I have a 10g in my apartment I want a bigger tank but have to wait till we move which could still be a few more years. In my 10g I have a kuhli loach (1), nerite snail, cherry barb (1), Colored Skirt Tetra (aka ghost tetras cause you can see thru them)x3, what I believe to be sunset cobra round tail guppy (2), and pest snails who I use to hate but man do they keep my tank in awesome condition! Are there any other puffers besides the pea puffer that would be okay in a 10 gallon tank? I really want a pufferfishhhh!
My Pea Puffers lived for almost 4yrs, I had them on my desk, they would watch the monitor and go mental when I'd sit at my desk, as a dog would do when you come home from work, amazing little fish.
I had a colony of pea puffer in my first 10 gallon, and those little boogers were hilarious to watch dart in and out of the micro sword clump in the tank center. They'd pop out and chase eachother around the tank before darting back inside their leafy green house. Definitely a good species full of character, and they definitely can recognize you when you come over to watch them for a bit; mine would swim to the front of the tank for me, but hid from my brother.
ive seen video of them in the wild in a stream and there was loads like im talkin 50 or more shoaling together so i guess as long as you have enough room for them to establish their own territories they should be fine i only have 3 in a 10 gallon got 3 cos that was the deal in store but mine get along fine i have a huge clump of moss on wood in middle of tank and two long grass plants at the front on each side
Sound advice on the pea puffers. My experience is that they feel safer in a group of 6+, as long as they each have their own hiding spot (densely planted tank is optimal). Because they naturally scour the substrate/plants for snails and food, they don't need a lot of swimming-space, only enough hiding spots to get out of the line of sight from eachother.
When I first bought my pea puffers I will have to admit I knew very little about them but I got 3 and put them in a community tank, I’ve had little to no problems with any of them and I’m pretty sure one of them is in love with my celestial Perl danios cause it just follows it around and swims beside it all the time
I’ve found with shrimp that if you add any fish it majorly inhibits their behaviour, even if they’re minnows or nano fish. Shrimp act so different when in tank by themselves, highly recommend everyone keeps a shrimp tank at some stage. Keep it up Cory, love it
PHLuke 19 I got 75 painted fire shrimp and 3 months later I have 3. I paid for painted fire and got like 50 clear shrimp. I am never doing shrimp again.
I have 3 female pea puffers in a 6 gallon planted tank, and they’re doing great! I have fluval U1 baffled with a intake sponge to reduce the current. I was lucky enough with my local fish store having fully grown puffers, so I could pick the females.
My pea puffer was so cute! He was in a five originally (and happy as can be) and soon got upgraded to my 20 community and then my 55 community tank, as I used him to clean up my pest snails. The most peaceful fish I've ever owned!
I'm dividing mine--betta on one side, peas on the other :P It's my son's tank, and he already has a betta, and has been wanting puffers ever since he met Murphy. The water parameters are nearly identical, and it's going to be easier to keep one set-up than two.
I don’t get why people like 20 L’s so much, when I was new to fish keeping I got a stand for a 20L because that’s what I heard was a good beginner tank size, but then quickly realized a 29 can fit on my stand but also give me more stocking options and I could fit more and taller plants inside of said 29 gallon!
@@ian281 I am in a wheelchair so the hight of the 20G long is better for me, since I can take care of it easier. I am in the process of down sizing from a 29G as we speak.
love these vids Cory! I work at a pet shop and it's difficult when people think a 10 gallon is huge and they can put a ton of fish in there. With your spotlights I can order and sell and steer people towards more appropriate fish. But man, do people get angry when I won't sell them a pleco for their 5 or 10!
Shell dwellers is in futute for me. Puffers are awsome. I have 6 of them and just transferred them to 29 gallon. They are so much fun to watch. Everyone that sees them loves them. Another ten gallon i have blue pardise fish and ember tetras. Then 5 gallon with betta and some chili rasbora. Cory if you read this thank you for all tge content you put out. Maybe make video on ideas for 40 gallon breeder or 75 gallon.
Big advocate for the pea puffers too. Never had a problem with them. Our pack of 6 are housed with peacock gudgeons and tiger endlers. They'll chase each other around but they basically ignore the other fish. Very hardy too.
My 10 was my first tank. Still new to the hobby. I have a betta, 5 cardinal tetra, and 2 otocinclus. Tank is perfect, everyone happy and water stays perfect. It could definately handle more bio load. I am saving that for my new 40 breeder though.
I keep 2 male beta, one Oscar, a coral snake, and a saltwater puffer in my 10 gallon tank. It’s a perfect set up. Oh yah and I use 6 pebbles “all purple” for my substrate.
