29 gal stocking...What do you think??

[Gloomy]

I cannot make up my mind about fhe fish I want. At the moment I am still foishless cycling and I still need plants and hidey spots. So I can be flexible! I know I want some cory cats...
and that's all I know...
I was thinking either:
dwarf gourami
or
tiger barbs

What would be nice with a dwarf gourami...?

And if i get a school of green tiger barbs and a school of just regular tiger barbs...that would probably be pretty...but kind of plain...

I guess I want something kind of different but easyish to find

 

[Cinder]

Hi Gloomy! What size tank do you have?

 

[imrandome1]

Errmm Cinder "29 gal stocking...What do you think??" as a tittle? LOL

i do like the dwarf gourami, and tetra's go with them, lots of people will give you some idea's, so have fun stocking glad to see that your doing a fishless cycle!!!

 

[JustOneMore20]

The title says 29g.

Sometimes tiger barbs will pick on cories. I've never kept them, so I can't give you any experiences with them. They will also nip your gourami most likely. I'd go with some peaceful tetras or some dwarf neon rainbows.

 

[Guest]

I think that Tiger Barbs will be just fine in a 29 gal. I have had 10 in a planted 29 two different times and never had a problem. I am not into Cory's at all so I don't know. Tiger Barbs are awesome when you have a school.

 

[talloulou]

When kept in a large enough school tiger barbs wouldn't likely bother cories in my opinion.

 

[Guest]

I agree Talloulou, however feeding would be more of a problem in my opinion. A good school of Tiger's will absolutely demolish sinking pellets before a small Cory gets a chance. There are onbviously ways around this, just a point. In my 29 I have My Tiger Barbs and Yo Yo Loaches and 1 Raphael Catfish. The Yo Yo's and the Raphael are more aggressive and bigger so they have no problem getting food. If you like to see a feeding frenzy, Tiger Barbs are the way to go!

 

[src]

Yeah, I just fed mine bloodworms for the first time today. I've never seen the Tigers go at food like that before - no one else got a worm. I usually put some flake in, then drop the sinkers for the corys, then put some more flake in. This keeps the Tigers focused on the top of the tank for a while, and let's the corys find the food. Once they find it, they will keep coming back and swapping off with the one tiger that comes down for an after-dinner snack.

The big problem right now is my mystery snail. It makes a beeline for the sinkers, then sits on top of them. I'm having to split my algae wafers and drop them on opposite ends of the tank.

 

[Guest]

You know that's funny src. Mine don't really care for bloodworms, they go CRAZY for flakes and love when I feed them peas every two weeks.

 

[Cinder]

Duh! Dipstick here. Sorry about that guys - that's what I get for reading this at night when I'm way overtired.

 

[Ky'smommy]

nah. i notice that to. most people dont read the title they read the post. i have noticed alot of people do that. i just think they overlook the title