Well i don't want to play mean guy here, but those fish can't live in a 10 gallon tank very long, especially one just starting out.
Both of those fish have the potential to get around 1 Foot in length and will need atleast a 55 gallon tank.
Right now i'd think your best bet would be to return the fish to your local fish store of which you bought them from (if you have reciepts and explain you didn't know what you were doing at the time they should give you store credit) and then you must cycle your tank.
Your fish will of course pee and poop, and their wastes will break down into ammonia. Ammonia is a very harmful substance to fish and they will die in water laced with it, but luckily certain bacteria like to eat ammonia. This amonia is consumed by the bacteria and they produce NitrIte. NitrIte is also harmful to fish, but luckily there is another form of bacteria that eat NitrIte, but these produce NitrAte. This is the end of the cycle as NitrAte can only be removed by water changes. But Nitrate is far less harmful to fish then either ammonia or nitrite.
After you read up a little on the cycle fish wastes goes through, you can cycle your tank one of a couple different ways.
One way of cycling a fish tank is by using live fish. This is accomplished by putting a couple small very hardy fish in and making sure to do water changes whenever they look like they are starting to become unhealthy. The downfall to this is chances are you are going to kill off a couple fish and it takes more time then other methods.
Another way (most people prefured way) is to have a different source of ammonia. This can be accomplished by putting fish food in a tank that doesn't have fish, or using a raw piece of shrimp, or even using PURE ammonia that you can find in a place like Ace hardware.
i hope i'm not overwhelming you.
Both of those fish have the potential to get around 1 Foot in length and will need atleast a 55 gallon tank.
Right now i'd think your best bet would be to return the fish to your local fish store of which you bought them from (if you have reciepts and explain you didn't know what you were doing at the time they should give you store credit) and then you must cycle your tank.
Your fish will of course pee and poop, and their wastes will break down into ammonia. Ammonia is a very harmful substance to fish and they will die in water laced with it, but luckily certain bacteria like to eat ammonia. This amonia is consumed by the bacteria and they produce NitrIte. NitrIte is also harmful to fish, but luckily there is another form of bacteria that eat NitrIte, but these produce NitrAte. This is the end of the cycle as NitrAte can only be removed by water changes. But Nitrate is far less harmful to fish then either ammonia or nitrite.
After you read up a little on the cycle fish wastes goes through, you can cycle your tank one of a couple different ways.
One way of cycling a fish tank is by using live fish. This is accomplished by putting a couple small very hardy fish in and making sure to do water changes whenever they look like they are starting to become unhealthy. The downfall to this is chances are you are going to kill off a couple fish and it takes more time then other methods.
Another way (most people prefured way) is to have a different source of ammonia. This can be accomplished by putting fish food in a tank that doesn't have fish, or using a raw piece of shrimp, or even using PURE ammonia that you can find in a place like Ace hardware.
i hope i'm not overwhelming you.
