29/30 gallon tank owners, please share your stocking list!

[eah]

Hey everyone,

A great friend of mine is getting her first tank this week. She'll be doing a fishless cycle and will be seeding her filter with some of the filter media from my 55 gallon tank. I'd love to know what those of you with 29/30 gallon tanks have decided to keep in your tanks.

She definitely wants a community tank, but I don't think she's decided if she wants peaceful or semi-aggressive. Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[crazyred]

I think mine is in my signature

 

[Fishyfanatic]

My 29 gal tank has a beautiful Angel and a Candy Stripe Pleco. lol Probably not what you are looking for. I just don't want to put anything with the Angel that could damage its fins. They are very long and gorgeous.

 

[JustOneMore20]

Mine is in my signature too.

Only change is that there are 3 otos now...lost 2.

The albino cories will move out soon..to the future 38g.


29 or 30g tanks are just the right size for a community!

 

[severum mama]

After the unfortunate loss of a Bolivian ram this weekend (RIP Scratchy), my 29 gallon now has
1 Bolivian ram
3 rummynose tetra
3 green fire tetra
1 farlowella acus
1 clown pleco

My schools of tetras used to be 6 and 6, but the tank has been set up for a couple of years and I've lost some to old age. I haven't been able to find the green fires to replace them, and I haven't seen any healthy rummynose stock that I would feel comfortable buying to replace those.

 

[Caspar]

I am currently cycling with 3 Swordtails but have plans to stock 6 Lemon Tetras, 8 Pristellas, 1 Pair of Dwarf Gouramis, and 3 Cories.

Take Care!

 

[triazole]

for about a year and a half, i've had success with -
2 angels, 5 harlequin rasboras, 1 rainbow shark, a lone otto.
recently i've overstocked (included 5 american flags, and 5 platies; i was planting the tank) and will be addressing the issue soon.

 

[SHIFT_Unique]

1 black sailfin molly
2 gold dust mollies
1 silver molly
2 silvertip tetras
2 long fin serpae tetras
1 gold twinbar platy
1 blue platy
1 red platy
1 red wag platy
1 julii cory cat
2 otto cats
1 male betta

and lots of plants

 

[eah]

Thanks so much everyone for your replies. Please keep them coming! It's just so much fun to see how different directions we all take when it comes to stocking.

 

[eah]

This is what my friend is thinking now after we talked about things for a while. I'd love to hear your comments:

3 ottos (not to be added until after there is algae growth)
1 Blue gourami
2-3 platies
6-7 small, colorful and peaceful schooling fish

I would love your suggestions on the schooling fish. She wants something that won't get very large but that is relatively hardy.

 

[Skyrmir]

I think mine is in my sig, or at least what it used to be. Right now it's overstocked...ok it's always overstocked, but I do lots of water changes and it's heavily planted.

Right now there are:
5 swordtails,
5 danios,
1 German blue ram,
2 golden algea eaters,
2 rainbow sharks and
1 Betta.

That's going to change a lot after this weekend though.