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10g stocking help (Colorful fish wanted)

Discussion in 'Freshwater General Discussion' started by Anonymous, Jun 16, 2009.

  1. Anonymous

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    please list different kinds of small colorful fish. :D
     
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  2. Anthony

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    Neons and Guppies ftw, going to your local pet store is probably the best way to see what kind of colorful fish you might want. Don't buy any your first visit, just go home and research ones that you like.
     
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    do any of those breed?
     
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    Guppies and Endler's breed very easily, the others not so much.
     
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    Keep in mind if they breed your 10 gallon tank will quickly become overstocked and you'll have to upgrade or give/sell the extra fish
     
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    if you sell them to like a pet store, how much would you get for them?
     
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    Depends on what they are. Guppies, IF you can get the store to buy them will only pay about less than half of what they charge for them.
     
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    that stinks. but i guess sence you only raise them and buy them I guess you make some money....
     
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    neons don't breed easily unless you puposely put two in another tank with the right water conditions. Guppies on the other hand are like rabbits, all you need to do is take out their fry and dump them in a different tank.
     
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    In the fish world, You'll find most of the males are the ones that are coloful.
    I'd advise against females in a 10g since most will possibly be pregnant and you will quickly run out of room with fry.

    Fancy Male Guppies
    Velvet Swordtail
    Neon Tetra
    Flame Tetra
    Cardinal Tetra
    Hi Fin Serpae Tetra
    Turquoise Dwarf Gourami
    Rosy Barb
    Fancy Male Bettas
    Sailfin Mollies>not extremely colorful, but gorgeous fish
    Gold Tetra
    Brilliant Rasbora
    Gold White Cloud
    Kissing Gourami
    Kribensis Cichlid
    Moons
    Platys
    Variatus
    Orange Chromide Cichlid
    Paradisefish
    Most all African Cichlids
    Rainbowfish
     
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