10 gallon clown killifish tank stocking idea please

[yassy]

Hi. I had 7 clown killifish in my 10 gallon tank but after the power outage for 4 days in Jan, now I got only 5 left there.

They area active and nothing wrong with them but I feel like when I see 5 killifish swimming mostly top part and nothing in the middle or bottom, tank looks bit empty...

I thought of red cherry shrimp but killifish may eats them.. how many more of what fish would go great to make this 10 gallon tank look bit more full?

I thought of green tetra as well but they are schooling fish so if I add 6 of them to 5 killifish in the 10 gallon tank... it maybe too crowded?

Any recommendation is appreciated.

Thank you.

 

 

[Fish Folk]

CoOp has a nice answer published here.

Let me give you an honest (but less-than-advisable) answer:

I’d try 6x Pygmy Corydoras:

6x Cochu’s Blue Tetras:

And 6x Chili Rasboras:

Now… everyone will tell you that’s too many fish for a 10 gal. It is. But if you water change regularly, and will add 3x plants for every fish… (69 plants total - every little plant counts, including bunches of Java moss) I think it could be awesome sauce.

I’d put several small sponge filters to work in there to provide ample biological filtration and dissolved oxygen.

Edited March 12, 2022 by Fish Folk

[yassy]

Thank you. I too wondered if I do more frequent water change, if I could do group of green neon tetra or something like that but I was not sure. The tank has covered top with duckweed and I got Buce, Java fern, subwassertang moss and moss ball. It used to be red cherry tank. I got none in there now though.

 

 

[Fish Folk]

On 3/11/2022 at 11:09 PM, yassy said:

Thank you. I too wondered if I do more frequent water change, if I could do group of green neon tetra or something like that but I was not sure. The tank has covered top with duckweed and I got Buce, Java fern, subwassertang moss and moss ball. It used to be red cherry tank. I got none in there now though.

 

 

I’d recommend just one water change per week, 20%. That should be fine. Remember to add water near same temperature as what you draw out, and always add dechlorinator if you’re on city / town water.

[yassy]

Yes, that is what I do for killifish tank already. So, I guess I just keep doing what I am doing. I have treated water in the water bottle so I can use for shrimp tank but I started using those for fish tank water change now.It is more convenient and I do not have to ask myself if I added prime r not or if the temp of water is good enough.

[Jawjagrrl]

 

 

On 3/11/2022 at 11:02 PM, Fish Folk said:

CoOp has a nice answer published here.

Let me give you an honest (but less-than-advisable) answer:

I’d try 6x Pygmy Corydoras:

6x Cochu’s Blue Tetras:

And 6x Chili Rasboras:

Now… everyone will tell you that’s too many fish for a 10 gal. It is. But if you water change regularly, and will add 3x plants for every fish… (69 plants total - every little plant counts, including bunches of Java moss) I think it could be awesome sauce.

I’d put several small sponge filters to work in there to provide ample biological filtration and dissolved oxygen.

I think it could work too with diligence. My very happy 5gal has 2 kuhli loaches (which have a surprisingly low bio load for their size), a dwarf crayfish, a nerite snail, 6 endlers, around 7 neocaradina shrimp... that just had babies. Lots of bladder snails. Lots of plants including floaters, never any water parameter issues, change water weekly that includes a good filter rinse in the removed water. I've yet to register more than 20ppm nitrates even with dosing ferts for the plants.

Edited March 12, 2022 by Jawjagrrl