My very first tank was a 10g my parents got me for Christmas when I was in high school. I stocked it with a pair of dwarf gouramis (got along great with my other fish), a small group of zebra danios (too small of a school), and a trio of swordtails. I shudder now to think I put that combo in there. They ended up moved into a 55g eventually, just because I wanted a bigger tank, but to think they were started in such a small tank.... Ugh. EDIT: I currently have a school of 9 chili rasboras in a 6.8 gallon with blue dream and jade neocardinas. It's heavily planted with both submerged and emergent plants. Nitrates stay at 0, so I have to fert regularly. They're GREAT little fish with a super low bio-load. One of the things I love about them is that they aren't skittish. Very personable fish, and beautifully colored to boot!
i started off the same but also way worse. Mind you at the time I had ZERO idea on how to care for fish and i thought all fish could go together. My first actual tank was a 20g (not that bad) but it was stocked with like 4 goldfish, 3 guppies, 5-6 neon tetras, and one molly. Horrendous choice I know. Looking back on it I wish I could apologize to each individual fish and give them a life they deserve. Now I have a 55g with 9 neon tetras (trying to slowly move it up to about 16 or 18) with some corydoras and am now starting to introduce plants into the tank. I also have a ten gallon with my betta fish Tracy who is absolutely thriving. Sorry for typing up a storm but I related a lot to how you started off and I'm glad both of us have improved on our knowledge of fish keeping and I wish you the very best on your journey
I've come to the same understanding. I had three glow Tetras in a 10 gallon and just felt like they needed more length to swim. So now they're in a 75 gallon community tank (multiple tank syndrome hit hard) I've got 2 10 gallons with a Betta and snails in each. Another 10 gallon with 5 half grown platys, shrimp, and snails. My favorite is a 36 gallon riparium with platys, zebra danios, and neon tetras. Bigger tank, smaller fish dashing around through plants and roots, love it!
I’m team ember tetra, they get a bit bigger than the Rasboras, and are a bit more lazy, but I just love their orange color so much, keep them in a group of 9 or 10, super fun lil guys.
You were entirely correct. I changed my tanks up due to this video. I had 6 neon tetras in a 10 gallon - you could barely tell they were schooling. I rehomed them to a 30g community tank (after checking with aqadvisor to make sure I had adequate space and filtration) and now they are a very cool school! They follow eachother all over the tank and are very obviously a school compared to in the 10g. I bought them 2 new neon tetra friends and seeing 8 neons school across 3ft looks amazing. The 10 gallon now holds a beautiful white body red finned male betta since I couldn't find chili rasboras locally. Now I just need to get my white clouds a bigger tank.
I would say probably not, the normal ones atleast. Dwarfs for sure yeah. Medaka's get to about 1.5" and are schooling so the normal one's I would avoid, probably best for 15 gallon minimum. Endler's are similarly sized however they can be kept without a large school like medakas. Dwarf's are 2/3 the size so I would say it could work.
Definitely agree Chilli rasbora are perfect 10 gallon fish and they are hardy and beautiful. But one thing you left out was they are fussy eaters and require some of the smallest live foods that many fishkeepers only like to feed to fry. As well as tiny dried food such as repashy gel. Also they are sensitive to changes in water parameters like most fish so I'd say ideally a maximum of 25% water change if possible
They are my less sensitive fish and as long as the food fit their mouths They'll eat anything they even Pick at algae wafers they eat what they shoudln't lol and I saw one hunt a Snail one time ??? ... Cant keep bettas , corys or guppies in a 20 gallons long aquascaped Alive for more than a years t chili have resisted a lot of bad lucks compared to other fishs so I consider them Hardy lol
3 tips. Make sure you cycle/startup your tank correctly before adding any fish, that’ll make it a lot easier to maintain. Do tons and tons of research on all of it; the cycle, the fish, the equipment, the care, all of it. Last thing be patient and find joy in the success you have, things may go wrong or take a lot of time but your research and dedication will get you there.
Nice Video, pleasant to watch as every time :) "I'm not saying like you just became a criminal" Fun Fact: In Germany, you would be a criminal if you keep any fish at all in a 10 gallon. The minimal aquarium size to keep legally fish in it in Germany is 54 liters (about 14 gallon). So also, the whole fishbowl problem is principally nonexistent here in Germany.
to add here: the law just says "kept adequately for the species". the 54l requirement comes from a different document (aquarium stores are bound to it, as in, they have to mention it to you), and while it is sensible for most fish, for betta it's a bit weird. having a half moon or other long finned variants in a 15g can be detrimental to them.
I thought in EU the minimal requirement was 5.5gal for a fish tank? At least, for a single betta? Idk I'm US and my 5.5gal tanks are single bettas and a few small snails with mostly floater plants, anything smaller I put small bugs in ^^'
@@discordiacreates6669 You are right, but every Member of the EU can be stricter in its law than the EU pretends (most of the time). The EU itself just sets the limits in which the national laws can operate. So in conclusion: In every EU nation a fish tank have to be at least 5.5gal, but every nation with its own law can go beyond that 5.5gal minimum standard.
@@MADONITE ah ok, so what I've been told is right, it just doesn't factor in some areas going beyond that with stricter regulations in some areas. Awesome and thank you, I'll remember that if I ever decide to move outta this country ^^'
Got my first tank for Christmas, 10 gallons. I have 3 Kuhli Loaches and 6 shrimp a mix of rainbows and Armanos. Lots of Java moss and ferns with a piece of driftwood.
I bought a school of 7 chili rasboras for my second 10g scape, about 10 months ago. They shipped to my house. Every single one is still alive. They hardly get scared by anything and honestly are kinda derpy, often missing the food they are trying to eat😂 overall they are a super chill vibe fish and really pretty, just know that some may not color up as beautifully as you see on UA-cam if you don’t have many shadowed spots in your tank.
