The Most Amazing Fish Combos For A 10 Gallon Aquarium

[@rachelgracetrepanier8076]

I have a 10 gallon tank with 4 beautiful male Endlers and 1 gorgeous male Betta. Lots of nano plants and caves. They are soo happy together! Truly a great combination, no nipping, no drama, no fights, just lots of action and laughs.

[@earthlydiscomfort]

best combo ^

[@Dan-dy8zp]

@@earthlydiscomfort Ember tetra and a male betta fish works great for me.

[@adg9430]

Can we get a fish room tour? Feels like its been a long time since we saw a brief description all the tanks. All of ur tanks are just so inspiring

[@space_ghost_z941]

Agreed looks nice in the background! I like the dim lighting and that super huge planted tank!

[@zaraI300]

Exactly what I was thinking when the video started!

[@DGGuaglianone]

Fish room tour please Jon &Lisa

[@thehairywoodsman5644]

near where I live, there's a store called , Pet Supplies Plus, they have a smallish live fish section. one day while browsing I noticed tons of baby guppies and mentioned them to the person working that area. she said , do you want some? we cannot sell them because they're not in inventory so we give them away, mostly as Betta food ! I said yes please I'll take as many as you can catch ... she sent me home with about 35, I now I have about 350 in various tanks and tubs....all different kinds I've had problems in the past with guppies dying within a week or so of buying them, but these babies all survived. I believe its because they were born in water with parameters like mine and never shipped cross country to new completely different water.

[@johncameron4194]

Cool

[@Khaeris]

I like pet supplies plus. The one nearest me gets nano fish that the other chain stores close by don't carry. It's the only store I've actually seen carry pea puffers.

[@thehairywoodsman5644]

@@Khaeris the one I go to is in Tyler Tx. they get pea puffers too.

[@johncameron4194]

Oh that’s good to know. Thanks

[@karenblevins1562]

My favorite in my area. It's a great little store.

[@stevep6317]

I have a tank with an opal colored female betta and 2 purple mystery snails. And it's planted with an absolute jungle of dwarf sag. I can't get enough of that setup.

[@Vincent-kx9ze]

One boring fish? How dare? NO fish is boring! 👿😂

[@tree.65]

Thank you for showcasing 10 gallon community aquariums! The secluded times of covid brought me back to fishkeeping. Your channel has taught me so much about giving these little fishies their best life. I have a few 10 gallons. Each had a betta along with a mystery snail and tetras. Now I am venturing into a 40b. I hope you will show more fish combos in each size aquarium. Can we have a tour of your aquariums and pond? Like a real life tour. Who cares if there algae on the glass or wherever. I'm sure the fish, snails, shrimp like it that way.

[@Whips_World]

Brad Williams is HILARIOUS. "You're gonna have to toss the Dwarf."

[@lemonlizard1]

Sunset honey gouramis and green neon tetras all the way! I literally can't get bored of the colour combination

[@thedoubletake]

i heard gouramis are aggressive and may eat other fish?

[@lemonlizard1]

@@thedoubletake depends on the gourami. Gold gouramis for example, are extremely aggressive. Not to be confused with honey gouramis, which are some of the most peaceful. So it depends. If you’re looking into peaceful gouramis, look at honeys and pearls

[@florencetheunicorn]

I love this list! I currently have neons and glo-lite neons in my planted 10 gallon! Before my grandmother moved in, I had a 29 gallon community tank with dalmatian mollies, black neons, rummy nose, 2 coris, and 2 mystery snails... with a betta. I miss that tank.

[@sum1liteamatch]

Neon tetra in a 10? Heck, I've got them in my 55. I absolutely love a giant group of them together and a little gourami in there to make them school up a bit

[@azurehanyo]

Love a huge school of neons.

[@Khaeris]

My currently empty ten gallon appreciates the suggestions.

[@danm8004]

I have to partially disagree on zebra danios and white clouds for 2 main reasons. Firstly the minnows naturally hover in place at night which is a really cool behaviour, but the danios will prevent that. Second, the minnows will breed quite successfully with no intervention if they're kept species only. It's not a bad combo, but you can get way more out of your white clouds if you leave the zebras at the store.

[@BryanH63]

My 10 gallon is awesome. I have 6 Neons, 4 Zebra, 2 Green Tiger Barbs, 2 Albino Tiger Barbs and a pair of Calico Swordtails. My maintenance crew is 2 albino Corys, 2 Otocinclus and 2 mystery snails. My tank is heavily planted and all the plants are growing like crazy. I do not have to mess with it except changing the sponge in my Aqua-Clear once a month and top off the water level as it evaporates... Easily the best of my 3 tanks.

