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What fish can i keep2007-11-24 23:11:54

What fish can i keep in a ten gallon tank and how many can i keep i don't want any more brakish water fish. i had four guppies and they all died. i am looking at tetras or goldfish or gouramis or something like that. would a plecostomus be okay with fish like that also? i want as many fish as i can but i don't want to overcrowd the tank. and, is it true that the fish that you keep only grow as big as their tank lets them? does it affect them at all, like make them die faster?

Answers:

First of all, no goldfish or plecos, they will both quickly outgrow your tank. Which leads to the answer for another of your questions, in a way tank size will limit the growth of a fish, but it will lead to a slow and painful death for them at a far shorter than normal lifespan.

As far as which fish to keep, I would suggest you start off with a few (2-3) cory catfish for the bottom and add 2-3 schools of 6 each of any one of several smaller tetras. I would chose from tetras similar in size to neons, black neons, penguin tetras, emperor tetras, small fish that remain small all of their lives. You could instead chose either gold barbs or checkerboard barbs for one of those 2-3 schools of fish with no problems at all.

Feel free to email me if I can help further.

MM

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If you get a tank to small for them you will stunt them, witch makes them die faster. Get a filter and a snail , those are all too clean the tank. Get Shrimp, they are pretty cool, like ghost shrimp or you could get a glass shrimp(animal not real glass), or a ghost fish those are cool fish. Oh ya, get an air stone.