What type of fish can I put in a 10 gallon. Can my halfmoon betta that is in the 10 gallon go in my 30 with neons rasboros, 2 platys and a type of tetra that i forget what type, they are peaceful ones. 2 of my bettas died and want something different in my 10 gallon if possible even if it one show fish. Can i have one cichlid in the 10 gallon, I know it is a small tank, but if one is ok by itself that would be nice, don't want tetras or livebearers in there.

u can only have one betta. in my ten gallon i have 10 fish 5 danios, 4 hachets and 1 algea eater !!

Lovegoldfish, that would be way too many fish for a 10 gallon. Do you already have all those fish in another tank? What size? Neons don't usually mix well with bettas. If you want a betta in the 10 gallon, good tankmates are cories, otos, etc. I think a 10 gallon is too small for a cichlid, but correct me if I'm wrong.

betas would fight the neons and u need at least 29 gallons for a cichlid

You could get away with a pair of shell cichlids but you would need to make sure you looked after the tank well.

Cichlids are definitely NOT beginner fish. You have to constantly watch the pH levels. You have to make the tank full of hiding places. I'd go with a betta or maybe a few small tetras, danios or something of the like. You could even get a divider and put 2 male bettas in it.

yeah a divider i saw them a petsmart

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I put my male halfmoon in the 29 gallon and he didn't like it so I put him back in the 10 gallon with the divider and put a few tiger barbs in the tank. Remember they are divided not together. I changed the gravel because I had 3 bettas in the divided tank with different colors of gravel, 2 of them died, one of old age and the other not sure. I put some of the old gravel in pantyhose to keep it cycled since I changed the filter in it also. Everything is good. I tested my water myself and everything looked fine but just to make sure I took some before buying the fish to make sure that my tests were right. There was .5 ammonia so I did a 50% water change before adding any fish in the tank and will be keeping an eye on that. I think it just needed a water change, since it had been a week and I try to do weekly water changes in my tank. I still have to do a water change in my 29 gallon because at the petstore they found .5 ammonia in that tank also.

I'd watch the Bettas carefully if you're going to put a divider in. I had two in a divided 10gal and one constatnly "jumped the border" and fought the other Betta. He did it twice and one victim died from his wounds.

The halfmoon has been in that tank with the divider since I got him in January and he has never jumped. None of my bettas have jumped over the divider. So no worries.

Anic words should not be taken lightly,as you can never trust Betta's to not jump over no matter how long it's worked so far. I watched a Betta that shared a divided tank for over two years get over to the other side.Luckily for me though,I managed to stop the fight before it began. I began to check on a regular basis after that,the water lines, the snugness or fit of the divider,making sure that there were no gaps,etc.Thinking it could happen,instead of never realizing that it may- is a much better place to be.

Yeah, you don't want to come home and find one Betta on the wrong side and the other one missing.