[@DymondPrincess27]

I love these kinds of videos gives me great ideas! I’m a woman with a 10 & 37 gallon. Lol! I’m just getting back into the hobby seriously this time. I’ve got minnows, zebra danios & endlers currently.

[@PlainsPup]

I keep African dwarf frogs in my 10 gallon tank. They’re really cute!

[@danceprance4848]

i want an african dwarf but im still new at aquariums. is it hard to keep?

[@byounger8760]

@@danceprance4848I had one but was hard to feed . It died after a month . They are SO cute but I got too attached and worried about its welfare constantLY. They need frozen foods which is messy because they are slow and messy feeders. Just my experience. Others have positive ones I’m sure.

[@dmitrimikrioukov5935]

Gourami are like bettas. They fight all the time. You either keep one or a whole school, like with cichlids.

[@sewerrat7612]

Depends on the Type of gourami but agree with you that most of them are.

[@thefishguy13551]

I like the combination of chili rasboras, cherry shrimps and Pygmeus coradoras.

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

Nicely put, guppies are a solid winner along with platies 😊!

[@FishMamaC]

Loving these videos you do thankyou. I had fish as a teenager back when internet was only just surfacing. This time round I can learn and understand my fish better. I’ve got a larger tank with Betta, Guppies, Otos and Neons .. bought a group of CPDs but sadly 2 have lived…there were little ones and 2 larger ones and I think the 2 larger went against the smaller ones..I’m not sure. The 2 left are fine though and seem to hang around with the tetras 😂 But loving the descriptions you give on fish and details about them. Learnt a lot ❤

[@markmurray3193]

I have a 10 gal, that right now I have 1 Ember Tetra, 2 Neon Tetras (these 3 are all that's left from when I had 1/2 dozen of each together), 3 Otocinclus Catfish, and 4 Golden Zebra Danios. The Danios hang out higher in the tank, the Ember & Neons occupy the middle, and the Ottos scrounge at the bottom and help keep the glass clean, and nobody bothers anyone!

[@mich421]

Try to reproduce danios it's very simple

[@Rudy-y2m]

Bro do water changes. Once a week. Those fish live 3 to five years if you do regular water changes. And if you have real plans, you van do water changes every 3 weeks

[@Nick-s5q]

@@Rudy-y2mcan different small tetras school with each other? Like neons and embers?

[@captainlovebug]

Hey woah, I have a 10 gal tank properly stocked with lots of different nano fish and they SLAP SO HARD. I love my little ecosystem 🥰 A panda loach, yellow, blue, and Orange neocaridina shrimp, peacock gudgen, pygmy coris, blue rasporas, and a handful of different snails. Also, I would like to point out mine is a heavily planted tank with a hybrid wallstad method application. My ecosystem is super healthy and full of lots of beautiful life. 10 gallon is the best gallon for a 500 sq ft apartment in Seattle Also, slight flex but I don't have to do water changes. I just top it off from time to time

[@FTFSupremacyROBLOX]

Snails can also go with shrimp and guppies, in fact they'll do just fine with about everything but puffers.

[@HelpMeSpock]

or loaches, esp. skunk loaches, and goldfish

[@dings7301]

You're allowed to say dwarf it's ok lamo 😂 great list!

[@sassytherabbit]

We have otos, male clown killifish and a pygmy corydora in our ten gallon. One of kilifish is now best friends with the pygmy corydora. They're always together swimming side by side and that one killifish acts like the pygmy corydora. They turned out to be a great combo!

[@kaleidoscope_nature]

Sounds like a nice combo - but you should get some more pygmys! They don't want to be alone and it is not enough with other species - it needs friends of it's own kind. It is recommended to always keep at least 6 corys together. Or more.

[@ScissorsProduction]

Giant gourami + Oscar + Silver arowana(Optional)

[@proudcomarade]

Red tail catfish + 7 arapaima best combo for 10 gal

[@ScissorsProduction]

@@proudcomarade great option, I think personality id add 97 common plecos to clean the algae

[@theboywiththedoublex]

Don't forget the pleco to eat the poop 😹

[@MrDanAng1]

I had problems keeping Guppies alive, until I hardened up the water, now they just breed like crazy. Sometimes you need to find the code, then it's suddenly simple! 😀

[@CJBlack265]

Thank you John and Lisa 💕👍

[@Notroubletom]

This would be an awesome series! I know you have some on community tanks but I think a look at different combos for each size would be awesome

[@Greenhenben678]

FR

[@lisastevens128]

I love my platinum comb tail betta, but the only other fish he doesn’t harass in his tank ended up being 3 kuhli loaches. It such a great combo to watch.

