourami's that were kind'a neat looking, mostly redish color with some silver/blue on them. Might get a few of them once the SRBNP are moved to a bigger tank.

[Ogre44]

Watch with the dwarf gourami, they can carry a nasty virus and I don't think that there's a cure for it.
Bristlnoses are sweet looking beasts, that's for sure.

[Steve]

Oh really? never knew that, but I know nothing about non cichlids. What is the virus? is their a way to tell if they have it?

[Ogre44]

It's an iridiovirus, if you do a search for dwarf gourami virus you'll find much more than I can tell you.
From what I remember, just observe them well prior to purchase and make sure that they're mobile and inquisitive, you know, general good practice.
If I were after one I'd probably wait until they'd been in the store a week or two, maybe see if the store knows their provenance.
The honeys are a little less flashy, but the male has awesome breeding colors.

[linuxrulesusa]

If you like anabantoids, I vote a pair of paradise fish.  Nice colors like the gouramis, but they stay small, unlike the prettier (in my opinion) larger gouramis such as pearls.  Paradise fish are also quite hardy and cheap.  Plus easy to sex.   

I kept mine without a heater for several months (room temp around 70) and they even bred for me once.  I had lots of floating duckweed and other miscellaneous plants like hornwort and just a corner sponge filter.

If you want an interesting fish in the same general family as bettas, check out a leaf fish.  Grow it out in the 10g for 3-6 months depending on genetics of your specimen and then put him in a 20 or 30 long.  Great fish to watch eating and swimming around.

[Steve]

I kept mine without a heater for several months (room temp around 70)

Really? Now I am a gonna show my stupidity on Community (or any fish) I had no idea there was ANY fish that would get along without a heater

[mightieskeeper]

A pair if killifish would look great in a 10 gallon tank.