Some really good points here! Never had a 10 gallon; but your suggestions make sense. Always good to have lots of swimming space for each individual fish. Love chili rasboras and CPD's! Awesome video overall.
I personally think that if it's a species only tank. Then you could probably put around 8 neons or rasboras in a 10g. Because I've seen may fishkeepers do it successfully I definitely agree with you about black skirts. 10g is way to small for them!
this timing is insane. i just bought a tank (hasn't even arrived yet) and was planning to keep neons and this video popped up on my feed. thank you for the advice. gonna look into chili rasboras immediately.
My 10gal was going to be just a shrimp colony but I ended up with 7 ember tetras. I'm working on getting a 35gal set up so eventually they'll be moved there so I can get shrimp like I planned.
So I have question as a new fish keeper. My first tank is a 10 gallon and I have built a custom 3 gallon sump with a bunch of extra filtration. I have a school of 10 rummy nose tetras, 11 neon tetras, 10 pigmy corys, 5 kughli loaches 1 amano shrimp, and one shortfin betta. I got a longer tank so they have lots of horizontal swimming space, nice sand and soil substrate, live plants, on the bottom and floating plants. As long as I make sure the water conditions are good for them and everyone is eating is that alright? The fish seem very happy despite this being considered overstocked to many people. I would agree if the 10 gallon didnt have my sump but the water quality seems very good and they seem to have enough space to swim and make teritories in the plants.
I have guppies male and female in my 10 and no problems. But it's covered with water lettuce and hornwort winding through it with a philodendron growing out the top... just add water and scrape glass... vacuum is just quick to do just that, but not changing water
I’ve got a 10 gal with 6 pygmy, 1 male betta and they get along really well. How many chili rasboras do you think I can add? Planted with HOB and heater.
My 10 gallon started out with 6 Leopard Danios, 6 Pygmy Cory's, a Dwarf Powder Blue Gourami ,three nerites, and a Cappuccino Lava snail. It worked out well, but the Danios were definitely too big for a ten gallon. They lived well enough though, only to die from genetic malfunction (as is the danio way). Currently, I have a Betta, Khuli Loaches both black and striped, and Amano Shrimp, along with the three nerites, and the lava snail. My wife is not a fan that more than half our fish hide all day. But Khulis be Khulis. The shrimp took about a month to get used to us. Both iterations have pest snails. The first tank started with Ramhorns, and eventually pond snails over took them. The current tank, I thought I had avoided them, but after two months, they're suddenly visibly in the tank. The just took their time to appear.
I know this was posted a while ago but wanted to ask. I have cube tank that is just under 10 gallons and wanted to do chili’s in here but am hearing mixed thoughts about it. What can you recommend? 🤟
well, colour me surprised! I have a 12 gallon, so I dont exactly know if my stocking is amazing, but looking at it, I think it may be ever so slightly overstocked
I just moved my betta from a 10 to a 20 gallon community and have been thinking of setting the 10 back up for a clown killi pair as the centerpeice and some chilli rasboras. The obviously a cleanup crew, neocaridina shrimp and maybe like, 1-2 nerite snails
Thanks for this! Moving off to college and being an animal lover, but only being allowed a 10 gallon in the dorm, I was planning on tetras as thats what ive heard, but now definitely not!
I've had success with ember tetras in our 10 gallon. Just bumped up to 11 of them with a few white cloud minnows, so we'll see how they do. I considered chili rasboras, but they were hard to find, and I've heard they can be hard to feed. If our embers don't last, we'll try the chili rasboras next.
The key to male/female guppies in 10, is a 2.5 Gallon to raise fry next to it and a 55 gallon next to that full of cichilds to cull weak, ugly, excess fry. Especially if you are like me and dont have the heart to cull with clove oil. If you are breeding non generic guppies tho you can probably sell the sub-adult to your LFS for a few bucks.
My current 10 gallon is shrimp and snails, no fish - and I think it's perfect. But as a beginner I was given bad advice, and so my first 10 gallon had harlequin rasboras and a little orange gourami. I have learned so much since then.
I’ve got a clawed frog in a 10 gallon. I mean, not super ideal, but he’s healthy. Also I meant to have a dwarf frog in there which would’ve been a perfect fit, but I had a miscommunication with the guy at the fish store and forgot to check for, yk, the claws.
Hi, I have a few questions, I have a tank of approximately 10 gallons, and I currently have 3 fish, a small pleco named Alex, an angelfish named Alexia, and an irisdecent shark named Alexandra. I know that the fish are not the best for the aquarium I have, but unfortunately I have limited options, the irisdecent shark was a gift from my mother, who didn't know how much they grow, I'm already looking for a place to relocate her, but unfortunately I live in a small town, and the only option is artificial lakes, and I'm afraid to let it go and something will happen, like another fish will eat it. I would like to know your opinion, and if you have any idea what to do in this case, my plans for the aquarium were to make a nano, but unfortunately my mother likes big fish, and does not understand that the aquarium is too small for goldfish or carps, for example, any help is welcome thank you very much, and sorry for any typos, english is not my first language.
My 10gal has 3 Cory's, my 2 year old beta boi, lots of Amazon sword and jungle val. Seems like 10 gallon tanks(smaller tanks) are easier to take care of live plants in my experience. Never have algae issues in my 10gals like I do in bigger planted tanks, and in general more growth. Idk.
I'll admit I did small tetras in a 10 when I started out, they've been living in a 20 for the past 4 years now... I've been looking for chili rasboras for weeks now! For now, I got my old guppy and endlers in there with a few amanos and cull neocaridinia Also, I'd love ideas for what can live with shrimp peacefully too if you decide to do more videos like this ☺️
Nice! What about chilli rasboras AND a Betta? Is it too much for a 10 gallons? I have 7 chilli rasboras and 3 Amano shrimps. I'm thinking of adding one Betta to the tank, is it too much?