[@LouisGuagenti]

“You wanna move out of your mom’s house and act like a big boy , right?” I was laughing so hard I spit out my morning coffee! Thank you! As a guy with 5 nano tanks, I appreciate your support! lol!

[@ibchrismcc]

Off topic...I've seen a couple of your videos supporting PetSmart/Petco. Just a few things I would like to share & why I do not support them. 1. They have put a lot of mom & pop shops out of business. 2. They do not care for their livestock properly. For example, I have visited my local Petco on different occasions & have found dead fish in their aquariums. PetSmart is not as bad but still have bettas in cups. Why can't they set up a system similar to yours? Another example comes from KZbin channel Scotty's Animals. Petco does not feed their guinea pigs properly. 80% of a pig's diet is hay & they NEVER have any hay. They solely feed them pellets, which is bad. They can have pellets daily but on a limited basis. The last example comes from KZbin channel Rob's Aquatics & is the most shocking. He goes dumpster diving at a pet store but will not say which one due to legal issues but my gut tells me it's Petco. He constantly finds live animals & it's mainly aquarium fish. He found a baby boa constrictor one time. I don't care if there's a possibility of the animal being sick. There's NO excuse! I understand they are a business & would possibly go under if they cared for every sick animal they received but they can sell them at cost or give them to a rescue. Also, I understand it's not their fault that they possibly receive sick animals from distributors but when they have them in their possession they are responsible for that animals well-being. Every animal has a right to live just as much as we do. NO EXCUSES, PERIOD! Sorry for the rant but wanted to share.

[@johncameron4194]

Nice list.I do like to keep my zebras in a 20 long so they have more room.

[@DavidTucker85]

I have kept raspboras and a betta in a 15 gallon for years. My kids love that tank!

[@williamavery1758]

I have my 10 gallon planted tank setup with a betta and 3 shrimp and 4 white cloud minnows and they thrive

[@plantnerdsa]

Best combos was by the clients coming into shop. three male guppies, one female, one of 5 different tetras, one angel, pleco, and maybe some ink injected fish or something specialized like elephant nose or something

[@valentine_n]

I have a 10 gallon which is 3 feet long with 1 female bettas, 6 strawberry rasboras, 6 ember tetras, 6 pygmy corydoras, 2 bumblebee gobies and 1 apple snail.

[@TrishR-sd2px]

I love bumblebee gobys! They have been difficult to find. I just found a black eyed goby and grabbed him. I absolutely adore him. My new favorite rn. I names him Goober. I highly recommend this new goby (well new to me).

[@gilesh1260]

This video is amazing you guys should win an award for the best fish video ideas of the year I will never be bored trying to come up with fish ideas for my 10:.20 and 30 gallon 💪

[@angie.salama]

Please help :D I want to have 9 fish combo for a 15 15-gallon aquarium (8 in red or orange color and one black). What are my best options?

[@AshlyWalsh]

How about a video about white cloud mountain minnows and what fish make good tank mates for them. I LOVE THEM THERE SO ADORABLE AND ACTIVE .

[@laurendoerr]

In my 10g I currently have Harlequin Rasbora, male Platy's and a Neirite Snail. I also have male guppies in quarantine that will be going in that tank soon. Most 10g tanks I have had in the past have housed male bettas with tank mates, often platys. Bettas and Platys is probably my favorite combo for small tanks.

[@theboywiththedoublex]

Best combo is harlequin rasboras, African dwarf frogs, a honey gourami, and a nerite snail!

[@RobertCentric]

As a kid I had a tank of beautiful guppies that came from keeping the most colorful feeder guppies. Technically they came from a 25 gallon common tank, but I kept the best looking one in a 10 gallon tank in the living room. Once you learn to not mess with the tank much and have a bunch of bushy easy to grow plants for the fry to survive amongst that population will explode.

[@Greenhenben678]

Just what I needed 😊

[@MickyTubbs1985]

Thhhhaaaank You for the video and comments within. 👏🙂

[@terrenbrandt4822]

I'm planning on doing a 55 gallon nano fish tank. This video is giving me lots of ideas.

