10 gallon tank

"Elaine T" wrote in message
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anemone wrote:
Hi!
I just figured out that my betta tank was infact 10 gallons....

1 male platy (you don't want them breeding in only 10 gallons)


(Elaine, I love your fish suggestions. If I ever do get another tank going,
I'll be Googling your posts for sure.)

In a 10g tank that densely populated, wouldn't the odds of any fry surviving
be minimal?

A

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1 male platy (you don't want them breeding in only 10 gallons)

In a 10g tank that densely populated, wouldn't the odds of any fry surviving
be minimal?

That's what I thought too :-). But 4 managed to hide among the plants
till they were too big to be eaten :-).

Even if you get two, make sure they're the same sex. Preferably male,
as females have the ability to "store" sperm for future use :-).

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Angrie.Woman wrote:
"Elaine T" wrote in message
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anemone wrote:

Hi!
I just figured out that my betta tank was infact 10 gallons....


1 male platy (you don't want them breeding in only 10 gallons)



(Elaine, I love your fish suggestions. If I ever do get another tank going,
I'll be Googling your posts for sure.)

In a 10g tank that densely populated, wouldn't the odds of any fry surviving
be minimal?

A

Thanks, A. :-) Livebearer fry never cease to amaze me with their
resourcefulness. I always heavily plant my community tanks, and I've
had baby guppies and platies make it in large tanks with adult
angelfish, big clown loaches, altispinosas, kribensis, and heaven only
knows what other hungry fish. The survivors find fine leaved plants or
frogbit roots at the surface and apparantly hang out eating algae and
microorganism living on the plants until they're big enough to compete
for fish food.

The stocking level I suggested for these 10 gallon community tanks is
dense but should be quite manageable. It's dense because I don't like
keeping shoaling fish alone. However, a couple more platies could
overstock the tank.

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