I'm back...LOL

[Umberle]

After a somewhat long and tragic break, I have returned...or rather the bug bit me again. I left because my fiancee and I broke up and I had to move out rapidly. Downside, I had to tear down the tank. Upside, I found a new parent for my fishies who's taken very good care of them and as done marvalous things with the tank.

So anyway, I'm going to set up a new 29 gallon in a couple of weeks and start the cycling. I don't think I'm going to do much in the way of live plants this time around.

I know I want a pair of dwarf Gouramis again but I'm unsure about the rest....any suggestions?

 

[WaterPond]

sorry to hear about you an your fiancee and that you had to tear down your tanks.

Dwarf gouramis eh, that should be nice. If you get a male and female they can become agressive during spawning.

Persoanlly i would recommend getting just one but it all depends on the personality of the fish.

I would also go with a nice schooling fish. Maybe some Harlequin rasboras or some type of tetra.

So here is what i would do

6xschooling fish(that stays under 2")
1 or 2x dwarf gouramis
4x khuli loaches
3x otos

How does that sound? that will be about 27 inches of fish, you could add more to the school if you would like.

 

[Jchillin]

Welcome back!

Sorry to hear that things went south with your fiancee, that being said, I like Waterponds suggestion but I have an affinity for dwarf pleco's. I would substitute a couple bristlenose's for the loaches.

 

[Umberle]

Thank you for your condolences. These things happen and life goes on. I'm just happy I found a good home for my fish.

My first tank was

2 dwarf gourami
6 harliquin rasboras
3 panda corys
1 random rescue betta (who didn't last very long, poor thing)

The gourami's did spawn about 3 times, I ended up giving the little guys away on a regular basis. While they did get a little aggressive, it was a very heavily planted tank so every body got along pretty well with plenty of places to hide.

What do y'all think about neons instead of rasboras? I worry about neon disease but I don't know how common it really is and I don't know anything about either plecos or loaches or how they compare? I've heard good things about otos though.