Getting there with my 29 gallon!

[ff.rice]

This is a look at my 29 gallon tank. It has a 10 gallon sump and cycled in about a month.... Had somebody getting rid of his salt tank so I acquired a some live rock, some corals, an anemone, a couple hermits, a couple snails, and a few fish?..... Either way here's what I've got so far after about a month and a half!

 

[cgthebeast]

Looks great! Congrats what all fish do you have?

 

[ff.rice]

2 Oc Clownfish, 1 sand sifting goby, 1 dwarf angel, 1 banggai cardinalfish, a skunk shrimp, and a tomini tang....... I'm trying to regime the tang before he gets too big or needs more space..... But didn't want to leave just the one fish! I want to get a lawnmower blenny and some sort of a puffer fish but not sure if that's possible in a 29 gallon tank...... Any ideas?!?!

 

[carey]

The lawnmower should be good in there, I definitely wouldnt go with a puffer especially since ypu have several fish already, one being a tang which produces alot of waste. You dont want to over burden your bacteria base by adding too many large pooping fish. lol

 

[ff.rice]

Got it..... Small poop fish! Lol I got what ur saying..... How bout a flame angel?!?! Will it do ok with the dwarf angel?

 

[carey]

I would for sure NOT mix angels, they can become hostile towards one another. :-(

 

[ff.rice]

Very good to know! Thank you! I'm planning on rehoming the tang because I'm afraid he's going to get too big..... And my kids really want a puffer so I was looking at the Valentino puffer and it looks like it stays fairly small.... Any experience or ideas there?!?!

 

[Bectan01]

I would say you are fully stocked, even without the tang. I have a similar stock list in my 55g! I have a bennet's puffer, who are similar to the valentini and would be too much I think, they are very messy with a big bioload. It would also eat your inverts and corals. I have a neat little rainsfords goby that would suit your tank, very colourful and active and will nibble at your algae!

 

[ff.rice]

That's what I needed to know! Thank you very much! Maybe soon I can talk the wife in to letting me upgrade tanks!

 

[Bectan01]

That is always a good idea here is my puffer, my favourite fish

 

[ff.rice]

Wow!!! Thats awesome.....But you say they eat inverts and corals?!?! The kids like the anemones too..... Maybe they will just have to do without the puffer

 

[Bectan01]

Mine eats some corals, not others. I keep a few large snails but no crabs. He literally destroyed any hitchhiker crabs that made it into the tank. Anemones are cool but you would need high lighting and pristine, stable water parameters. I recommend waiting at least 6 months before considering one...

 

[ff.rice]

Yeah I had planned to but the guy that have me all of his stock had a couple and I got them..... I'm hoping they make it but he literally shut his tank off when I left!

 

[Bectan01]

Oh cool, I didn't realise you already had them! Just make sure you have the right lighting and keep your water as cleans and stable as possible. Nems cannot tolerate swings in parameters, particularly salinity and temp. Good luck!