10 gallon stocking question

how many neons and platys can be put in a 10 gallon tank

 

Mainly all u can get is a small school of tetras (4-5) in 10g. Plattys do better in a 20 and i strongly recommend not putting em in a 10g. u can get a school of tetras or a few other small fish. 10 gallon aient tht good. I reccomend getting a 20 gallon or more. i was planning 10 gal for a while but now im moving to 20 after i saw how limiting a 10 is.

 

You could put up to 8 Neon Tetras in a 10 gallon and no Platies in a 10 gallon.

 

I have two serpae tetras in my tank, one neon tetra, one mixed fruit tetra and one cherry red platy in a 10 gallon tank and they are just fine. My platy is just fine.

 

Thats good you Platy is doing well but if you get a disease in your tank your fish will die pretty ast unless you know what they have and the medication for it 10 gallon is hard to keep stable in such a small enviroment

 

Actually with a 10 gallon, if you were to drop the platy idea and get only neons, you could put about 12 in it. You can push the 1 inch of fish per gallon rule with neons a little bit, because they produce very little waste, and if there are live plants it helps even more. -tl