Stocking ideas

[ccp2007]

I just bought a 29 with LED, filter, heater and some other minor things from Petco for $64.99! I thought it was a get deal! So, question is, what do I want to put in it long term? I'm thinking friendly...ideas?

I am not a fan of platys, mollies, guppy and so on.

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[loachy dance]

If youre looking for a new experiment, consider more brackish, bumblebee goby?
I like stranger fish shapes too, so i often lean towards loach types. They actually love socialization. Building a tank around loaches might be kind of cool. They coul prob even live with a dwarf cichlid of some sort. Ok, taliking too much.

 

[Ynotony]

Been awhile since I had them but u should look into an African butterfly fish

 

[bettaowner]

An African butterfly fish could work alone and with a lid on the tank. Some of the smaller rainbow fish species like furcatas, Gertrudae, or thread fins would look nice.

 

[Ulrichsd]

Tiger Barb tank

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[azmodan]

I just bought a 29 with LED, filter, heater and some other minor things from Petco for $64.99! I thought it was a get deal! So, question is, what do I want to put in it long term? I'm thinking friendly...ideas?

I am not a fan of platys, mollies, guppy and so on.

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Just an idea of what you could do:

1-2 schools of mid/top dwellers
1 group of corydoras on the bottom
1-2 "centerpiece" fish
~invertebrates (snails, shrimp)

I'd research the following basic fish and see if your local LFSs carry them:

Tetras: Neon, Cardinal, Glowlight, Rummynose, Diamond, Lemon, etc
Barbs: Cherry, Checker, Pentazona
Other misc. schoolers: Furcata rainbows, Threadfin rainbows, Harlequin rasboras, Zebra danios, Beckford pencilfish
"Centerpiece" fish: German blue rams, Bolivian rams, Apistogramma (good starter types are cacatuoides and borellii, Dwarf/Honey/or Pearl gourami, possibly an angelfish

Hope this gets you started and let us know if you have more questions!

 

[ccp2007]

I like all those ideas. I like the African dwarf frog too and inverts. I love clown loaches but know they'll eventually b too big for a 29

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[Puckhog429]

German blue rams or an angelfish or 2. Also khuli loaches are cool too. I have 10 in my 29


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[ccp2007]

10 khuli loaches or rams?

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[loachy dance]

Yep, i have kuhlis. You could prob guess that. Ivehad rams with them actually, no probs. zebra loaches are good too though, pretty small.

 

[Puckhog429]

10 khuli loaches lol


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[Puckhog429]

Also i just saw the african dwarf frog idea. I wouldnt reccomend them being kept in a taller tank. They have to go up to the surface to get air quite a bit. Ive kept them before in a 5.5 gallon. Also they are pretty hard to feed and messy too.


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[ccp2007]

My Mom had a few dwarf frogs when I was a kid. I don't really remember the care for them. I just rambled that off basically sayin that I'm down to try out other things besides fish

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[loachy dance]

Im currently. Restoring a leaky 29 as an invert tank. Multi colored crays and lobster are another good sized pet for that tank.

 

[ccp2007]

I am liking the invert tank and blue ram tank ideas...now to decide which one lol

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[Puckhog429]

Why not both


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[ScaryFatKidGT]

I just got some rainbow fish and there really cool, somepeople say they need a 55-75 gallon tank as they can get over 5" I guess, but they seem to be fine in my 29? I am planning on getting a larger tank very soon tho.

 

[Puckhog429]

A 29 is too small for rainbows. Even a full grown angel is pushing it


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[ccp2007]

Both sounds good too puckhog...I'm going on vacation Thursday. When we return I'll be starting on it. I have to finish building a stand for it. I have the frame done

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[Dragon.goby]

African dwarf frogs can only live in tanks that are under a foot tall. But corydoras are a must. Maybe a smaller pleco too.


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