The gravel, the internal or sponge filter, the decoration or live plants, the heater will take up space. I would not recommend adding more than 10 guppies in a 10 gallons aquarium, if you are just starting out. Start with less fish, and establish your aquarium first.
This way you can learn how to care for your guppy fish. If you are like me, and love overcrowded fish tanks, you are probably wondering how to get around the general rule of thumb: 1 inch of fish per gallon of water. Most aquarium kits come with an internal filter. These filters are sized perfectly for a 10 gallons aquarium but are not meant to run an overstocked aquarium.
To increase the fish capacity of your aquarium, you can buy a bigger internal filter, which has better performance, a higher flow rate, etc. It would be even better to buy an external canister filter or a hang-on-back filter. This way you can increase the water volume in your fish tank because the filter will not take up space. On top of that, the external filter holds a certain amount of water, so you can increase the water volume this way.
Get a filter, which is oversized. This filter is recommended for 20 gallons. This is a very quiet and efficient external canister filter. The performance of the filter is only one thing. You also need to add good filter media. In an overstocked aquarium sponge filter media will not cut it. You need the real stuff. Along with the usual sponge filter, you need biological filter media as well.
Further Reading: Best freshwater aquarium fish But different factors may determine how many more you can have. Keep reading for an in-depth guide to keeping guppies in a gallon tank. How many guppies should be together? And, the reality is that it depends on which type of fish you intend to keep. For guppies, you should really have no more than ten, but that also depends on a couple of important factors.
Gender If you plan to keep all male guppies, you should have no problems housing ten of them. Males are smaller than females.
With that said, if you plan to have all females at an average of 2 inches each, you should only keep up to five guppies. If you want both males and females in your tank, it is recommended to have them at a ratio of , males to females. Male guppies are more colorful, especially when they are trying to attract females.
Because they are smaller, you should be able to fit at least four males and two females in your ten-gallon tank. Size Please pay close attention to their size, both when you buy the guppies and their full-grown size, as noted at the pet store. A ten-gallon tank can comfortably house a fish load totaling up to ten inches in length. What If They Have Babies? Plants also slow algae growth.
Guppy grass, hornworts, and wisteria are good choices. When you do add plants to the aquarium be sure that they get hours of light. Without light, the plants die and pollute the water.
Though not necessary, you can add an aquarium plant fertilizer to help plants grow. Instead of using gravel, there are other substrates such as Seachem Flourite that promote the growth of beneficial bacteria which helps break down fish waste.
If you do decide to use gravel cheaper , you can use an aquarium gravel vacuum to clean the waste caught in the gravel. They can be rather greedy. However, overfeeding can lead to diseases and parasites that affect your fish. Also able to handle higher bioloads due to increased volume and separated media compartment, this is also my favorite choice.
Pros: High GPH, separate media compartments, the added volume of water, ease of maintenance due to it being outside the tank Cons: More expensive, requires a certain water level in the tank if not it will not work properly.
We will not be recommending sponge filters for this setup due to them having a lower flow rate. While some aquariums are set up without any substrate, most hobbyists prefer to include substrate in their aquariums as there are quite a number of benefits.
The substrate provides a more natural-looking habitat and is said to reduce stress in fishes. This also adds to the facade of the aquascape. Additionally and more importantly, the substrate adds an additional level of filtration. How you may ask? Well, the substrate acts as a medium for beneficial bacteria to colonize and grow, in turn, processing excess nutrients. What substrate is suitable? Most small rocks, sand, soil, or pebbles will work well with guppies.
Generally, a inch thick layer of the substrate should suffice and will work wonders in bringing down levels of excess nutrients in the long run. The rule of thumb is to have 1 extra gallon of water for every 1 inch of fish, starting from 5 gallons. As guppies are small fish growing to a maximum size of 1. That said, however, the number of fishes you can keep and should keep is 2 very different questions. As an experienced keeper, I would tell you that if you can maintain pristine water quality, i.
However, most beginners would probably not be able to do that and keeping 15 guppies in a small 10 gallon is going to be a recipe for disaster. I would recommend guppies as a comfortable number of fish to have in a 10 gallon.
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