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I have a 10 gallon tank which isstocked with 2 leopard danios,2 black neon tetras,2 white mollies,2 sunburst platys,1 redwag tail platy,2 cherry barbs and 2 bottom feeders.My heater is set at a cosy 78-80 degrees.I have an Aquaclear filter.I also have a beautiful baby fish who is now at least 2 weeks old.I am going to get a few more tetras. My tank is decorated with 2 artificial plants and some coral.I started out with a free betta in August and look at me now

may i make a suggestion?

i htink your fish would feel better if you upgraded your tank to a 20 gallon, i like the long tanks better, you can have real plants in it, and sence its longer, you can have more fish in there that a normal 20 gallon (less surface area then a long)

i love my 20 long, i have both live plants and fake plants, i have a wonderfull collection of fishies that i think go together well. i too like leopard danios, but cant find any localy, so i have 2 adult zebras, one normal female, and a longfin male, i also have their 3 offspring, that are still too young to go in with them. i have 13 corys in there too, although you would never know it, i am going to be taking some out and putting them in a different 20 gallon. i also have threadfin rainbows, otto catfish and a male and a female betta.

i know you would love a 20 long, and so would your fish, because your stocking is a little crampt, and i dont recomend getting any more fish untill you do upgrade, i love the look of a well stocked tank, but possibly going with a small schooling fish, that way you can have alot of little fish so you get the feeling of a well stocked tank

I hate to say this Margaret but you are overstocked. Especially in a 10 gallon tank. They can take a dive quickly without knowing it! You should probably think about gettign rid of some of your livebearers and add to your tetras. Also the bottom feeders prefer groups of ATLEAST 6 so you should probably find a new home for them because they need more room than a 10 gallon tank could give them. That is unless that is all you had in the tank. Even then 5 corys would be completely stocked. I wish you the best of luck with your tank though, and welcome to FP!


Christina

I think the only fish you should leave in the 10g are black neons (you can get 4 more) and the 2 cherry barbs. Everything else needs a bigger tank. A 20g would be good, but a 30g would be even better.
Platies and mollies need to be in a bigger tank (unless you had 2 or 3 in there only). They will have babies and overcrowd the tank even more. If your bottom feeders are cories..they need friends and a bigger tank. A 10g is really only a good home for a small school of neons and a centerpiece of a betta or a dwarf gourami. Everything else really needs a bigger tank.
I learned the hard way about small tanks crashing. I had 8 neons, a betta, and 2 ottos in my 10g and started having 3ppm of ammonia. Everyone made it except for one neon, but I am now upgrading to a 29g for the neons.
10g are great to start with, but won't hold all your fish without causing some major issues (ammonia, lots of waste). Eventually you are going to have problems and may lose most or all of your fish.

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It's great that you love your tank - it's an addictive hobby, isn't it?

If you want any tips or advice about keeping fish, listen to these guys, they know what they are talking about

Another thing that worries me is your two "bottom feeders". Bottom feeding fish tend to produce more waste than the average fish. Also, do you know what kind of fish they are? They could stay as small as two inches or grow to over a foot.

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I fully with the above comments and suggestions. I think you are doing what all new to fish keeping are doing. Going to your new found LFS and cannot resist a pretty fish. It is obvious that you LFS is not advising you very well as how many and what to put into that small 10g tank.

I also agree you will have to go bigger if you intend to keep all those fish happy and healthy.

Your next step should be a larger tank with live plants this will help to keep your water and fish healthy.

You question here would be what size. The answer is big as you possibly can and have the space and time to look after it. Remember a large tank is far easy to look after than a small 10g

Sorry to be so hard on you but I personally would rather be honest than give you wrong advice or not answer you posting.

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yep they are right, for a ten gallon ur way past overstocked. which simply means u have too many fish for that small of a tank,

and really since u love fishkeeping, a tip is the bigger the better, also less problems. so a 20-55 gallon would be fine for u, b/c right now all those fish can't be living in a 10 gallon happy.

Yes, you are really overstocked & Tetras & Corydoras need to stay in groups of at least 6 of the same species. Try to get a bigger tank & your fish will be more happy.



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