What kind of cichlids can be put into a 10 gallon aquarium?

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goravens20 wants to know:


Im in a college dorm and can only have a 10 gallon tank. Cichlids are the best fish.

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  1. punkrocker21292 Says:
    July 8th, 2009 at 10:29 am

    Pretty much all cichlids can be put into that tank

    but id say 3 convicts

    and 10-13 other cichlids

    there are many types..

    go here to check it out

  2. nosoop4u246 Says:
    July 8th, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    Really, African shell dwellers would be your best option… however, these fish are fairly difficult to find. A pair of Neolamprologus brevis would be your best bet, though you could try a harem of one male and a few female N. multifasciatus. The Brevis will be far more common, but still not that common compared to other small Cichlids. A single Ram or smaller Apistogramma species could work if you only keep it with surface dwelling fish like Hatchetfish, Danios, Killifish, or small Rainbowfish.

    EDIT: Good lord. 3 Convict Cichlids will kill each other in very short time in anything less than a heavily decorated 40 gallon tank. If you end up with a pair, you’d probably need a 55+ gallon tank. These are large, aggressive fish that cannot be contained to tiny tanks.

    EDIT 2: As far as dwarf Cichlids are concerned, Kribs and Laetacara species get quite large… too large for anything less than a 20 gallon tank, in my opinion.

  3. rsv Says:
    July 11th, 2009 at 1:05 am

    ugh this is the second bad answer i heard from punk. Don’t put a convict. yes cichlids are the best fish! i love them. 10 gallons are small, but u could fit 1, just 1! dwarf cichlids stay fairly small, shell dwelling cichlids, kribs, blue ram cichlid maybe!!!! only 1! good luck! yes the only ones that are easier to find are blue rams and dwarves. kribs and especially shell dwellers are hard to find and are far more expensive.

  4. Sandra Says:
    July 11th, 2009 at 11:40 am

    To be honest, I don’t know what you CAN put in. I do know though that you CAN’T put any cichlid you want into 10 gallons. For example, an oscar, which is a cichlid, will very likely grow over a foot long. Those guys need 55 min.

    Sorry I can’t actually truely help though.

  5. TopPotts Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    Yes, cichlds are great. Howerver you might consider a couple of the NA sunfish species. They are similar, and a couple species are beautiful.
    Banded Sunfish, Blackbanded Sunfish, Bluespotted Sunfish
    2-3 of these will easily live in your tank, and without a heater. I suggest those simply because I’ve recently started researching them for coldwater tank inhabitants.

    Having said that, a pair of kribensis or rams would work. Most of the Apistogrammas will, as well as the Biotoecus, Apistogrammoides pucallpaensis, Laetacara curviceps, and…well, check the second site below.

  6. Ianab Says:
    July 16th, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    While 15 or 20 gal would be better I think you could keep a couple of Kribensis in a 10 gal perfectly OK.

    It’s really no worse than putting 2 Oscars in a 100gal tank, everything is just scaled down.

    Make sure you have a good filter and keep up the water changes of course. While you may have space for Rams, they aren’t as hardy as Kribensis, so would be harder to keep healthy in a small tank.

    Good Luck

    Ian

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