29 Gallon Overstocked?

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kdxj5

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I wanted to know how much is enough for a 29 gallon aquarium. Right now I have 4 silver hatchetfish, 6 neon tetras, 3 cory cats, and 1 clown pleco (gets to around 4 inches). I plan on adding 3 more neons and 2 bolivian rams. That wouldnt be overstocking but I want to add another small school of deep body tetras. Would that be too much?
 
kdxj5 said:
I wanted to know how much is enough for a 29 gallon aquarium. Right now I have 4 silver hatchetfish, 6 neon tetras, 3 cory cats, and 1 clown pleco (gets to around 4 inches). I plan on adding 3 more neons and 2 bolivian rams. That wouldnt be overstocking but I want to add another small school of deep body tetras. Would that be too much?

Hi! First off I think you should work on your existing stock.. You could do:
6 silver hatchetfish
10 neon tetra
6 Cories
1 clown pleco
2 bolivian rams
That sounds about right. You may be able to do a school of something else , but I wouldn't
 
Thanks for the suggestion, but im content with my schools except for the neons to which I will add more too. Do you think 6 black skirt tetras would be good?
 
Instead of adding another school (i wouldnt do that anyways) i would add just 1 center peice fish and be done
 
I would definitely get more neon tetras and add at least 2 more cories. Also, if you do get bolivian rams, if they are a male and female and breed, there will be problems between them and the cories. If you do get both, I suggest you have a quarantine tank or other tank ready just in case.
 
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