[@Adam-hh5xl]

Thanks guys for all your tips and insight. You got me back into the aquarium hobby and loving my 10gal full of Tetras and Molly's

[@markwhite5344]

I have a powder blue gourami, red glo fish, and two African frogs and they all do well together.

[@punkrockpapa84]

Hey ive been listening through the podcast and i just got to the episode where you discovered smallville! I had to message and say smallville is my all time favorite superman series! Loving the channel and the podcast especially! I wish there were more fish keeping podcasts! Just wanted to throw that out there!

[@jtremix3703]

Repent now and trust Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior please🥰 John 3:13 for God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life!😇❤❗

[@terrymartins2552]

Really nice list and I do love the combinations!!

[@PatrickSlater-l8f]

I honestly find that statement slightly offensive because I am 15 and I am a male and I love, keeping neon Tetris and guppies!!

[@lexxwhite747]

Ok so not a 10 gallon....but I finally got my Kenyi cichlid tank up and running and stocked this week!!!!! John, the way you feel about Oscars is how I feel about Kenyi, and now I FINALLY got my 1 male and 7 females. 🎉 The store also had one lonely little female yellow lab in a tank by herself, so I brought her home too because I just couldn't leave her there alone.

[@prolaysantra27]

I have kept Minnows with Panchax.. And shrimps with Cardinals. And bettas with Cory cats..

[@terrygorsch386]

I love my 10 gallon planted tank with Platies and Neons 🤓🐠

[@ruebeemartinez7602]

Can I add 1 guppy 1 platy &1 Molly to 5 neons in a 10 gallon??🧐🌱🐟

[@Smokeybluetheraccoon]

What an awesome video idea!

[@StoneAgeGiants]

Love your fish thanks for all your amazing videos

[@Cadaver1actual]

So pleased to see harlequins and cardinals as I’m new and this was my choice with the addition of lemon tetra. 55gl fully planted tank with an fx4 filter

[@masongilliland8101]

Best video ever posted simply for the commentary

[@carlwagers9829]

@3:40 Nice tank, Lisa! It looks great!

[@Jack_Splendens]

Great combos, I have only 1 question. If I have gravel substrate with big gravels, here I mean 1,5 centimeter sized ones, can I keep kuhli loach or cory catfish or should I change the gravel substrate to smaller sized gravel before I buy bottom dwellers ?

[@williecanuck5001]

Quantities?

[@breezy_echo]

Since John very fond of cichlids, a pair of German Blue Ram and few nerite snails! they have stunning coloration and active fish also they wont destroy your plant in the tank, plus you'll might get some little junior from the pair if the conditions are fit!

[@beegchunguz7425]

My pygmys just include my honey gourami like one of their own.

[@peadrianlastname]

1 male betta, cardinals/neons, and snails/shrimp is my favorite 10 gallon combo

[@HapiPETSWM]

I watch with my wife! Lol and we have big tanks full of small fish and also others with my cichlids or goldfish and one big tank for 2 koi. Oh and the new roadhouse was good, it’s its own entirely different movie and I agree the mistake was linking it roadhouse with Patrick swayze. Stay happy and healthy 😊❤

[@mittenista]

A 10 gallon, according to a pestore I don't shop at anymore, is perfect for 2 goldfish and a common pleco. Just remember to "cycle for 24 hours first!"

[@kawori3827]

I am one of the people who cant keep guppies alive but can keep fancy goldfish and bichirs alive

[@cathyhendrix7552]

What type of guppies had the orange fins and purple bodies? You showed them from the top of the water. A top view. WOW they are stunning 😍. Look at time stamp 1:13.

[@ruebeemartinez7602]

Endlers?

[@cathyhendrix7552]

@ruebeemartinez7602 They were to big to be endlers. And they had big, flowing delta tails. Their colors were very uniform so they are a certain breed of guppies. Look at time stamp 1:13.

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

Just the video i was looking for.....got a 15 gallon hexagon tank that has been empty since my great grandson emptied a bottle of fish food in the tank and i hadnt looked at it for 3 days( i am pretty much bed bound) he is old enough now that i want to get fish again so when i can get up i have something intteresting to look at.

[@Monkey_pops_balloons]

Im a dude. Leave my catfish outta this. You don’t want my catfish; IT’s me you want.

[@aburgard1]

This savage man has one 4’ tank and 6 nano tanks. I love small fish and some of them have great personalities, especially crown killi and CPDs.