In my 10 gallon heavy planted tank, I have 2 pieces of drift wood, a few river decor rocks, a small plastic gray skull, about 5 marimo moss balls, 1 male betta fish, 2 mystery snails (1 ivory, 1 gold), a small group of ghost shrimp, and a pair of african dwarf frogs
I have 4 pea puffers, 3 male, one female. Yes I know that's not ideal but they were super tiny when I bought them. I´ve had them for 9 months now in a 10 gallon tank and they are SO adorable! All of them are like that "dog who saves the baby". Tank is heavily planted so maybe that helps. I recommend these puffers! They are so cute and funny.
1 Male Black Copper Betta 7 Cobra Gubbies 6 Neon Tetras 2 Cory Catfish 1 Ghost Shrimp Running an AquaClear 20 with a sponge pre filter. A 50 watt heater and an air stone. I do 25 - 30 percent water change weekly.
I am keeping penguin tetras in my 10 gallon and I honestly LOVE THEM... you look at their little lips and they are so cute... And it honestly seems like they know when im going to feed them because whenever I pick up the food they start doing this dance all together. I absolutely love them.
I’m glad you like it! I know I’m a bit late but I hope you upgrade the Betta to a 10-15 gallon. Despite the literally abuse stores and ill informed fish keepers do, they do best in those sized tanks. Also live plants are always recommended! :)
My 10 gal consists of -African Knifefish (brown knife fish) -Upside-down catfish -2 golden barbs (SUPER pretty) -2 cherry barbs -2 harlequin rasboras Very active and very friendly tank with a WIDE spectrum of fish sizes (knife fish is 5x bigger than the barbs)
I missed working with the pipe fish at the OKC Zoo. We have a dedicated tank just for them. I can say they are fun to watch and something out of the box to talk about when you have guests.
I have 3 pea puffers in a 10 gallon. Mine eat blood worms and snails (rams horn, pond snails). I also use an undergravel filter, with some moss and sagg. I've had them for10 or 11 months. Every time I come home they come to the side of the tank. I swear they smile. Love them.
So how about you add some Snails or even some Corydoras? My Betta lives with both & they all do amazingly well. You just have to pick the right tank mates, most Bettas can live safely with other fish but their are always a few who can't. Cory keeps all his Bettas in community tanks at the shop as well
Right now in my 10 gallon, I have accidental danio fry. Because when setting it up to cycle it, I threw gross gravel vacuum water from my other tank into it to speed up the cycle. It worked, but I guess I got some eggs. So now my kids are super excited about the 4 baby danios. Cute, but I had other plans for the tank and they're taking too long to get bigger than our Angel's mouth. (It will be a cherry shrimp and chili rasbora tank eventually...)
Right now I have breeding guppies in my 10 gal. I also have a mystery snail helping to break down any of the hornwort, guppy grass, or octopus plant leaves that fall off. It's looking great and all my fry are doing well
I would absolutely love for you to do a 30 gallon version. I find it is the most difficult size as it's in between the small fish for the 10 gallons and 50 gallon which you can keep l Larger fish in. It's a tricky size :)
I had a 10 gallon on my night stand with ramshorn snails, daphnia seedshrimp and cyclops. Mainly for fish food but i really enjoyed having it there. Alot going on all the time.
The pipefish is so cool. When I went to H.C. Aquas fishroom last weekend I was amazed by his. He is looking for one for my tank. It suck cause they are rare. Great video Cory!
I have had large tanks for many years. In the past few years we have had to move a lot more than we would like due to work so we have avoided the large tanks until we get a little closer to retiring and plant ourselves in a home we will live at for the rest of our lives. So in the meantime we have a tall 10 gallon tank. I have a variety of live plants and they have done well. I have a sand bottom as an FYI. I have watched your videos on improving standard filters via some modifications. I have a standard 'back of the tank' filter. I added a Fluval cylinder sponge around the bottom of the tub that brings the water into the filtering area. Instead of a standard charcoal filter, I added a Fluval sponge in the filter housing. In the slot that holds the standard charcoal filter, I used a filter bag that you can add whatever (vs the sealed filters medium). I then added the Fluval cylinder shaped filter medium (looks like cylinder shaped coral) to house healthy bacteria. I let the tank cycle with the live plants and everything is looking good so I added small tropical fish. I have 2 small black mollies, 6 zebra danios, 6 neon tetras and 1 cory cat. Its been about 3 days now and everyone seems to have adjusted well. I know its easy to overstock a tank so I wanted to get your opinion. Is it overstocked based on it only being a 10 gallon? My thought is that with the live plants and the modifications to the filter plus a 10% water change every 7-10 days, my fish should be good. In all my years of keeping larger tanks, this is the first tank I planted live plants (most were grown from bulbs) and my thought is they will help a lot in maintaining a healthy tank. As to the current specs today, the ph is around 7 and there are no signs of ammonia, nitrates or nitrites. Any thoughts or guidance would be appreciated.
