Stocking Community Tank

[Sharkbait22]

Okay, so I got a 29 gallon and it has a wonderful filter and heater and everything is running smoothly. I know the types of fish I will be getting (neon tetras, panda corys, bn pleco, and a dwarf gourami) but I do not know what order to get them. I'm aware you need a week or two between adding types of fish to make sure there isn't a huge ammonia spike and such. But is there a specific order I should be bringing them home? Smallest to largest, etc.?


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[Sharkbait22]

Oh and any other fish suggestions, like I should get these instead of those sort of thing?


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[nshepler]

I don't think there's a certain order but I will say you want to bring one species at a time. I say this because about 6 months ago I got a new tank and I introduced a bunch of random fish to cycle with. About a week later all my fish slowly began to die. I saved two fish. The worst part about it is because I added random fish I couldn't figure out what caused it. So just bring in one species at a time and you should be good.


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[Gibberwatt]

Bring in the smaller species first - like the neons - so that they can get comfy and whatnot before you add the larger (and inevitably more aggressive) fish.

 

[nshepler]

^ also a good idea.


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