Saltwater 10-Gallon Communities

Listing of suggested saltwater communities for a 10-gallon aquarium.

Tank Size

Beginner

Moderate

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10-gal:
live rock marine fish aquarium

FISH
1- royal gramma
(Gramma loreto)

INVERTS
2- skunk cleaner shrimp
(Lysmata amboinensis)
4- dwarf hermit crabs

FISH
1- firefish
(Nemateleotris magnifica)

INVERTS
2- serpent stars
4- dwarf hermit crabs
4 - Astraea snails

FISH
1 – yellowheaded jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons)

INVERTS
2 - serpent stars
4- dwarf hermit crabs
4 - Astraea snails

Royal Gramma

Firefish

Jawfish

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Megan Tacoma, WA

6/27/2010 4:21:19 PM

What about having one cardinalfish in a 10 gallon saltwater?

Arman lynnwood, WA

5/11/2009 9:19:10 PM

this is really helpful and gave me some good ideas for a nano tank.

Me Here, IN

2/3/2009 2:05:46 PM

I have an extra 10 gallon and would love to start a SW setup but I have always heard beginners should not do such a small aquarium. What gives?

Cali Irvine, CA

12/19/2008 10:03:39 PM

I bought a wall aquarium fish tank and I'm ecstatic with it. It is a 70" long, 17" tall, and 4.5" deep. Here is what I have in the wall fish tank (for the last year).

1 Tomato Clown, 2 blue damsels, 3 hermit crabs, and a peppermint shrimp. My wall fish tank hasn't had any problems and the people have been absolutely awesome at helping me.

I change 20% of my water every 2 weeks. And, I add Prime and Stresszyme - I HIGHLY recommend adding these according to their directions. My wall fish tank looks like an 50 gallon aquarium and my ph, salinity, and all other levels have remained in check.