I have 3 albino cory cats. I am gonna be getting some Chile Rasbora soon. The cory cats are so freaking adorable! So much personality. I love them so much
@@agg7226 it might work but I would be worried about the personalities of the fish. Corys are really active and it might annoy the beta. If you try it, be prepared to separate the beta. Beta usually are pretty good with fish that don't look like betas, but you never know
Hi, Cory! I have a Betta & some White Cloud Mountain Minnows in my planted 10 gallon. It's right next to my chair & fun to watch. Thanks for all of your helpful info!
This actually isn't good stocking, as white clouds are cold water fish and betta are warm water fish. If you heat it the clouds will be unhappy, if you don't have a heater the betta will be unhappy.
In my 10 gallon, I have two dwarf gouramis, two banjo catfish, and one baby round goby I plan to either move to another tank eventually, or release it back to the lake I found it in.
i’ve been binge watching your videos recently because i got one 10 gallon tank with a crayfish, and now i want more tanks. the crayfish is seriously a pain in the butt, he tries to jump out of the tank every time you reach in to fix something, but he is beautiful. i really want a 20 or 40 gallon betta sorority tank with tons of plants and a big centerpiece of driftwood.
I have a Mr. Aqua 12g on my desk at work. It seems a little strange, but I keep Orange throat carter's and mosquito fish. I keep it heated, and it's a very active tank
I recently rearranged and consolidate aquariums from all over the house. One of my favorites was a tank of Multies . The only problem I had with that tank was anytime I or anyone else approached, they would make a mad dash for their shells. When I moved them, I decided to add some Endlers just to see what would happen. Well, the Multies no longer would dash into their shells when anyone approached. They began to swim and stay in all levels of the aquarium. Never once have I seen them chase any Endler. I don't know yet if when the Endlers have fry, the Multies will eat them (they don't eat their own). You mentioned the fun of watching them move trumpet snails and their rearranging the tank bottom. You forgot to mention the fun of seeing the babies peeping out of the shells and racing back in -- always gives me a chuckle.
my pea puffer community tank in the 10 gal is such a fun little experiment working so well! 2 peapuffers one male one female with some ember tetras, few kuhli loahes and a bristle nose pleco
I’ve been keeping platies in my 10 gal, 1 male and two females and watch them breed. Most babies won’t survive but it’s really cool when they do. I also have 6 pigmy corydoras cleaning up around the bottom.
Pea puffers are DEFINITELY the gateway drug to bigger puffers. I moved on to a Figure 8 puffer and a Saddle Valentini Puffer later. Still have a soft spot for those little derps though. They also lived in a community tank with tiger endlers, peacock gudgeons, and eventually blue rams. Never once had a problem with them bullying any other types of fish other than themselves. I actually think my big male Blue Ram bullied them.
I got really lucky with my 3 pea puffers in my 10 gallon. They live in a tank full of cherry shrimp and 2 male guppies. They do sometimes snack on the baby shrimp but they leave the guppies alone. I do keep them well fed on snails (some blood worms and brine shrimp) with lots plants for cover for the shrimp. Probably wont work for most people.
Perfect video for me, as i've just started my first planted tank, but it's 15 gallons. So far my tank has a few nerite snails and some amano shrimp. I'm thinking of eventually adding a betta or some pea puffers, but i'm concerned they'll just murder all the shrimp?
About 8 Guppies, 1 Betta and 4 cherry shrimp in my heavily planted 10 gallon. Water parameters are perfect and no ammonia spikes. 2 hotrodded filters. Everything works perfectly. A great video to see on my birthday.
I love your videos. The information you provided for every different fish is great. However, I how about more pics of the tank and talk over that. Keep up the great work
When I had a 10 gallon I had a kinda weird setup. It was a colorful set up though! 5 neon tetras, 3 cherry barbs, 4 danios (cant remember there name but they were on the smaller side) and 4 guppies who eventually had babys
I have a group of Multies in my 29 gallon. They really need 3 shells per fish and they will pick their own little area to defend. The baby fry are so tiny! Brine shrimp and crushed flake does the trick
I have just set up a 15 gallon tank with 4 dwarf yellow puffers, 2 pleco, and an established elephant nose. All good so far, hoping no chance of elephant nose annoying or eating the puffers, doesnt seem like it so far. Bought the tank to separate the elephant nose cos he was too aggressive in my main tank, and with just the elephant nose in a 15 gallon I thought I would add the others. Quite new (6 months in, so being adventurous).
