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Good day
I have a 10 gallon tank, i currently have 1 small angel, 1 red tip shark, 5 neon tetras and 1 guppy.  i want to know can i keep them all together.  PS when i came home from a weekend visit i found by guppy and angel dead, my angel were inside a sea sculp and the angel had no more fins left its like they were eaten off, in 1 day it all happened like that, can you help me. my fish get food once a day, the temp is 27 degrees and we clean the filter every 3 days????? i also bought another red tip shark, and 3 other guppies and another angel for all of them to have mates
Regards Ylana

Answer
Hi Ylana,
  Unfortunately that is a rather small space to house those fish together in. Personally, I would not do that.  If you do put multiple fish in a 10 gallon tank, you need to make sure that there are LOTS of hiding places in the tank, i.e., you have lots of plants (live or plastic), wood, rock, etc. to break up the space so that weaker fish can get away.

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