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Hi all, I wanted some opinions on some combinations for my new 10 gallon tank. What would be a good ballance of these types of fish?

Cherry Barbs
Female Betta
Neon Tetras
Small Corys
Male Guppies
Ottos
ADFs
Or other suggestions...

I'm pretty set on having some tetras, the female bettas currently have a home (so they don't have to be included), but I would love to include them in the bigger tank if I could. The others I think would be a fun colorful option. Feel free to mix and match or exclude whatever. Let me know what you think would work best.

I dont think all those fish would fit in the tank, but it does give you a few options. I have had problums with keeping female bettas and male guppies together, because the bettas have a tendency to be aggressive twords fish with fancy, colorful fins. I also wouldnt recommend corys for a 10g, simply because they are schooling and active fish. But I think you could do one of the following:

6x Neon Tetras
3x Ottos

or

3x Male Guppies
2x Cherry Barbs
3x Ottos

or you could try a betta, a small school of tetra, and 2 ottos.


Inky

Hi there,
If you can find Hasbrosus, Pygmaeus, Nanus,
Hastatus, or Panda, any of these corys are
small enough to live in a full group in a 10g.

6 Small Cory cat
6 Neons
or
6 Small Cory
3 Male Guppy
or
6 Small Cory
2 Oto
2 Cherry Barbs
or
6 Small Cory
3 Female Betta
or
3 ADF
6 Neon Tetra
etc etc.

My 10g tank has the following:
6 Cory Hasbrosus (so cute! and not total bottom dwellers)
7 Rasbora Espei (Lambchop rasbora or copper rasbora)
A bunch of ghost shrimp (dont know how many)
A bunch of cherry shrimp (maybe 6-7?)
My tank is heavily planted and filtered with a 20g
cascade filter. Water changes are only once per 10 days due to lack of any NitrAtes in the water because of the many plants.

I really love the espei rasbora - they are so colourful, so active, and look great in a heavily planted tank
with surface plants for subdued lighting.
They only grow to about 1 inch, check them out online,
they are great looking fish.


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Thanks for the suggestions so far! I didn't intend to have all those fish in one tank, those are just some that I really like. Sneaky where did you get your cherry shrimp? I love those things, but I can never seem to find them.

Im lucky enough to have a local breeder,
and only 2 bucks each!
The LFS around here range from 4.99-7.99 and
even more each for cherries.



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Lucky! Yeah, don't really feel like paying $7 for a shrimp.

My ten is currently home to a pair (I think there's a pair, I only see one once inna while) of ottos and a school of seven neons. A nice betta would round it out as well