Gardneri killifish have formed a colony in my heavily planted Walstad method 10 gallon. Started with 4. Had 12 after 6 months. Sold 2 pairs recently. I keep them with a few amanos and bamboo shrimp. The killifish must eat snails or at least snail eggs because that's one tank that doesn't have them...
The only tank I have outside of my fish room is a 10 gallon with a betta and five harlequin raspboras. I'm also growing out some baby bristlenose plecos in there until they're big enough to take to my local fish store.
Great idea for a video Cory! Currently a saltwater man, but flirting with the idea of setting up a freshwater nano. Why is one tank never enough?! 😫😫😂😂
Mine are fairly active, and they do like interacting with eachother! There was a time when I only had 1 ADF in my tank and hid most of the day, only coming out of hiding to catch his breath. He brightened right up when I introduced the second one, and they like to scavenge and explore together, so I do recommend getting at least two! Hope that helped :D
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Here are some more ideas for your 10 gallons tanks: th-cam.com/video/GVdQhC6POvg/w-d-xo.html
I have a 10g in my apartment I want a bigger tank but have to wait till we move which could still be a few more years. In my 10g I have a kuhli loach (1), nerite snail, cherry barb (1), Colored Skirt Tetra (aka ghost tetras cause you can see thru them)x3, what I believe to be sunset cobra round tail guppy (2), and pest snails who I use to hate but man do they keep my tank in awesome condition! Are there any other puffers besides the pea puffer that would be okay in a 10 gallon tank? I really want a pufferfishhhh!
Peacock gudgeons in a planted 10g with some amanos, nerites, and hasbrosus cories
Hi Cory.... Could you do a Video on setting a 10 Gallon Tank as a Hospital / Quarantine Tank?
Get some braces bih.
aren't pea puffers brackish
My Pea Puffers lived for almost 4yrs, I had them on my desk, they would watch the monitor and go mental when I'd sit at my desk, as a dog would do when you come home from work, amazing little fish.
I had a colony of pea puffer in my first 10 gallon, and those little boogers were hilarious to watch dart in and out of the micro sword clump in the tank center. They'd pop out and chase eachother around the tank before darting back inside their leafy green house. Definitely a good species full of character, and they definitely can recognize you when you come over to watch them for a bit; mine would swim to the front of the tank for me, but hid from my brother.
Mine ate everything else in a couple of days 😞
But they have a lot of personality .👍
Will Winn he had a video saying you can’t keep the pea puffers with anything else, as they are aggressive to other species. Try several together.
@@tonibauer2949
I had mine in the early 90's , lol
Before TH-cam videos 😊
ive seen video of them in the wild in a stream and there was loads like im talkin 50 or more shoaling together so i guess as long as you have enough room for them to establish their own territories they should be fine i only have 3 in a 10 gallon got 3 cos that was the deal in store but mine get along fine i have a huge clump of moss on wood in middle of tank and two long grass plants at the front on each side
@@willwinn8559 I’m getting 2 for a 20 gallon long planted tank
Sound advice on the pea puffers. My experience is that they feel safer in a group of 6+, as long as they each have their own hiding spot (densely planted tank is optimal). Because they naturally scour the substrate/plants for snails and food, they don't need a lot of swimming-space, only enough hiding spots to get out of the line of sight from eachother.
I've found that platys have quite a bit of personality, plus they're super easy for beginners.
When I first bought my pea puffers I will have to admit I knew very little about them but I got 3 and put them in a community tank, I’ve had little to no problems with any of them and I’m pretty sure one of them is in love with my celestial Perl danios cause it just follows it around and swims beside it all the time
I just wanted to say that I LOVE the B-roll footage of the multis!!! LOL!
I’ve found with shrimp that if you add any fish it majorly inhibits their behaviour, even if they’re minnows or nano fish. Shrimp act so different when in tank by themselves, highly recommend everyone keeps a shrimp tank at some stage. Keep it up Cory, love it
PHLuke 19 I got 75 painted fire shrimp and 3 months later I have 3. I paid for painted fire and got like 50 clear shrimp. I am never doing shrimp again.
agreed
The shell dwellers are fun to watch!
You could order online i order online a lot and a lot of fish seem to do ok
Where do you go online amazon?
How many would you put in a 10 gallon?
andy.tv depends on the fish but I’m not sure for shell dwellers try aqua bid or a cichlid website like live fish direct
14 gallon cube planted and its become a "pest" snail tank. They seem to really like my terrible well water, I'm glad someone does
I have 3 female pea puffers in a 6 gallon planted tank, and they’re doing great! I have fluval U1 baffled with a intake sponge to reduce the current. I was lucky enough with my local fish store having fully grown puffers, so I could pick the females.
