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I'm still trying to figure out what to do with these spare 10g's! One I'll make a shellie tank. Another, I'm thinking of an asian biotope.

What are some good fish for this tank?

It MUST contain bumble bee gobies :

Either:
dwarf puffers
bumblebee gobies

bumblebee gobies
khulies
Harlies

bumblebee gobies
Red eyed puffer

betta (preferrably something out of the ordinary)/chocolate gourami/honey gourami/sparkling gourami/dwarf gourami
bumblebee gobies
harlies

Random curiousness... I thought dwarf puffers pretty much had to be in a species tank because of the way they like to nip other fish's fins off? CAN they be kept with bumble bee gobies, cause that would be an ADORABLE tank.

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

Ehh, I don't know about the bumblebees. They're cute, but I don't believe in keeping brackish fish in fresh water.

I was thinking of a wild betta species... betta coccina is sooo pretty. Kuhlis and harlies sound nice, too

Maybe an unusual danio species...

Last edited by smantzer at 25-Feb-2005 20:45

Are they brackish? Really... didn't know that. The profile does say to add some salt to that water, but... Too bad, I think that would be cute.

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

I believe it depends greatly on your run of puffers. I recently (and somewhat reluctantly after my previous experiences with these fish), obtained a few indivduals (C. imitator), and distributed them even amongst several of my tanks--they have been fine thus far. Small, darting fish usually don't attract attention to themselves, and thusly, most fare fine with dwarves.

Of the two common species of brachygobes available in the hobby, both are commonly found in fw. Doriae is in fact generally considered to be a full FW fish and is rarely seen in marshwaters.

Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 26-Feb-2005 02:28

I agree my puffers are pretty slow and they can't even come close to nipping a tiger barb...Puffers are fine with an active tank even if it is a community. But tiger barbs are the best tankmates i can suggest. I've heard many keep a pair of gobies with their puffers with no problems, and of course ottos are an option since puffers don't see to care about them either.

in a 10 gallon be careful with harlequin rasboras, because I had a school of 6 in my 10 gallon and they got very agressive with eachother. I have since moved them to a 29 gallon and the agression evened out. I did at one point have just 4 harlys in my 10 gallon and they were fine. I know a school of 6+ is reccomended, but in that size tank they did quite well in a smaller school.

my asian biotope is basically a rice paddy tank with a female CT betta, 2 female dwarf gouramis, 3 kulhis, and a few random guppies

Daka<<<<

if you like betta coccina, be prepared for a nice acidic tank. all the articles i've read, and in my experience with these fish, they much prefer their own tank, with a pH of around 4.5-5 to be really happy.

So in that low a pH, not much else can go into a tank with them.

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Thanks for the coccina info! Maybe I'll try to think of some other betta...hmmm. Kuhlis are the only definite residents I have in mind right now... MAYBE harlies.