10 gallon oddball ideas?

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Oh I know. The clown knife is in a 75 gallon, upgrading to a 120 gallon once he hits 7”. Right now he’s around 5”
I've never kept one, but people seem to keep them with anything large and not very aggressive. I have seen them in a tank with atabpo pike cichlids, so maybe even some aggressive fish? IDK. It will outgrow even a 120g eventually. Why don't you make another thread about it?
 
I've never kept one, but people seem to keep them with anything large and not very aggressive. I have seen them in a tank with atabpo pike cichlids, so maybe even some aggressive fish? IDK. It will outgrow even a 120g eventually. Why don't you make another thread about it?
I did go on unanswered threads
 
Shelldwellers, Telmatochromis, oddball livebearers and other killies (ex. Xiphophorus Montezumae) Elassoma sunfish, Microctenapomas, the smaller hatchetfish, pencilfish, headstander and SA upside down catfish, pea puffers, a Julidiochromis transcriptus group (maybe). You could keep a lone Krib or convict, as a wet pet, but it's a little small for a pair.
A clown knife would grow longer than the 10g LOL.

As someone who specializes in nano tanks, I can tell you most of those fish are way too big for a 10.
 
As someone who specializes in nano tanks, I can tell you most of those fish are way too big for a 10.
I've only kept, from that list a Krib, mollies, and I think that's it in a 10, but I have seen others keep everything I mentioned quite well. you may know more than me, that's fine.
 
I've only kept, from that list a Krib, mollies, and I think that's it in a 10, but I have seen others keep everything I mentioned quite well. you may know more than me, that's fine.

Out of your other list I would only be comfortable with the elassoma, pea puffers, kribs, and killies.
 
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Out of your other list I would only be comfortable with the elassoma, pea puffers, kribs, and killies.
Some of the pencilfish don't top 2", same with the hatchets and upside down cats. Shelldwellers don't break 2 inches either, for the most part, I've never seen anyone keep them in anything much bigger than that . there is a breeder who told me he keeps a group of transciptus in a 10g and they breed,when I asked him if I could keep a pair in a 10.
 
From the suggestions given already, I would avoid the bristlenose pleco and convict. The rest would probably be okay. The transcriptus would work for for a long time, maybe life, they don't get much larger than 2". The Julies are rock dwellers. Shelldwellers like N. multifasciatus would be a better option though and are lots of fun to keep. That would be my suggestion
 
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