Is my hardscape taking too much space in my 10 gallons?

[Karen B.]

Greetings!

I plan to house 3 pea puffers (1m, 2f or 3f) in my 10 gallons. (I will buy 6 juvenile and quarantine them in the 10 gallons and sort them as soon as it’s possible)

I know it’s the bare minimum for 3 and my hardscape seems a but massive…? at the same time, I think it’s providing a lot of hides/break of line of sight/interesting place to explore. But is it taking too much space out of the tank for my pea puffers?

Please ignore the water quality, I moved the sand. And there will be a lot of plants added.

@Odd Duck I know you said it would not use dragonstones but I made sure the edge were not sharp and I am filling the gaps with sand so the puffers don’t go between or under.

[Atitagain]

I don’t know the exact ratio of space to fish but to me it looks as though you have plenty of space. Even after plant grow out. 

[Odd Duck]

On 3/15/2022 at 2:41 AM, Karen B. said:

Greetings!

I plan to house 3 pea puffers (1m, 2f or 3f) in my 10 gallons. (I will buy 6 juvenile and quarantine them in the 10 gallons and sort them as soon as it’s possible)

I know it’s the bare minimum for 3 and my hardscape seems a but massive…? at the same time, I think it’s providing a lot of hides/break of line of sight/interesting place to explore. But is it taking too much space out of the tank for my pea puffers?

Please ignore the water quality, I moved the sand. And there will be a lot of plants added.

@Odd Duck I know you said it would not use dragonstones but I made sure the edge were not sharp and I am filling the gaps with sand so the puffers don’t go between or under.

I think you have plenty of swim space around that and you’ve used the dragon stone very well.  I think that looks pretty safe and very promising!  I just would hate to see someone using nothing but giant shards of dragon stone all over the place for peas.  What you’ve done is very pretty, very tasteful, and leaves plenty of space for silly peas to dive into nice sand if they get startled.  Once your other plants are in place, you should be good!  I like what you’ve done with the tank!