I know its ok for goldies, but is it alright for tropical?

Starting my first tropical tank and have got most of the stuff ready, so please bare with me withst i bombard you with question of the next week or so.

So far i have:

Tank (10 gallon corner)
Heater (200 watt)
Filter (Choice of two, Fluval 1 or Fluval 2. Which one?)
Plants (Plastic. Would you recomend live ones?)
Thermometer (Internal)
Test kit.

Anything else I have forgot?

Thank-You in advance!

My QT tank which is currently home to my betta is bare bottom. There's only a small pile of gravel in the corner to hold my live plant down. The only problem I have with the bare bottom tank is the algae. I've had brown algae in there for awhile and it's so ugly looking on the bottom LoL. Otherwise, I have had no problems

Good luck!

Yes, bare bottom is OK. I have one on my desk that is mainly bare bottom. I have some polished river rocks in it and a piece of bog wood.

As for the fluvals, a fluval 1 pumps about 47 gph and a 2 pumps about 105 gph. What are you planning to put in the tank?

Thats was going to be my next question.



Any suggestions?

guppies, platties, neons, a ten gallon really limits your type of fish you can put in there becuase that is what i have and i have a molly and a guppy. i had platties but they were breeding too much so i got rid of them.
hope i was of some help.

what ever you get though you might want to get something to help with waste on the bottom such as one of those pink catfish, which is some type of corry or a snail or a pleco or something like that.

hope that helped and good luck

A ten gallon is limiting as Dean has pointed out and if you want any livebearers then I suggest Endler males or mosquito fish but make sure you dont get any females or you will have more fish than you can handle.
A pair of dwarf gourami and a couple of pygmy corydoras would work well but to stop breeding you would have to make sure the surface water was constantly moving.

A 200W heater for a ten gallon? I dunno about that, I've got a 50W's in my 10 gallons. Does your house get really really cold?

Live plants are just a preference. You must have the right lighting and some means of disinfecting if you do go for live ones.

What Kissy said–you should only need a 50w for a 10 gallon. The basic rule is 5 watts per gallon.

A ten gallon could house a group of small tetras or rasboras. I personally love harlequin rasboras. White clouds would work, too. Corydoras and otocinclus would be other choices. As others have mentioned, the small gouramis would be a good choice.

I've always liked Rasbora's myself. They are a great beginner's fish,along with Cory's.The Pygmy Cories are wonderful.The more I read and learn though,the more they seem to need a bigger group to school with of their own kind,where the regular Cories are happy with three or 4 in a group. I have six of the Pygmie's,and everyone suggests the higher the number the better so I am looking for even more. I'll tell you,that I have three Pencil Fish too that are wonderful in my Tropical tank.I don't know how popular or common they are,but they are a real peaceful fish in the tank. There are a few different ideas here ,and they all sound like good combo's. Maybe go0gle a little and see what your thoughts are.