Monday, February 13, 2012

Are my new fish ok together in a 10 gallon tank?

I have a new 10 gallon set up. I have 1 male betta, 1 dragon fish (violet golby or dragon eel). 2 blue gaurami, and a afrcan frog. Are they ok together they seem to be doing great. I put a little tank salt in there for the dragon. Are the other fish ok with a lil salt? Please help Im new to this but I am really excited and love my fish.

Are my new fish ok together in a 10 gallon tank?
I agree with Craig here. Also it is never a good idea to keep gouramis and bettas together as they are both in the same grouping being that of labyrinth fish and they compete with each other. Also blue gouramis get quite aggressive and they do get pretty large at an adult size of 4 inches. Again the goby will get very large and is a brackish fish so I would really reevalute your situation here and return some of these fish, in fact I would return everything but the betta for now, untill you have had a chance to do more required research on the fish that you wish to keep.



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Reply:Woah no way!! the violet goby get 15 inches long the gouramis will get 4inches long right there you are already way over crowded. Those fish will not be able to live out their full life span in a 10 gallon tank. Besides that a brand new tank that hasnt even gone through the nitrogen cycle ill take a safe bet and wont think they will live very long. To add to it the violet goby is a brackish water fish , where the other fish are not. The violet alone needs at least a 55 gallon tank. Those fish are not compatible especially not in a new tank and not in the size tank you have.

You have fish that get way to large and have different specific needs as far as salinity and compaibility. Sorry to say but either those fish need to brought back or you have a few new tanks that need to be setup. if you even want a slight chance of all of their survival.
Reply:eat them before they eat eachother


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