My pea puffer was so cute! He was in a five originally (and happy as can be) and soon got upgraded to my 20 community and then my 55 community tank, as I used him to clean up my pest snails. The most peaceful fish I've ever owned!
40 gallon tank ideas next? 🙈🙉
AQUAPROS 75 gal 💡
I literally just commented that, I love your videos!
7:35 think that's your old pea puffer tank am I right
Totally I have a 45 and would love to know what other people keep
40’gallons of shell dwellers
Great ideas! I'd love to try pipefish one day when I've got less on my plate.
I have 3 pea puffers in a 10 gallon they look at me every day - little cuties wanting their worms - so adorbs!
Cory: The pea puffer tank...
Viewers: [strapping gloves on]
WRONG! They are only poisonous if you EAT them!!
@@tomuria3857
They can poison the water 👀
@@willwinn8559 wash your hands and dont drink the water
@@RandomPerson-eh7mn
Lol👍
@@tomuria3857 my goldfish ate my pea puffer and didn't die. 👀
Do a top 10 for the 20 longs maybe?
Easy. double the ten stocking, or to set up options for 10's.:)
I'm dividing mine--betta on one side, peas on the other :P It's my son's tank, and he already has a betta, and has been wanting puffers ever since he met Murphy. The water parameters are nearly identical, and it's going to be easier to keep one set-up than two.
Shrimp and plants
I don’t get why people like 20 L’s so much, when I was new to fish keeping I got a stand for a 20L because that’s what I heard was a good beginner tank size, but then quickly realized a 29 can fit on my stand but also give me more stocking options and I could fit more and taller plants inside of said 29 gallon!
@@ian281 I am in a wheelchair so the hight of the 20G long is better for me, since I can take care of it easier.
I am in the process of down sizing from a 29G as we speak.
love these vids Cory! I work at a pet shop and it's difficult when people think a 10 gallon is huge and they can put a ton of fish in there. With your spotlights I can order and sell and steer people towards more appropriate fish. But man, do people get angry when I won't sell them a pleco for their 5 or 10!
Just gotta get them the right plecos ;)
Pitbulls !
rubber, bristlenose and clowns...any others?
@@aquafuzzyethan6617 If it's an average consumer that doesn't know a lot about plecos you might be able to get away with Oto's and other microcats.
In my 10gal...air. trying to think of what to do this vid came in on time
Shrimp are cool to watch.
Could you please make top 10 tank mates for guppies?
I would like to see a brackish water video. What types of plants, salinity, stocking, substrates, etc
Agreed, brackish setups are criminally underrated
My 55 is brackish if you wanna see
Have u checked bumblebee gobies?
Some Molly’s are fit for brackish
Shell dwellers is in futute for me. Puffers are awsome. I have 6 of them and just transferred them to 29 gallon. They are so much fun to watch. Everyone that sees them loves them. Another ten gallon i have blue pardise fish and ember tetras. Then 5 gallon with betta and some chili rasbora. Cory if you read this thank you for all tge content you put out. Maybe make video on ideas for 40 gallon breeder or 75 gallon.
I love my 10 gallon Honey Dwarf Gourami tank ! Gorgeous fish!
Big advocate for the pea puffers too. Never had a problem with them. Our pack of 6 are housed with peacock gudgeons and tiger endlers. They'll chase each other around but they basically ignore the other fish. Very hardy too.
A pea puffer saved my dog!
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What?
😂😂😂
Lol
I dont get it
Thanks Cory, Great Video. Tank mates for a 20L would be another good subject.
20L=5gal,he already did one ;)
I love the focus on the weird and unusual fish!
I'm liking the pipefish idea. Currently tied for my favorite pet fish.
My 10 was my first tank. Still new to the hobby. I have a betta, 5 cardinal tetra, and 2 otocinclus. Tank is perfect, everyone happy and water stays perfect. It could definately handle more bio load. I am saving that for my new 40 breeder though.
I just love how casually and seriously you add that multis picking up the snails look like they have little trumpets in their mouths!
I keep 2 male beta, one Oscar, a coral snake, and a saltwater puffer in my 10 gallon tank. It’s a perfect set up.
Oh yah and I use 6 pebbles “all purple” for my substrate.
Is your stand build out of how to be a comedian books?
Clown killifish, wrestling half beaks, green neon tetras and a checker board cichlid fun combo, tons of live plants too
In my 10 gallon heavy planted tank, I have 2 pieces of drift wood, a few river decor rocks, a small plastic gray skull, about 5 marimo moss balls, 1 male betta fish, 2 mystery snails (1 ivory, 1 gold), a small group of ghost shrimp, and a pair of african dwarf frogs
👍
It's full👍
Like a trumpet in its mouth😩😆 I love this channel
glancing through comments. I think I need more coffee.
whats wrong luv?
