fish for beginner

[BryanB]

Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

Good old goldfish. Idk who said one fish per gallon but if people say that it must be a very vague rule. Imagine 10 tuna in your tank. It really depends on the species. I have a lion and moray eel in a 25 and that's way too small for them... Are you only considering fresh water?

The general rule is one inch of fish per gallon not one fish per gallon

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by BryanB

The general rule is one inch of fish per gallon not one fish per gallon

That's an OKAY rule. I find it's about the bioload of the animals in the tank and how it's set up.

I had a live planted five gallon tank that was highly stocked of guppies and endlers. I think I placed 5 in there original and it was easily 20 of them within a few short months. I did remove bigger animals though to bigger tanks but still the tank thrived due to the way it was set up.

Personally, I had a 10 gallon at one time for my daughter. I tried to keep it really basic and intermix species but I found to give them the proper requirements required more room or different things. In such a small area I would stick to the most basic of animals.

Guppies, danios and some tetras or barbs. Cherry barbs pop out to me.

If I did it again, I would do a dwarf gourami, a trio of cherry barbs and 4 - 6 khouli loaches.