Year and a half ago I started keeping aquariums again. I started with 12 pygmy cories in a 24 gallon display tank and 12 lambchop rasboras in a 10 gallon quarantine tank. And soon it became very obvious how these sizes of aquariums are totally wrong for these fish. 12 pygmy cories in the 24 gallon were literally disappearing - the aquarium looked empty from how under-stocked it was. If I would not have had problems with my pygmy cats, I would have added double (if not triple) the amount of them in 24 gallon. Lamchop rasboras on the other hand looked very crowded in 10 gallon. It looked like they were struggling for swimming space and they were fighting a lot over territory. Now they live in a 20 gallon tank and are not fighting anymore. But to be honest even this 25.6 inches long tank looks like its not giving them enough space to school around.
So, weird question. If I wanted to make a Gameboy (shell) into an aquarium decoration, how would I do that? I want to weather an old Gameboy shell to look like it was dropped off a dock or something. Won't silicone get all goopy? Or is there a brand that runs clear?
I have three 10 gallon tanks two are grow tanks and one is a hospital tank. I also have a 36 gal hospital tank for the larger purchases. 10 tanks plus three 10gals
6 cpds, 3 emerald eye rasbora, 6 pygmy cory, 3 african dwarf frogs, scarlet badis, peacock gudgeon(this is the only one I disagree with being in a 10 gallon tank, it would be hard to remove him, though, as the pH is way different than my other tanks) scarlet badis. i have them in a blackwater lowtech highly planted 10 gallon. :)
Hey I hope your tanks are doing well, I am setting up a 10g and the stocking you mentioned is similar to what I want to put in the tank. My question is how the bioload of your tank, nitrates reading?
Like most of us; I made the mistake to buy tetras for my first tank. I had a school of 6. I could see they were unhappy. I gave them to a friend and I got my first betta instead. One happy little dude in his heavily planted tank.
wish i saw this sooner and did some more research regarding tank sizes. i got 4 neon tetras for my 1.5 gal and they all are after turning fully white and loosing their tails.
Is it possible to stock a community in a 10 gallon conscientiously? Is there a center piece and/or cleanup crew that would synergize well with chilis in a 10 gallon?
One of my spare 10 gallons is just some red ramshorns and daphnia and its actually a really interesting tank but have to remove a few snails every month
Hi, I'm thinking of making a walstad tank that is about 5-10 gallons, do you think these would be good for that? Also anything else to be aware of when keeping these fish, like ideal ph and temps, how many should be together, good food, etc.? 谢谢Chris！
Hey Chris! I just got a ten gallon tank all cycled and am ready to get new fish this weekend, and was thinking about getting chili Rasboras, but are you sure you can fit 12-20 of them in a 10 gall since I searched on Google and it said they grow up about an inch?
Don’t stress. He’s correct. They’re tiny. They get to about 3/4 of an inch max. Weirdly, the images he used in the video was maculata dwarf rasbora which is what I keep. It’s a cheaper option that don’t get as rich red but are still beautiful.
If the tank is heavily planted but not to the point of restricting fish movement and is well maintained with tank parameters then the stocking amount is on the higher end, lower end if there's few or no live plants and minimal maintenance. Though which is which on those dwarf rasboras, I'm pretty sure the chilli, exclamation point and phoenix rasboras all get mixed up, but a full inch in length should be an outlier for all three if you get an unusually big one or they REALLY like your food choice ^^'. Hope that helps any bit, I'm currently looking for some more phoenix rasboras for a 20gal and they're one of the brighter options of them ^^
I have a 12 gallon with five male guppies and a Nerite. Thanks for confirming I'm doing something right! (at least for the guppies) Now I have to figure out live plants...
Can't recommend anubias enough for a beginner. I'm still learning so I've lost other plants but all of my anubias are thriving. Slow growth but really hearty.
I had originally only a half moon male betta in my ten gal and after extensive research I added a school of six neon tetras they doing good the betta was stressed on the fist day but he good now
I got some Chilis for my 10 gallon because they were cheap and I'd never had them. I fell in LOVE. They've been upgraded to a 29 gallon so I can get more~ ^^
9 years ago when I bought back a tank the seller told me that I could put 10 ember tetra with my betta in his cubic 10g tank, I was horrified to see what were their need and was lucky enough to have someone that accepted them in a more or less 60g tank
@@sheihokee4941 I think it’s a bit crowded but it’s fine as long as you have a very heavily planted tank so the tetras and betta can get away from each other when they need to.
Chillis are weirdly hardy. I got one by accident in a group of dwarf rasboras and that little fish lived for over 6 years. Including surviving my beginner years 😅
Any recommendations for nano schooling fish that would look good in a 10 gallon black glass tank? I've moved my fish to a 20 gallon long planted tank and have an empty I don't know what to do with.
My girlfriend had some questionable stocking methods in her 10 gallon.. and after a tragedy, I got her a 20 for her betta thats been in a bowl. While I’m not a fish owner, I absolutely love going over there and seeing her beta dart across the 20long. His former home was pretty sad. We got a few panda corys and shrimps and they all look to be getting along well!
I put red eye tetras in my 10 gallon because it's all that the store had left, I was impatient, & it was my first tank. 😬 I thought all tetras "were the same". They're doing OK but got much bigger than expected & definitely deserve a bigger tank with a bigger school. They mostly hide in the plants & aren't as active as i thought they'd be (probably because they dont have much room to really get going) Maybe I can give them away to somebody with a bigger tank & get some chili rasboras in there? 🤔
Ember tetras!!? I wish youd listed them. I definitely thought it was fine to put them in my 10gallon. 7 of them with a white female betta in a planted tank. It worked out very well, thankfully. But now i feel guilty :(
I have a 10 gallon with a female betta and 7 embers. They get along fine and the school loves to hide in the huge cryptocorne I have in the middle of the tank.