20 gallon for a classroom. Students will pick fish for a community tank! Bottom, middle, and top dwellers! Awesome content, love you!
I have 4 pea puffers, 3 male, one female. Yes I know that's not ideal but they were super tiny when I bought them. I´ve had them for 9 months now in a 10 gallon tank and they are SO adorable! All of them are like that "dog who saves the baby". Tank is heavily planted so maybe that helps.
I recommend these puffers! They are so cute and funny.
1 Male Black Copper Betta
7 Cobra Gubbies
6 Neon Tetras
2 Cory Catfish
1 Ghost Shrimp
Running an AquaClear 20 with a sponge pre filter. A 50 watt heater and an air stone. I do 25 - 30 percent water change weekly.
I have a large, thriving Opae'Ula colony in my 10.
i do a half-moon betta, rubber lip plecko and panda tetras and love the colour the betta brings along with the uniqueness of the panda tetras.
I love Puffers ......so cute with their big heads and compact bodies.
30 gallon tank ideas! I have a 10 gallon and an empty 30 gallon, and would love some ideas
I derimmed a 10 gallon this weekend just to see how hard it was. Now I'm thinking a nice pea puffer tank wouldn't be a bad idea. 😂👍
I am keeping penguin tetras in my 10 gallon and I honestly LOVE THEM... you look at their little lips and they are so cute... And it honestly seems like they know when im going to feed them because whenever I pick up the food they start doing this dance all together. I absolutely love them.
Never thought I’d love fish this much. I got a betta fish a few days ago with a 5 gal and now I want more fish so thanks for this
I’m glad you like it! I know I’m a bit late but I hope you upgrade the Betta to a 10-15 gallon. Despite the literally abuse stores and ill informed fish keepers do, they do best in those sized tanks. Also live plants are always recommended! :)
Your videos make my days at work go by alot fast , Thank you.
My 10 gal consists of
-African Knifefish (brown knife fish)
-Upside-down catfish
-2 golden barbs (SUPER pretty)
-2 cherry barbs
-2 harlequin rasboras
Very active and very friendly tank with a WIDE spectrum of fish sizes (knife fish is 5x bigger than the barbs)
That pea puffer is too cute!!!!
I missed working with the pipe fish at the OKC Zoo. We have a dedicated tank just for them. I can say they are fun to watch and something out of the box to talk about when you have guests.
I have 3 pea puffers in a 10 gallon. Mine eat blood worms and snails (rams horn, pond snails). I also use an undergravel filter, with some moss and sagg. I've had them for10 or 11 months. Every time I come home they come to the side of the tank. I swear they smile. Love them.
I just have 1 betta with some plants in a 10 gallon. Boring, I know.
At least he is not jammed up in a bowl
I have a 20 gallon long with just a betta and a snail :D
So how about you add some Snails or even some Corydoras?
My Betta lives with both & they all do amazingly well. You just have to pick the right tank mates, most Bettas can live safely with other fish but their are always a few who can't.
Cory keeps all his Bettas in community tanks at the shop as well
My Bettta lives with 5 Ghost shrimp and 4 female guppies
Try some neon tetras
Right now in my 10 gallon, I have accidental danio fry. Because when setting it up to cycle it, I threw gross gravel vacuum water from my other tank into it to speed up the cycle. It worked, but I guess I got some eggs.
So now my kids are super excited about the 4 baby danios. Cute, but I had other plans for the tank and they're taking too long to get bigger than our Angel's mouth. (It will be a cherry shrimp and chili rasbora tank eventually...)
Right now I have breeding guppies in my 10 gal. I also have a mystery snail helping to break down any of the hornwort, guppy grass, or octopus plant leaves that fall off. It's looking great and all my fry are doing well
I would absolutely love for you to do a 30 gallon version. I find it is the most difficult size as it's in between the small fish for the 10 gallons and 50 gallon which you can keep l
Larger fish in. It's a tricky size :)
I hope to do some at a later date ;)
you could do angelfish if you want (you probably already knew that but I just wanted to say it)
29 gallon with angels it’s great… the biggest size I can move myself.
I had a 10 gallon on my night stand with ramshorn snails, daphnia seedshrimp and cyclops. Mainly for fish food but i really enjoyed having it there. Alot going on all the time.
The pipefish is so cool. When I went to H.C. Aquas fishroom last weekend I was amazed by his. He is looking for one for my tank. It suck cause they are rare. Great video Cory!
omg i didn't know pea puffers were a thing, I'm definitely going to look into them for my 10 gallon!! theyre so cute!