[@LindaJackson-e3u]

Hi edagdwg God bless you thanks for sharing love watching pat fish enjoying each other a forever loving fan Linda j.peace

[@curtiscrump7153]

Nice timing as I am looking t tank mates for my 10 Zebra Danios in a 29 gallon

[@happycamperslivehere.6101]

I have a lovely, blue, Veiltail Betta with two mystery snails. My son and I agree that the snails are really the star of the show. The betta is beautiful, but the snails bring the interest.

[@AlexSeddon11]

I have 6 x Diamond Tetra, 5 x Bronze Cory and 2 Red Honey Gourami. All is happy and well

[@slipdeath6662]

Would Kuhli Loaches and Mollies or Platies be ok? Also are different sub species of Mollies or Platies ok? Like orange and blue Platies or should it be one color, idk if they are technically different animals or just different morphs

[@GreenPhantomPleco]

I know you said not too but another idea is dwarf gold barbs and asian stone catfish. No heater needed

[@fishypetkeeping]

I fully agree with this list! It gave me some ideas of what to put in one of my tanks. I don't know why, but Kuhli loaches don't really remind me of snakes; they remind me of hamsters for some reason 😂

[@maddib1723]

Excuse me my husband is a big burley man that adores his lil hermit crabs 🤣🤣🤣

[@zachariahfox6098]

A school of cpd’s and a single betta. The color is amazing and I’ve never seen a Betta more relaxed.

[@mich421]

The important thing is that they are fast because if you have a betta you know how he behaves if he has movement near him😂

[@blueiceaquatics8205]

Great video! Got my Oscar shirt looks great. Can't wait to get the Beta one.

[@marlowelasmarias4937]

Hi, I'm a newbie fishkeeper, I have a 10 gallon tank with 8 Black skirt tetras. Is that too much or can I still add a couple of fishes with a different kind? Any info will be so helpful 🙂

[@chrissyosborne3879]

I absolutely love your videos!

[@Notkeiran]

I can’t ever find those stripped kuhli loaches, only black kuhli loaches which I love but I would really like the stripped ones. Guess I’m gonna have to order online

[@alandickenson8212]

I currently have a 10 gallon with NO life in it. It’s cycling, and will be for a long time because I just can’t decide what to put in it! It is my 14th tank…

[@lisabrewer7825]

Brad Williams is awesome!

[@MoldyBones27]

😂 callin it as he sees it!

[@Fishystud]

Save the day guys!!!

[@andreirotenev]

10 gallon tank idea: no fish plants only 🤣😂

[@markmurray3193]

Not a bad idea, gives you a good idea of which ones you like best and are easiest to take care of before you think about using live plants in a populated tank!🙂

[@annvassallo2604]

I think I'd like to try this. I only have about 100 houseplants as it is.

[@Ozraptor4]

Clown panchax (or Lampeye killis if unavailable) + Celestial pearl danios + pygmy corydoras

[@VitalyGorodetsky]

Dinner.. WOW.... that means to eat more then one meal a day.. amazing.. I'm so envy you :)

[@nazrojeh]

i have a 10 gal. fish thank with 17 fish in it. The tank has so many plants small and large that I can only see maybe 4 or 5 fish at a time. I have 13 small tetras that are one inch in size and 4 female bettas. Most of the tetras I've had for over 3-4 years and no deaths, but I do lose maybe 1 betta every 8 months for some reason. The water is clean and no odor, even though I have some Algie on the plants and the back wall. Should I reduce the number of fish or is it ok???

[@mattwood2062]

Basement dwelling savage 😂

[@AnthonyJunker]

Nobody will read this but the best combo for a 10 gallon is golden mystery snails and Dianna Walstad's guppys. End Of Story.

[@sweetpaulie]

Any recommendations for a reliable, affordable brand of aquarium?

[@myjennaration4945]

My tank is home to a veil tail betta, a nerite snail, a mystery snail and a group of neocaridina shrimp

[@BeeJae78]

How the hell do people not keep guppies alive? I will never keep a male and female together ever again!!!! They’re the rabbits of the fish world 😂😂😂

[@CatchyFox360]

nano tank gf, or monster fish bf?

[@ronaldpierce8135]

I use to have a dojo fish with gold fish and they got along together

[@HelpMeSpock]

What about one Red Tail Shark? A pair of Blue or Gold Rams, Kribensis or Apistograma (if u can find them)? A Small Clown Pleco, or more? 3 Skunk Loaches, but no shrimp or snails. What if u went w a more aggressive route w some Dwarf Parrot Cichlids aka Jelly Bean Cichlids?