I think embers aren't true nano fish but they're often grouped with them so I think it's ok as long as they're kept at six individuals minimum and taken care of well since they're still one of the smallest tetras, just not the actual smallest ^^
I second this video! After loads and loads of research and contemplation i started my first ever planted tank over a month ago. I just added some chili rasboras a week ago with my blue neocaridina. They’re starting to color up and warm up to their environment, they have lots of personality! PS; I live in a small room so i had space only for a 5.5 Gallon so i have about 8 of them for now.
My trustee Fish Shop's owner keeps some cubic planted nano-tanks stocked with fish like Chili Rasboras, Endler's Livebearers and Green Neons or with Red Cherry shrimps directly in the entrance room and they are absolutely spectacular. I've kept Neons and Cardinals (and now Congos) in 40- and 50-gallons and I must say they seem to absolutely love all of that space, thus forcing them into a 10-gl. doesn't sit well with me. I'd say even a 20 is at the very limit for them (and absolutely a big "No" for Congos! - For them, at least double the capacity is the bare minimum), they still would feel cramped.
I have a beta with 5 small neon black tetras and 4 ghost shrimp in a 10 gal, it’s my first ever fish setup and they seem to be doing great, after watching this might upgrade to a 20 😅
Black Skirts are one of the bigger tetras, so I'd hardly lump them in with neons. As far as stocking goes, it hinges on the filtration and maintenance. Tank dimensions also play a role. A 10g cube is going to be much worse than a 10g long.
I’d also argue that 20 gallons isn’t enough for harlequin rasboras. From personal experience they are not active in a 20 gallon, even if they are in groups of 10 or more and nobody else is in there to crowd the tank. I put mine in a 55 gallon and saw much brighter and active fish.
Can you put some dwarf rasboras and some dwarf shrimp in a 10 gallon together? My tank is very planted with some drift wood I haven't put anything in it yet. I wanted to know if I could or not.
There are other respectable fish tubers out there that have more varied and diverse options out there for tenors. You also might not find chili's at your only fish shops in reasonable distance. Since the shop only 30 minutes away from me shut down, I now need to cross states lines to get to a lfs that sells even a slight amount of nano fish. And I personally am not in a place that can accept a shipment of online fish.
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are ember tetras ok in a 10 gallon?
I started out stocking em wrong in my first day. Lessons were learned from that mistakes. We keep on learning everyday in the hobby.
exactly, same !
At least you did better than me, I was stocking them with goldfish 😭😭
Well, now I have a planted tank with much better stocking options
@@Bird_man180 you dare challenge me? my first ever tank had 5 bubble eye goldfish in an under filtered 15 gallon
@@isaacjordan9418oh you don’t mess with me I put 3 bettas and two tetras in a 5 gal tank
@@isaacjordan9418 I had a multiple Black Moores with a crayfish in an unfiltered 5 gallon 💀 not sure why my parents thought that was correct
My very first tank was a 10g my parents got me for Christmas when I was in high school. I stocked it with a pair of dwarf gouramis (got along great with my other fish), a small group of zebra danios (too small of a school), and a trio of swordtails. I shudder now to think I put that combo in there. They ended up moved into a 55g eventually, just because I wanted a bigger tank, but to think they were started in such a small tank.... Ugh.
EDIT: I currently have a school of 9 chili rasboras in a 6.8 gallon with blue dream and jade neocardinas. It's heavily planted with both submerged and emergent plants. Nitrates stay at 0, so I have to fert regularly. They're GREAT little fish with a super low bio-load. One of the things I love about them is that they aren't skittish. Very personable fish, and beautifully colored to boot!
i started off the same but also way worse. Mind you at the time I had ZERO idea on how to care for fish and i thought all fish could go together. My first actual tank was a 20g (not that bad) but it was stocked with like 4 goldfish, 3 guppies, 5-6 neon tetras, and one molly. Horrendous choice I know. Looking back on it I wish I could apologize to each individual fish and give them a life they deserve. Now I have a 55g with 9 neon tetras (trying to slowly move it up to about 16 or 18) with some corydoras and am now starting to introduce plants into the tank. I also have a ten gallon with my betta fish Tracy who is absolutely thriving. Sorry for typing up a storm but I related a lot to how you started off and I'm glad both of us have improved on our knowledge of fish keeping and I wish you the very best on your journey
A single dwarf gouramis would be fine in a 10 gallon by themselves
I've come to the same understanding. I had three glow Tetras in a 10 gallon and just felt like they needed more length to swim. So now they're in a 75 gallon community tank (multiple tank syndrome hit hard) I've got 2 10 gallons with a Betta and snails in each. Another 10 gallon with 5 half grown platys, shrimp, and snails. My favorite is a 36 gallon riparium with platys, zebra danios, and neon tetras. Bigger tank, smaller fish dashing around through plants and roots, love it!
I’m team ember tetra, they get a bit bigger than the Rasboras, and are a bit more lazy, but I just love their orange color so much, keep them in a group of 9 or 10, super fun lil guys.
You were entirely correct. I changed my tanks up due to this video. I had 6 neon tetras in a 10 gallon - you could barely tell they were schooling. I rehomed them to a 30g community tank (after checking with aqadvisor to make sure I had adequate space and filtration) and now they are a very cool school! They follow eachother all over the tank and are very obviously a school compared to in the 10g. I bought them 2 new neon tetra friends and seeing 8 neons school across 3ft looks amazing. The 10 gallon now holds a beautiful white body red finned male betta since I couldn't find chili rasboras locally. Now I just need to get my white clouds a bigger tank.
