How many fish can your ten gallon tank support?

Answer 1

There is no exact science to how many fish can be in an aquarium. The general rule is 1 fish per 5 gallons for freshwater. It also depends on how well the upkeep and filtration is, what type of fish, size of the fish when they are full grown. You can put 30 guppies in a 10 gallon but maybe only 3 or 4 small gold fish.

Answer 2

That depends on several variable factors. Tanks are usually only filled to within 1" of the top and usually have about 1 or 2" of substrate on the bottom. This will reduce the volume by at around 2 gals. This means you have about 8gals of water. Using the calculation of 1" of fish needs 1gal of water you can then decide if you want one or two fish that will grow to use up that amount of water (like some smaller cichlids) or 7 or 8 fish (like Zebra danios (Danio rerio) Neon Tetras (Parachierodon innesi)) You can double the quantity of fish by adding a good 'cycled' filter.

Answer 3

A 10 litre tank would actually contain around 8 litres when in use. No-one actually fills a tank to the brim. At around 2.25cm of fish per 3.3 ltrs I would say that to avoid overstocking you could have about 6 or 7 cm of fish in there. One Betta or two Guppies would be its limit. Of course the tank would need to be heated and filtered and you should do at least a 50% water change every week if you wish your fish to do well.

Answer 4

First it depend on the size if your fish.

You can put the following fish:

1. _2 pictus catfish (3 in)

10 guppies (2 in)

2 dwarf gourami (3 in)

2. _4-5 female betta (6-8 in)

3. _6 platy (2 in)

6 molly (2-4 in)

4 swordtail (up to 5 in)

Answer 5

Depends on the size of the fish, a common rule is one inch of fish per gallon, that means if your fish are 2 inches long then no more than 5 can be added, keep in mind the space that is taken up by plant and gravel and even the air at the top of the tank, the chances are that you will only have 8 gallons of water in the tank even though it says it can fit more. Fish need a few extra gallons in order to live a long happy, healthy life. So if you have a ten gallon tank you should only have about 5 or 6 fish at once. If you have all small fish like neon or cardinal tetras you can have more like 8 or 9 fish in the tank at once.

Answer 6

I just noticed that this is in the goldfish section. A fancy goldfish such as a ryukin needs at least 30 gallons, while a common feeder goldfish needs at least 75. Unless you want unhealthy, stunted goldfish, you should do a simple tropical setup instead.

Answer 7

I've heard that a good rule of thumb is 1 inch of fish for each gallon of water.

Answer 8

depending on size of fish its 6 - 25