I have had large tanks for many years. In the past few years we have had to move a lot more than we would like due to work so we have avoided the large tanks until we get a little closer to retiring and plant ourselves in a home we will live at for the rest of our lives. So in the meantime we have a tall 10 gallon tank. I have a variety of live plants and they have done well. I have a sand bottom as an FYI. I have watched your videos on improving standard filters via some modifications. I have a standard 'back of the tank' filter. I added a Fluval cylinder sponge around the bottom of the tub that brings the water into the filtering area. Instead of a standard charcoal filter, I added a Fluval sponge in the filter housing. In the slot that holds the standard charcoal filter, I used a filter bag that you can add whatever (vs the sealed filters medium). I then added the Fluval cylinder shaped filter medium (looks like cylinder shaped coral) to house healthy bacteria. I let the tank cycle with the live plants and everything is looking good so I added small tropical fish. I have 2 small black mollies, 6 zebra danios, 6 neon tetras and 1 cory cat. Its been about 3 days now and everyone seems to have adjusted well. I know its easy to overstock a tank so I wanted to get your opinion. Is it overstocked based on it only being a 10 gallon? My thought is that with the live plants and the modifications to the filter plus a 10% water change every 7-10 days, my fish should be good. In all my years of keeping larger tanks, this is the first tank I planted live plants (most were grown from bulbs) and my thought is they will help a lot in maintaining a healthy tank. As to the current specs today, the ph is around 7 and there are no signs of ammonia, nitrates or nitrites. Any thoughts or guidance would be appreciated.
I wish puffers where available in Australia, every time you mention them I want them even more 😭
I have 3 albino cory cats. I am gonna be getting some Chile Rasbora soon. The cory cats are so freaking adorable! So much personality. I love them so much
Maggie Brayton do you think 5 corys and a betta are fine for a 10g??
@@agg7226 it might work but I would be worried about the personalities of the fish. Corys are really active and it might annoy the beta. If you try it, be prepared to separate the beta. Beta usually are pretty good with fish that don't look like betas, but you never know
Hi, Cory! I have a Betta & some White Cloud Mountain Minnows in my planted 10 gallon. It's right next to my chair & fun to watch. Thanks for all of your helpful info!
This actually isn't good stocking, as white clouds are cold water fish and betta are warm water fish. If you heat it the clouds will be unhappy, if you don't have a heater the betta will be unhappy.
They've been fine for the last year or so . . .
Right now I have 2 silver dollar tetras, a molly, and a dwarf gourami, and a pleco. They are all getting along great!
I have 5 female betta planted tank. Sorority. Love it!
Can you put other types of fish in a 10 gallon with a single pea puffer?
In my 10 gallon, I have two dwarf gouramis, two banjo catfish, and one baby round goby I plan to either move to another tank eventually, or release it back to the lake I found it in.
I just got some Ornatipinnis Kigoma Shell Dwellers.. can't wait to see them in action, I hope they have as much personality as the Multis
Nice, they should be fun.
i’ve been binge watching your videos recently because i got one 10 gallon tank with a crayfish, and now i want more tanks. the crayfish is seriously a pain in the butt, he tries to jump out of the tank every time you reach in to fix something, but he is beautiful. i really want a 20 or 40 gallon betta sorority tank with tons of plants and a big centerpiece of driftwood.
I have a Mr. Aqua 12g on my desk at work. It seems a little strange, but I keep Orange throat carter's and mosquito fish. I keep it heated, and it's a very active tank
I recently rearranged and consolidate aquariums from all over the house. One of my favorites was a tank of Multies . The only problem I had with that tank was anytime I or anyone else approached, they would make a mad dash for their shells. When I moved them, I decided to add some Endlers just to see what would happen. Well, the Multies no longer would dash into their shells when anyone approached. They began to swim and stay in all levels of the aquarium. Never once have I seen them chase any Endler. I don't know yet if when the Endlers have fry, the Multies will eat them (they don't eat their own). You mentioned the fun of watching them move trumpet snails and their rearranging the tank bottom. You forgot to mention the fun of seeing the babies peeping out of the shells and racing back in -- always gives me a chuckle.
I'm keeping ghost shrimp and pond snails in my 10 gallon currently. Using it as a food grow out tank for my GSP tank.
Nerite snails, White Cloud Mountain minnows, and Blue Diamond Neocardinas.
my pea puffer community tank in the 10 gal is such a fun little experiment working so well! 2 peapuffers one male one female with some ember tetras, few kuhli loahes and a bristle nose pleco
I’ve been keeping platies in my 10 gal, 1 male and two females and watch them breed. Most babies won’t survive but it’s really cool when they do. I also have 6 pigmy corydoras cleaning up around the bottom.