My personal favorites for a 10 gallon are medaka aka rice fish. They are also very beginner friendly
forgot to mention that one!
I would say probably not, the normal ones atleast. Dwarfs for sure yeah. Medaka's get to about 1.5" and are schooling so the normal one's I would avoid, probably best for 15 gallon minimum. Endler's are similarly sized however they can be kept without a large school like medakas. Dwarf's are 2/3 the size so I would say it could work.
Definitely agree Chilli rasbora are perfect 10 gallon fish and they are hardy and beautiful. But one thing you left out was they are fussy eaters and require some of the smallest live foods that many fishkeepers only like to feed to fry. As well as tiny dried food such as repashy gel. Also they are sensitive to changes in water parameters like most fish so I'd say ideally a maximum of 25% water change if possible
They are my less sensitive fish and as long as the food fit their mouths They'll eat anything they even Pick at algae wafers they eat what they shoudln't lol and I saw one hunt a Snail one time ??? ... Cant keep bettas , corys or guppies in a 20 gallons long aquascaped Alive for more than a years t chili have resisted a lot of bad lucks compared to other fishs so I consider them Hardy lol
Never have issue feeding them and my school survived two moves. Weird.
I see mine eating all the detritus worms and tiny bugs in my tank
After washing fish related content (with no tank of my own) I think I’m ready to begin stocking my own tank this year. This helped. Thanks!
yay!! welcome to the hobby!
Welcome, prepare your wallet.
Good luck, just start off slow and be patient
3 tips. Make sure you cycle/startup your tank correctly before adding any fish, that’ll make it a lot easier to maintain. Do tons and tons of research on all of it; the cycle, the fish, the equipment, the care, all of it. Last thing be patient and find joy in the success you have, things may go wrong or take a lot of time but your research and dedication will get you there.
@@N0T4X0 lol I know right
Love how Millie just stared me down, like "Sit Down, Motherbleeper! He just started"
Nice Video, pleasant to watch as every time :)
"I'm not saying like you just became a criminal"
Fun Fact: In Germany, you would be a criminal if you keep any fish at all in a 10 gallon. The minimal aquarium size to keep legally fish in it in Germany is 54 liters (about 14 gallon). So also, the whole fishbowl problem is principally nonexistent here in Germany.
to add here: the law just says "kept adequately for the species". the 54l requirement comes from a different document (aquarium stores are bound to it, as in, they have to mention it to you), and while it is sensible for most fish, for betta it's a bit weird. having a half moon or other long finned variants in a 15g can be detrimental to them.
I thought in EU the minimal requirement was 5.5gal for a fish tank? At least, for a single betta? Idk I'm US and my 5.5gal tanks are single bettas and a few small snails with mostly floater plants, anything smaller I put small bugs in ^^'
@@discordiacreates6669 You are right, but every Member of the EU can be stricter in its law than the EU pretends (most of the time). The EU itself just sets the limits in which the national laws can operate. So in conclusion: In every EU nation a fish tank have to be at least 5.5gal, but every nation with its own law can go beyond that 5.5gal minimum standard.
@@MADONITE ah ok, so what I've been told is right, it just doesn't factor in some areas going beyond that with stricter regulations in some areas. Awesome and thank you, I'll remember that if I ever decide to move outta this country ^^'
lmaoo xD
I have a 15 gallon FluvalFlex with 1 betta and 4 ember tetras. I’m loving it, was thinking about getting a small loach in there too
I usually stock my 10 gallons with 25 goldfish and 5 plecos to keep the tank clean along with 9 arowanas.
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no bala sharks??
Got my first tank for Christmas, 10 gallons. I have 3 Kuhli Loaches and 6 shrimp a mix of rainbows and Armanos. Lots of Java moss and ferns with a piece of driftwood.
I bought a school of 7 chili rasboras for my second 10g scape, about 10 months ago. They shipped to my house. Every single one is still alive. They hardly get scared by anything and honestly are kinda derpy, often missing the food they are trying to eat😂 overall they are a super chill vibe fish and really pretty, just know that some may not color up as beautifully as you see on UA-cam if you don’t have many shadowed spots in your tank.
Some really good points here! Never had a 10 gallon; but your suggestions make sense. Always good to have lots of swimming space for each individual fish. Love chili rasboras and CPD's! Awesome video overall.
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@@FishForThought Of course! Happy new year!
Wait, I thought the rule of thumb was 10 betas per 1 gallon 🤔
He was joking when he said that, I have 130 better in my 10 gallon sorority😌
I personally think that if it's a species only tank. Then you could probably put around 8 neons or rasboras in a 10g. Because I've seen may fishkeepers do it successfully
I definitely agree with you about black skirts. 10g is way to small for them!
this timing is insane. i just bought a tank (hasn't even arrived yet) and was planning to keep neons and this video popped up on my feed. thank you for the advice. gonna look into chili rasboras immediately.
I got 15 gallon with a female betta
Should I add some tank-mates and what tank mates
I think Threadfin Rainbowfish look amazing in a 10. The rasboras reminded me of them because of how *dainty* they are
I'd personally go for a bigger tank for them but 10 gal def isn't the worst
My 10gal was going to be just a shrimp colony but I ended up with 7 ember tetras. I'm working on getting a 35gal set up so eventually they'll be moved there so I can get shrimp like I planned.
