Planted 29 Gallon 2 month update =]

[Jmenehan2]

Current stock: 1 Rainbow Shark and 3 cories.
I will be adding 2 neon tetras tomorrow (the ones who survived quarantine out of the original group of 7).
Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[maxwellag]

Just a thought- the rainbow shark will get pretty big (about 6-7 inches). I wouldn't keep a fish that big in a 29. Also, be very cautious and watch for any aggression between it and the cories.

 

[Jmenehan2]

I was going to move the rainbow shark into a 55 gallon tank with some Australian rainbows if they would work together. The rainbow has a fake driftwood cave that it controls. If the cories stay away from the cave all is peaceful. Thanks for your reply.

 

[Old Scales]

Nice looking tank! Plants look very healthy. Great job! OS.

 

[Jmenehan2]

Thank you Old Scales. It's hard to not throw in a whole school of neon tetras. 4 week Quarantines are proving that store bought neon tetras are very fragile. Building a decent size school of them is a much longer process than I thought.

 

[kmny34]

Current stock: 1 Rainbow Shark and 3 cories.
I will be adding 2 neon tetras tomorrow (the ones who survived quarantine out of the original group of 7).
Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I think that's a red tailed shark. Not a rainbow shark!

 

[Jmenehan2]

It's definitely a rainbow shark. The tail has a darker red than the fins but red tailed sharks have black fins. Rainbow sharks also tend to be more of a gray with a tint of green on the body while red tailed sharks are black.

 

[Oohitsae]

I really like your concept so far! If it were my tank, I'd add some dimension with a nice piece of DW in there, maybe covered in moss, but that's really all that I've got. Maybe a couple foreground type plants too, but other than that, I really think you have done a great job on it

 

[Jmenehan2]

I would love a nice piece of driftwood. Im having a rough time finding a piece of DW that Iike. i have some type of val on the substrate near the front of the tank. if I could get a hold of some baby tears or dwarf baby tears that would be alright. I have moss growing in a 10 gallon. We will see how the Val fills out. Thank you for the reply!