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[phreakyfaerie]

my daughter is turning 9 this month and has requested her own fish tank
i am giving her a 10 gal to start with but i am sure she will graduate to a larger tank befor too long, she is very good with animals and wants to be a vet when she grows up
i have already bought her 2 tiger barbs and i would like some suggestions on what else to fill it with. i am looking to fill it with smaller fish so that she can have a busy tank without overloading it. she already has a male veil tail betta in a gallon bowl and has kept it alive and healthy for 6 months ($3.50 responsibility test, she passed) i was thinking some corys and some glowlight and a few more tiger barbs tetras, maybe a couple neon dwarf rainbows. she will also have live plants. if this is too much in a 10 i will get her a bigger tank.
what do you guys think? would you fill it differently?
suggestions please

 

[phreakyfaerie]

no ideas, come on guys

 

[Fry]

sounds good, it's not a community without cory cats!

 

[phreakyfaerie]

thanx man, you don't think it will be too much for a 10? should i just get her a bigger tank or could i safely put that many small fish in that small of a tank?

 

[Fry]

i would put no more than 8 small fish in there including the betta, another idea is a rainbow shark or red-tailed shark but they get 5" or so with one you can't have many other fish

you can do a lot more with a 20 Long that has the footprint of a 29, it doesn't cost much more than a 10 gallon, a 20 Long also makes a good quarantine tank for larger fish and a good grow out tank, fish don't have to go very far up to get food

 

[guppy]

The cubic inch rule is a good approximation for stocking limits for small fish in small tanks. A chinese algae eater, 3-5 one-lined pencil fish, three glowlights, three serpae tetras, and a couple of skunk corys would about maxx out a ten gallon when added to the the tiger barbs already there. Or you could replace the pencil fish with 3 red eyed tetras.

 

[phreakyfaerie]

the betta is gonna stay in his bowl it was just my test for her to see if she could keep it alive and she did. he has a cool bowl it looks like an gallon sized hurricane glass

 

[phreakyfaerie]

i have a 29 that has no bottom, i have the glass and silicone to fix it i just need the glass cut

 

[Fry]

fix the 29!!!!!

 

[joeyg2100]

With what you have stated it will be a busy tank. Plus your Tiger barbs are going to be fin nippers, atleast the ones that I have had and seen. For a small planted tank I would go for color if I was you.
Here is what I would go with.

-6-10 Cardinal tetras
-Some small pepper cory's about 3-5 of them or any small cory
-bristel nose pleco
-Then maybe some white clouds

Then a lot of plants, and a centerpiece of driftwood. This will look really good. I have seen a set up like this, and it look great. Hope this gives you some ideas