Yea not going to be salt. To much of a pain for salt at work. I like the idea of shrimp and different tetras.
Desktop 10 Gallon Stock Ideas
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Id also add a pleco to that there a nice bottom feeder that keep the glass or maybe a few snails
Cherry shrimp, yellow shrimp, other different brightly colored shrimp and a few rummy nose tetras.
What's the footprint of the tank? Depends if you want a school or just a single fish?
Single:
- easy: betta
- advanced: dwarf puffer (heaps of personality)
School:
- ember tetra
- chilli rasbora
- endlers livebearer
- celestial pearl danio
Shrimp:
- hardiest and cheapest would be red cherry shrimp. just buy a dozen or two and watch them go forth and multiply. don't put any fish with them as they will eat the shrimplets. otos are the only shrimp-safe fish. you could have a small school with them.
Single:
- easy: betta
- advanced: dwarf puffer (heaps of personality)
School:
- ember tetra
- chilli rasbora
- endlers livebearer
- celestial pearl danio
Shrimp:
- hardiest and cheapest would be red cherry shrimp. just buy a dozen or two and watch them go forth and multiply. don't put any fish with them as they will eat the shrimplets. otos are the only shrimp-safe fish. you could have a small school with them.
id go the red cherry shrimp route, they'd feed on algae etc over the weekend; and are surprisingly enjoyable and active in small desktop tanks such as the one you mention.
Another variable is the bioload, with cherries you'll be changing water not as often as you would with a betta say. Means less hassle in work etc
Another variable is the bioload, with cherries you'll be changing water not as often as you would with a betta say. Means less hassle in work etc
that's definitely true. I have a 5 G heavily planted RCS tank and basically I never have to do PWCs for the sake of nitrates as the plants use up what little bioload the RCS produce. I still do every few weeks or so to freshen up the water and electrolytes. One thing with small tanks and infrequent water changes apart from nitrates, is to use some kind of buffer eg., crushed coral, so that over time it doesn't suddenly ph crash. especially my soft water.
10G's a bit too small. I'd say 20G would be more suitable for a pair of rams say.
A pair of German rams would do well in there...Checkerboards...shell-dwellers...certain julidochromis...
