Stocking ideas for a 10g ?

[CrooK808]

i feel like putting a small 10g right next to my bed even though i got 7 tanks in my room.
whats some neat stocking ideas for a small bedside tank ?

 

[ibz_rg]

I'd go for about 10 neon tetras, honestly. They're fun to watch and could easily spend life in a 10g.

 

[CrooK808]

I'd go for about 10 neon tetras, honestly. They're fun to watch and could easily spend life in a 10g.

yeah i was thinking a nice little planted tank with some of those. hmm but then theres dwarf puffers haha

 

[aclockworkorange]

Shrimp are perfect. Super weird behavior too so they'd be great to watch before bed.

The problem with 10 gallons is they're so small its really difficult to stock anything that would be happy. 20 gallon long is a different story.

Another good idea would be a pair of small apistogramma (dwarf cichlids from south America).

 

[aclockworkorange]

I'd go for about 10 neon tetras, honestly. They're fun to watch and could easily spend life in a 10g.

Problem with a 10 is a lot of schooling fish don't have enough space to swim as they're pretty active.

 

[CrooK808]

Shrimp are perfect. Super weird behavior too so they'd be great to watch before bed.

The problem with 10 gallons is they're so small its really difficult to stock anything that would be happy. 20 gallon long is a different story.

Another good idea would be a pair of small apistogramma (dwarf cichlids from south America).

thats true i was just thinking of something simple next to my bed. shrimp would be a good idea.

 

[andyjs]

Shrimp are perfect. Super weird behavior too so they'd be great to watch before bed.

I was going to say the same thing. Since it will probably be placed close enough to get an easy close-up view, I think a planted tank full of inverts would be perfect. You could probably have a couple species of shrimp and various small snails. Also, without fish, you might notice some other interesting little hitchhikers coming in on your plants that would just be eaten in a normal tank.

 

[CrooK808]

I was going to say the same thing. Since it will probably be placed close enough to get an easy close-up view, I think a planted tank full of inverts would be perfect. You could probably have a couple species of shrimp and various small snails. Also, without fish, you might notice some other interesting little hitchhikers coming in on your plants that would just be eaten in a normal tank.

i think this might actually be a good idea. with shrimp though do you just drop the shrimp pellets in the tank 0.0

 

[Cookie*]

X3 on the shrimp and I'll throw out the idea of a crayfish tank, too. Crays can be just as fun to watch as shrimp, but for a 10 gallon, you are pretty much limited to a single crayfish....so, either shrimp or one really cool crayfish (planted). And, pics when running please!

 

[CrooK808]

X3 on the shrimp and I'll throw out the idea of a crayfish tank, too. Crays can be just as fun to watch as shrimp, but for a 10 gallon, you are pretty much limited to a single crayfish....so, either shrimp or one really cool crayfish (planted). And, pics when running please!

Shall do ! so i guess im gonna go with a planted Shrimp tank ! wait... do shrimps fight ? lol