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You guys think this would be too much for a 10 gallon?


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Thought I would ask here, do you guys think I can stock a planted 10 gal with a small honey gourami, some small rasboras (or maybe some neon green tetras? I heard regular neons like a little more space so I'm a bit skeptical.) and a school of pygmy cories? Or would that be too much? I plan to water change a lot btw, however much is necessary without disrupting them too much. Have a Tetra Whisper 40 HOB (which I'm positive probably pumps half the amount of water it advertises) filled to the brim with sponge (quite literally) and a small little sponge filter.

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Yeah, really wish I could. But alas, life has dwarven me down to a lowly 10 gallon. Aka my new apartment. Luckily, I know a good friend with a 60 g I could put some of my old fish in to either come back to me one day or live their lives out having the time of their lives. But- I do enjoy 10 gallons purely for the fact they got me interested in pygmy cories. Before I liked the bigger bodied ones and thought the pygmys were just not that good at "being cories" (sifting through the substrate- I know, naive) and not as cute. Until I saw them at my LFS the other day. In that exact moment, I knew I had to have them. And I've been wanting a honey gourami for a while. Anyways, thanks for the advice! And such a quick response too. Love it here. In all honesty, I'm pretty excited because I thought everyone online was going to deeply disapprove of it.

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Honey gouramis like to be in groups, so while one would probably be okay alone it's not ideal.  With that in mind, I'd suggest getting 3-5 honey gouramis, a school of Corydoras pygmaeus, and stop there for a while.  If you watch this tank for a while and decide it needs more, and you have room, you could add another school of very small fish (or even better, add more honey gouramis and Corydoras pygmaeus).

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