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I am setting up a 10 gallon tank. i would like to keep 6 cardinals, 6 dwarf corys and a few ghost shrimp. will this work or will it be too much?
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Old 01-28-2012, 12:32 AM   #2 (permalink)
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your gonna be over chris, 10g depending on your substract, if you have driftwood or rocks in there you dont have 10g of water in there, i would cut the fish down to about maybe at best case 3 of each and a few shrimp my opinion
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Cardinals like to be in groups of 5+ and most corys like to be in groups of 4+. For your size tank I would recommend having maybe 5 cardinals and 5 corys. Or if you must have shrimp as well, I would recommend 5 cardinals, 4 corys, and 2-3 ghost shrimp.
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