Would this be a good combination of fish for my 10 gallon?

CAE's get to about 8" in length if not larger and can have attitude issues as they age. I'd definitely remove yours ASAP.

Otherwise I think your tank is stocked. Not enough room for platies IMO.

hubby said:

Okay, so right now my tank has been running for months now with...

1 female guppy
2 male guppies
3 Neon tetras
1 Chinese algae eater

it is fairly planted and has a few decorations.

I have a heater and everything is doing well.

Would it be fine if I added:

2 male platies
1 female platy

I've been researching about platies and how they breed like guppies and I wanted to add them to my fish tank.

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according to http://www.aqadvisor.com You already have trouble.

Suggestion: If you want to keep more than 1 Guppy, minimum recommend male to female ratio is 1:2 (M:F). You will be less likely to experience problem if you get even more females.
Warning: Chinese Algae Eater is too aggressive to co-exist with Neon Tetra.
Note: Chinese Algae Eater will become incredibly aggressive and destructive when they become adults.
Warning: Chinese Algae Eater is not recommended for your tank - it may eventually outgrow your tank space, potentially reaching up to 11 inches.
Warning: At least 5 x Neon Tetra are recommended in a group.

Warning: Your selected species may eventually require 302% of your aquarium space. You may need to deal with territorial aggressions later on. Try removing some of (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri) or get a larger tank.


Recommended water change schedule: 65% per week. (You might want to split this water change schedule to two separate 40% per week)
Your aquarium stocking level is 167%.
Your tank is overstocked. Unless you are an experienced aquarist who can meet the maintenance/biological needs of this aquarium, lower stocking levels are recommended.

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replace CAE with an otto

Petco has their 1$ gallon sale

I'd dump the CAE also, the only thing they are good at as adults is eating other fish


That 1 female guppy/2 male guppy will likely turn into 20 guppys and so on and so forth, but personally I would move the female and then put in a small school of dwarf corydoras.

I would go with ONLY male guppies since mating will only severely overstock your tank really quickly. BUT.. if you insist on having mating guppies, then you should have 1 male with at least 2 females for each male or the males will harass and breed her to death.

Others have already said the CAE gets too large and isn't really a good long-term algae eater. If you want an algae eater for a 10G, a single Clown Pleco (grows to around 3.5") and not as wide bodied as some other plecos, would work. Some follks like a school of Otos but that would put a bigger bioload burden on the tank than a single clown pleco.

I have a whole list of 10G stocking suggestion on my blog if you want to read a LOT more suggestions.