Pea puffers are DEFINITELY the gateway drug to bigger puffers. I moved on to a Figure 8 puffer and a Saddle Valentini Puffer later. Still have a soft spot for those little derps though. They also lived in a community tank with tiger endlers, peacock gudgeons, and eventually blue rams. Never once had a problem with them bullying any other types of fish other than themselves. I actually think my big male Blue Ram bullied them.
I got really lucky with my 3 pea puffers in my 10 gallon. They live in a tank full of cherry shrimp and 2 male guppies. They do sometimes snack on the baby shrimp but they leave the guppies alone. I do keep them well fed on snails (some blood worms and brine shrimp) with lots plants for cover for the shrimp. Probably wont work for most people.
Perfect video for me, as i've just started my first planted tank, but it's 15 gallons. So far my tank has a few nerite snails and some amano shrimp. I'm thinking of eventually adding a betta or some pea puffers, but i'm concerned they'll just murder all the shrimp?
Honestly man your video ideas are soooo good 👍🏻👍🏻
About 8 Guppies, 1 Betta and 4 cherry shrimp in my heavily planted 10 gallon. Water parameters are perfect and no ammonia spikes. 2 hotrodded filters. Everything works perfectly.
A great video to see on my birthday.
I liked that you incorporated more advanced setups and species... Thanks!
I love your videos. The information you provided for every different fish is great. However, I how about more pics of the tank and talk over that. Keep up the great work
When I had a 10 gallon I had a kinda weird setup. It was a colorful set up though! 5 neon tetras, 3 cherry barbs, 4 danios (cant remember there name but they were on the smaller side) and 4 guppies who eventually had babys
I have a group of Multies in my 29 gallon. They really need 3 shells per fish and they will pick their own little area to defend. The baby fry are so tiny! Brine shrimp and crushed flake does the trick
I keep white clouds and I love them
I have 1 betta, 5 neon tetras and a Cory catfish in a 10 gallon planted tank
I have 3 male guppies in my 10 Gallon Tank :) they are very fun to watch and have lots of personality.
sticklebacks .small amusing cold water ..great breeding colour and behaviour
I have just set up a 15 gallon tank with 4 dwarf yellow puffers, 2 pleco, and an established elephant nose. All good so far, hoping no chance of elephant nose annoying or eating the puffers, doesnt seem like it so far. Bought the tank to separate the elephant nose cos he was too aggressive in my main tank, and with just the elephant nose in a 15 gallon I thought I would add the others. Quite new (6 months in, so being adventurous).
Great info!!!! I’ve been having Cory withdrawal lately, thanks for the video!!! Can’t wait to see the pond 😬
My rainbow belly pipefish loves small ghost shrimp 😋
Gardneri killifish have formed a colony in my heavily planted Walstad method 10 gallon. Started with 4. Had 12 after 6 months. Sold 2 pairs recently. I keep them with a few amanos and bamboo shrimp. The killifish must eat snails or at least snail eggs because that's one tank that doesn't have them...
I'm keeping 5 dwarf puffers in a 16.6 gallon tank
The only tank I have outside of my fish room is a 10 gallon with a betta and five harlequin raspboras. I'm also growing out some baby bristlenose plecos in there until they're big enough to take to my local fish store.
Would love a similar video, ie fish with personality for a 55 gallon...! 👊🏻✌🏼
I have a 14 gallon stocked with 2 German blue rams, 3 threadfin rainbows, 6 ember tetras and 3 nerite snails. Been enjoying it for last 13 months.
Crayfish tank is lots of fun as well, lots of personality in a crayfish
I believe pipefish can go well with shrimp. Never done it personally but seen it on reddit and ot looked cool.
Great idea for a video Cory!
Currently a saltwater man, but flirting with the idea of setting up a freshwater nano. Why is one tank never enough?! 😫😫😂😂
I ask myself that every day lol.
I have two - 7 gallons planted with a betta and a 10 gallon unplanted that have a variety of live breeders
Can you do a video on adding fun enrichment/toys for curious/playful fish? Can you keep anything else in with the pea puffer?
Turn the awesomeness down! My brains! Too much awesomeness! (Jimmy you’re the man)
In my 10 gal I have 7 neon tetras, 1 betta and 2 African dwarf frogs! :D
I am trying to get my tank prepped for ADFs and some corys 10g tank
Do the Adfs stay hidden a lot I heard they are more active in tanks by themselves
Mine are fairly active, and they do like interacting with eachother! There was a time when I only had 1 ADF in my tank and hid most of the day, only coming out of hiding to catch his breath. He brightened right up when I introduced the second one, and they like to scavenge and explore together, so I do recommend getting at least two! Hope that helped :D