So I have question as a new fish keeper. My first tank is a 10 gallon and I have built a custom 3 gallon sump with a bunch of extra filtration. I have a school of 10 rummy nose tetras, 11 neon tetras, 10 pigmy corys, 5 kughli loaches 1 amano shrimp, and one shortfin betta. I got a longer tank so they have lots of horizontal swimming space, nice sand and soil substrate, live plants, on the bottom and floating plants. As long as I make sure the water conditions are good for them and everyone is eating is that alright? The fish seem very happy despite this being considered overstocked to many people. I would agree if the 10 gallon didnt have my sump but the water quality seems very good and they seem to have enough space to swim and make teritories in the plants.
I have guppies male and female in my 10 and no problems. But it's covered with water lettuce and hornwort winding through it with a philodendron growing out the top... just add water and scrape glass... vacuum is just quick to do just that, but not changing water
Recently got dwarf gold barbs for my 10 gallon they stay very small and school pretty well.
I’ve got a 10 gal with 6 pygmy, 1 male betta and they get along really well. How many chili rasboras do you think I can add? Planted with HOB and heater.
funny thing is that i literally just put neon and rummynose tetras in my 10 gallon yesterday
My 10 gallon started out with 6 Leopard Danios, 6 Pygmy Cory's, a Dwarf Powder Blue Gourami ,three nerites, and a Cappuccino Lava snail. It worked out well, but the Danios were definitely too big for a ten gallon. They lived well enough though, only to die from genetic malfunction (as is the danio way).
Currently, I have a Betta, Khuli Loaches both black and striped, and Amano Shrimp, along with the three nerites, and the lava snail. My wife is not a fan that more than half our fish hide all day. But Khulis be Khulis. The shrimp took about a month to get used to us.
Both iterations have pest snails. The first tank started with Ramhorns, and eventually pond snails over took them. The current tank, I thought I had avoided them, but after two months, they're suddenly visibly in the tank. The just took their time to appear.
I know this was posted a while ago but wanted to ask. I have cube tank that is just under 10 gallons and wanted to do chili’s in here but am hearing mixed thoughts about it. What can you recommend? 🤟
neons love being in large schools and thrive in large tanks in a school, plus a single species neon tank looks amazing when it's large and scaped well
well, colour me surprised! I have a 12 gallon, so I dont exactly know if my stocking is amazing, but looking at it, I think it may be ever so slightly overstocked
I just moved my betta from a 10 to a 20 gallon community and have been thinking of setting the 10 back up for a clown killi pair as the centerpeice and some chilli rasboras. The obviously a cleanup crew, neocaridina shrimp and maybe like, 1-2 nerite snails
Thanks for this! Moving off to college and being an animal lover, but only being allowed a 10 gallon in the dorm, I was planning on tetras as thats what ive heard, but now definitely not!
I have white clouds and two random pygmy corys in my 10 gallon. Plus the pest snails. My white clouds have turned a chocolate brown with a red strip.
You know it's gonna be a good day when you bump the tetra drill rap with the morning coffee
I have 7 celestial pearl danios in a highly planted 10 gallon aquarium. Also keep the flow pointed towards the back so they can swim the stream.
I've had success with ember tetras in our 10 gallon. Just bumped up to 11 of them with a few white cloud minnows, so we'll see how they do. I considered chili rasboras, but they were hard to find, and I've heard they can be hard to feed. If our embers don't last, we'll try the chili rasboras next.
I breed red neon blue eye rainbows in a 15 gallon….would love to see more videos about 15 gallon tanks,particularly planting ideas.
The key to male/female guppies in 10, is a 2.5 Gallon to raise fry next to it and a 55 gallon next to that full of cichilds to cull weak, ugly, excess fry. Especially if you are like me and dont have the heart to cull with clove oil. If you are breeding non generic guppies tho you can probably sell the sub-adult to your LFS for a few bucks.
How many male endlers can you put in a 10 gallon, would there be room for a small clean up crew?
My current 10 gallon is shrimp and snails, no fish - and I think it's perfect. But as a beginner I was given bad advice, and so my first 10 gallon had harlequin rasboras and a little orange gourami. I have learned so much since then.
Love my embers and pencils. (Moved them to a 20 long). Feed them xtreme krill and it really brings out the red
I’ve got a clawed frog in a 10 gallon. I mean, not super ideal, but he’s healthy. Also I meant to have a dwarf frog in there which would’ve been a perfect fit, but I had a miscommunication with the guy at the fish store and forgot to check for, yk, the claws.
Hi, I have a few questions, I have a tank of approximately 10 gallons, and I currently have 3 fish, a small pleco named Alex, an angelfish named Alexia, and an irisdecent shark named Alexandra.
I know that the fish are not the best for the aquarium I have, but unfortunately I have limited options, the irisdecent shark was a gift from my mother, who didn't know how much they grow, I'm already looking for a place to relocate her, but unfortunately I live in a small town, and the only option is artificial lakes, and I'm afraid to let it go and something will happen, like another fish will eat it.
I would like to know your opinion, and if you have any idea what to do in this case, my plans for the aquarium were to make a nano, but unfortunately my mother likes big fish, and does not understand that the aquarium is too small for goldfish or carps, for example, any help is welcome
thank you very much, and sorry for any typos, english is not my first language.
I've a 11 gallon aquarium with 2 glo tetra, 2 zebra danios, 3 molly fish. Is it okay?
My 10gal has 3 Cory's, my 2 year old beta boi, lots of Amazon sword and jungle val.
Seems like 10 gallon tanks(smaller tanks) are easier to take care of live plants in my experience. Never have algae issues in my 10gals like I do in bigger planted tanks, and in general more growth. Idk.
I'll admit I did small tetras in a 10 when I started out, they've been living in a 20 for the past 4 years now... I've been looking for chili rasboras for weeks now! For now, I got my old guppy and endlers in there with a few amanos and cull neocaridinia
Also, I'd love ideas for what can live with shrimp peacefully too if you decide to do more videos like this ☺️
for sure!
I got a 10 gallon for my birthday looking for stocking ideas.
