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[font color="#800080"]kribensis- sand, 1 pair in a ten gallon, flat stones, cave, good filtration, couple of cories... and i think that is all but of course a heater but they are a really easy fish to breed...

guppies- lots of floating plants, cave, densley planted tank..foam filter so babies are not sucked in... heated...

Blue acaras- lots of flat stones.. filtered water, 80 degree water.. cave, lots of live food(mysis) really good for them..[/font]

a pair of kribs in a 10g is a bad idea, and cories with them is not gona be good either. male and female kribs tend to fight over who has the responsability of watching over the fry and how close the other can come. cories eat eggs and may get a few or get killed trying...either way bad for the cories.

just my opinion

o susisQ did u get my post on the betta breeding that u wanted? but i would have to say that kribs would need a 20 g.

please i bred 2 pairs in a 15 gallon for months no problem with 6 panda cories... 1 clown loach.. breeding pair of bristlenose plecos and a couple of guppies it all worked out good raised the babies and sold them for a while then i got bored... took everything and auctioned it off.. except for the plecos and clown loach... and i got my breeding pair of blue acaras in there and they have the whole tank to them selves(except for a female bristlenose pleco) and they have bred 5 times now!

so many things wrong with this reply im just gona leave it at that and shut my mouth.

I would be very amazed that your Kribs dont murder every other fish in that tank in a short time. Kribs definetly need at least a 15g tank by THEMSELVES, with no other fish.
They are extremely hostile fish.
As for Blue Acaras, these fish get to be 6 inches long, and do NOT belong in a 10 or 15g tank. These fish should be kept in a minimum tank size of at least 40g, and then I would probably want a larger tank for them.
What you are going to do is stunt these fish, and they will not live their full life span (8 years or so), but likely only 6-8 months. A Sad state of existence for a fish this pretty.
Clown loaches do not belong in a tank smaller than 75 gallons. These fish easily reach a foot in length, and will grow quite quickly if kept in the right environment. They should not be kept with Kribs.
Guppies (6 or less) would be fine in a 10g tank.
What you need to do is buy a larger tank, at least 75 gallons, and then you could consider keeping these types of fish.
You should never overstock a 10g tank, unless you want to deal with death and loss of all your fish at some point, espescially when you have
2 Acaras = 12 inches
1 BN Pleco = 5 inches
? 4 guppies= 8 inches
Clown Loach= 14 inches
Total 37 inches of fish in a tank that can only handle MAX 12 inches of fish (small fish).
Clown loaches are schooling fish. Kept alone they will likely die of loneliness. They need to be kept in a group of at least 3, and preferably 6 or more, requiring a tank of 100g to keep them to maturity.
Sorry to burst your bubble. But just because you did it once, doesnt mean it was right.
Hopefully you know about the Nitrogen cycle and water conditions.


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i know that clown loaches get big mine is in a 44 gallon now... the bristle nose got moved to that tank to.. umm the guppies were auctioned off and same with the kribs.. the blue acaras are sm right now they are getting a big tank later on...

What exactly are you enquiring about then, might I ask?
A 44G is still way too small for clown loaches.


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