Would you be able to put a school of chilli rasbora's with a betta? Or a dwarf gourami?
Nice! What about chilli rasboras AND a Betta? Is it too much for a 10 gallons?
I have 7 chilli rasboras and 3 Amano shrimps. I'm thinking of adding one Betta to the tank, is it too much?
Year and a half ago I started keeping aquariums again. I started with 12 pygmy cories in a 24 gallon display tank and 12 lambchop rasboras in a 10 gallon quarantine tank. And soon it became very obvious how these sizes of aquariums are totally wrong for these fish. 12 pygmy cories in the 24 gallon were literally disappearing - the aquarium looked empty from how under-stocked it was. If I would not have had problems with my pygmy cats, I would have added double (if not triple) the amount of them in 24 gallon. Lamchop rasboras on the other hand looked very crowded in 10 gallon. It looked like they were struggling for swimming space and they were fighting a lot over territory. Now they live in a 20 gallon tank and are not fighting anymore. But to be honest even this 25.6 inches long tank looks like its not giving them enough space to school around.
I have 3 grown Oscars and a Red Fin Shark in my 10 Gallon tank. They seem happy, they just hover in place all day.
So, weird question. If I wanted to make a Gameboy (shell) into an aquarium decoration, how would I do that? I want to weather an old Gameboy shell to look like it was dropped off a dock or something.
Won't silicone get all goopy? Or is there a brand that runs clear?
My 10gal is my quarantine and hospital tank! It's a great size as it fits my adult mollies if they are sick better than the 2-5g range
I have three 10 gallon tanks two are grow tanks and one is a hospital tank. I also have a 36 gal hospital tank for the larger purchases. 10 tanks plus three 10gals
6 cpds, 3 emerald eye rasbora, 6 pygmy cory, 3 african dwarf frogs, scarlet badis, peacock gudgeon(this is the only one I disagree with being in a 10 gallon tank, it would be hard to remove him, though, as the pH is way different than my other tanks) scarlet badis. i have them in a blackwater lowtech highly planted 10 gallon. :)
Hey I hope your tanks are doing well, I am setting up a 10g and the stocking you mentioned is similar to what I want to put in the tank. My question is how the bioload of your tank, nitrates reading?
How many chili's can I put in my 5 gallon? I have around 10 shrimp in there. Is that considered overcrowded already?
I have a group of six neons in a 15 1/2 tank. Is that a bit overstocked I think there is a extra 5 gallon filter they will go in.
Like most of us; I made the mistake to buy tetras for my first tank. I had a school of 6. I could see they were unhappy. I gave them to a friend and I got my first betta instead. One happy little dude in his heavily planted tank.
wish i saw this sooner and did some more research regarding tank sizes. i got 4 neon tetras for my 1.5 gal and they all are after turning fully white and loosing their tails.
I have a forty gal. show tank ready to stock; who should I put in there?
Is it possible to stock a community in a 10 gallon conscientiously? Is there a center piece and/or cleanup crew that would synergize well with chilis in a 10 gallon?
One of my spare 10 gallons is just some red ramshorns and daphnia and its actually a really interesting tank but have to remove a few snails every month
I have a 55 gallon with 2 giant danios I had for a while from another tank I plan on getting 4 more giant danios what else can I stock it with?
In your opinion would a school of 10 or so chili rasboras be okay with a beta in a 10 gallom?
Hi, I'm thinking of making a walstad tank that is about 5-10 gallons, do you think these would be good for that? Also anything else to be aware of when keeping these fish, like ideal ph and temps, how many should be together, good food, etc.? 谢谢Chris！
Hey Chris! I just got a ten gallon tank all cycled and am ready to get new fish this weekend, and was thinking about getting chili Rasboras, but are you sure you can fit 12-20 of them in a 10 gall since I searched on Google and it said they grow up about an inch?
Don’t stress. He’s correct. They’re tiny. They get to about 3/4 of an inch max. Weirdly, the images he used in the video was maculata dwarf rasbora which is what I keep. It’s a cheaper option that don’t get as rich red but are still beautiful.
If the tank is heavily planted but not to the point of restricting fish movement and is well maintained with tank parameters then the stocking amount is on the higher end, lower end if there's few or no live plants and minimal maintenance. Though which is which on those dwarf rasboras, I'm pretty sure the chilli, exclamation point and phoenix rasboras all get mixed up, but a full inch in length should be an outlier for all three if you get an unusually big one or they REALLY like your food choice ^^'. Hope that helps any bit, I'm currently looking for some more phoenix rasboras for a 20gal and they're one of the brighter options of them ^^
I have a 12 gallon with five male guppies and a Nerite. Thanks for confirming I'm doing something right! (at least for the guppies) Now I have to figure out live plants...
Can't recommend anubias enough for a beginner. I'm still learning so I've lost other plants but all of my anubias are thriving. Slow growth but really hearty.
I had originally only a half moon male betta in my ten gal and after extensive research I added a school of six neon tetras they doing good the betta was stressed on the fist day but he good now
I got some Chilis for my 10 gallon because they were cheap and I'd never had them. I fell in LOVE. They've been upgraded to a 29 gallon so I can get more~ ^^
9 years ago when I bought back a tank the seller told me that I could put 10 ember tetra with my betta in his cubic 10g tank, I was horrified to see what were their need and was lucky enough to have someone that accepted them in a more or less 60g tank
wow? i thought it was ok ? i learned it was right and its not anymore T-T
@@sheihokee4941 always seemed fine to me
@@sheihokee4941 I think it’s a bit crowded but it’s fine as long as you have a very heavily planted tank so the tetras and betta can get away from each other when they need to.
Bro u don't need a 60gal for a .8 inch fish
@@typicallyusual6984 yeah I've kept them in 2 foot tanks with bettas before and in nano tanks and they do well. Only 0.8inch.
For a ten gallon planted tank, how many chili raspboras and how many pigmy coryadoras can be placed together?
Chillis are weirdly hardy. I got one by accident in a group of dwarf rasboras and that little fish lived for over 6 years. Including surviving my beginner years 😅
Can I put chilli rasboras in betta tank. My betta is docile. Problem is will chilli rasboras gin nippers?
Any recommendations for nano schooling fish that would look good in a 10 gallon black glass tank? I've moved my fish to a 20 gallon long planted tank and have an empty I don't know what to do with.
My girlfriend had some questionable stocking methods in her 10 gallon.. and after a tragedy, I got her a 20 for her betta thats been in a bowl. While I’m not a fish owner, I absolutely love going over there and seeing her beta dart across the 20long. His former home was pretty sad. We got a few panda corys and shrimps and they all look to be getting along well!
How many Guppies would you put in a 10 gal? I have 1 dwarf guppy and 2 normal guppies and I’m worried I’m overstocking
I have harlequin rasbora in 15 gallon. Is that better?
Are Galaxy rasboras ok in a 10 gallon shallow? + how many is a good number
I put red eye tetras in my 10 gallon because it's all that the store had left, I was impatient, & it was my first tank. 😬 I thought all tetras "were the same". They're doing OK but got much bigger than expected & definitely deserve a bigger tank with a bigger school. They mostly hide in the plants & aren't as active as i thought they'd be (probably because they dont have much room to really get going) Maybe I can give them away to somebody with a bigger tank & get some chili rasboras in there? 🤔
Ember tetras!!? I wish youd listed them. I definitely thought it was fine to put them in my 10gallon. 7 of them with a white female betta in a planted tank. It worked out very well, thankfully. But now i feel guilty :(
Putting them in a 10 gallon tank, I think this is totally fine
I have a 10 gallon with a female betta and 7 embers. They get along fine and the school loves to hide in the huge cryptocorne I have in the middle of the tank.
I think embers aren't true nano fish but they're often grouped with them so I think it's ok as long as they're kept at six individuals minimum and taken care of well since they're still one of the smallest tetras, just not the actual smallest ^^
my bad I totally forgot to mention embers. They are great in a 10 gal
@@FishForThought I have a school of ember tetra with my betta in a 10g and this comment put me at ease 😅
I look for chili rasboras and pygmy corys all the time. I've never seen them in local fish shops near me even once.
Ummm hey could you lmk where to find the livebearer chart @ 0:46 ? I love the pop art look and love livebearers.
I've had good luck with chili rasboras and kubotai rasboras, their colors go well together.
I made a 15 gallon with 7 ember tetras and a beta think that’s okay??
I second this video! After loads and loads of research and contemplation i started my first ever planted tank over a month ago. I just added some chili rasboras a week ago with my blue neocaridina. They’re starting to color up and warm up to their environment, they have lots of personality!
PS; I live in a small room so i had space only for a 5.5 Gallon so i have about 8 of them for now.
Setting up a 22gal 3f aquarium for nano fish, like chili rasbora, pygmy Cory and cherry shrimp. I'm excited 😁😁
Glad i found this i have an iver crowded 10 gallon with molly ,tanks not big enough
My trustee Fish Shop's owner keeps some cubic planted nano-tanks stocked with fish like Chili Rasboras, Endler's Livebearers and Green Neons or with Red Cherry shrimps directly in the entrance room and they are absolutely spectacular. I've kept Neons and Cardinals (and now Congos) in 40- and 50-gallons and I must say they seem to absolutely love all of that space, thus forcing them into a 10-gl. doesn't sit well with me. I'd say even a 20 is at the very limit for them (and absolutely a big "No" for Congos! - For them, at least double the capacity is the bare minimum), they still would feel cramped.
I have a beta with 5 small neon black tetras and 4 ghost shrimp in a 10 gal, it’s my first ever fish setup and they seem to be doing great, after watching this might upgrade to a 20 😅
THANK YOU‼️‼️ it took WAY too long into the hobby for me to realize that the most popular fish are honestly not even the best options half the time
Black Skirts are one of the bigger tetras, so I'd hardly lump them in with neons. As far as stocking goes, it hinges on the filtration and maintenance. Tank dimensions also play a role. A 10g cube is going to be much worse than a 10g long.
What about sparkling gouramis though? where do they fit? I really want some but Im having trouble deciding
What about ember tetras? I have a school of 8 of them in my 10 gallon.
I’d also argue that 20 gallons isn’t enough for harlequin rasboras. From personal experience they are not active in a 20 gallon, even if they are in groups of 10 or more and nobody else is in there to crowd the tank. I put mine in a 55 gallon and saw much brighter and active fish.
QUESTION: what would be a good “centerpiece” fish to go with a school of the chilli rasboras?
A honey gourami!
Can you put some dwarf rasboras and some dwarf shrimp in a 10 gallon together? My tank is very planted with some drift wood I haven't put anything in it yet. I wanted to know if I could or not.
I stuck 5 gold white cloud mountains minnows in a 10 gallon with a betta and I get paranoid that it could be too small
I have 10 cardinal tetras in my 2g nano tank, and they are extremely happy and spawning too. 😂
My water is RO, GH,KH=10ppm,NO3=10, pH=7.0
What was the name of the smaller species? Specially the last ones that where mentioned 🙂
There are other respectable fish tubers out there that have more varied and diverse options out there for tenors.
You also might not find chili's at your only fish shops in reasonable distance.
Since the shop only 30 minutes away from me shut down, I now need to cross states lines to get to a lfs that sells even a slight amount of nano fish.
And I personally am not in a place that can accept a shipment of online fish.