KevinES
Aquarium Advice Regular
Ok so you guys may have seen my post about my new 29...
I have been doing a lot of reading and just can't find agreeing answers.
For those of you who haven't seen my other post I have a 29 with 3 platies (2 female, 1 male,) 3 Guppies (2 females, 1 male,) 4 neons and a cardinal tetra.
I want an exciting tank with a lot of action. Basically I want to see a lot of breeding and babies. But I want to see nature at work. I want play fry to make it every once in a while and I want guppy fry to make it every once in a while but I don't want the tank to become over populated. If worse come worse I will take them to the LFS but I want a tank that takes care of itself.
I also need a clean up crew. I wanted to try Cherry Shimp but I question their survivability in this tank...Ghost Shrimp might be an option...It would be neat to get them to breed...I have heard of them totally taking care of fry though...I have tried Red Claw Crabs, and I would try them again I guess...but the last ones crawled out and I think they need a dry surface...
My have considered a group of like 5 cories...they do a great clean up job and I have had good luck breeding them.
I also need something to take care of alge. It sounds like some of the most popular snails don't even do that...they just clean up flakes and crap...
I know bristlenose plecos do an amazing job at both and they stay fairly small. I had 2 in a 29 a couple of years ago and I actually got babies. None of them made it because I left them in there and apparently you are supposed to remove the parents from them. I am worried though that they would clean up all of the fry for my platys and guppies...
I just can't keep things straight...
I have heard all of the following...
Guppies will control their own numbers (know for a fact that doesn't happen)
Platys will eat ALL of their fry (I hope this isn't the case and I hope they don't clean out the guppies too)
I have heard of predators...but I had guppies make it with Angels...
I have heard danios eat ALL of them and that they eat none of them.
I have heard ghost shrimp eat all of them and none of them.
I heard frogs are good at getting rid of them but also good at getting out of the tank...
I don't know what to do. No one agrees. I just want 1-3 fry survive per batch, someone to clean up my glass and some one to clean up the bottom of the tank.
Any suggestions!
And I should mention that I have tons of fake plants and hiding places. I am consider java moss also...
I have been doing a lot of reading and just can't find agreeing answers.
For those of you who haven't seen my other post I have a 29 with 3 platies (2 female, 1 male,) 3 Guppies (2 females, 1 male,) 4 neons and a cardinal tetra.
I want an exciting tank with a lot of action. Basically I want to see a lot of breeding and babies. But I want to see nature at work. I want play fry to make it every once in a while and I want guppy fry to make it every once in a while but I don't want the tank to become over populated. If worse come worse I will take them to the LFS but I want a tank that takes care of itself.
I also need a clean up crew. I wanted to try Cherry Shimp but I question their survivability in this tank...Ghost Shrimp might be an option...It would be neat to get them to breed...I have heard of them totally taking care of fry though...I have tried Red Claw Crabs, and I would try them again I guess...but the last ones crawled out and I think they need a dry surface...
My have considered a group of like 5 cories...they do a great clean up job and I have had good luck breeding them.
I also need something to take care of alge. It sounds like some of the most popular snails don't even do that...they just clean up flakes and crap...
I know bristlenose plecos do an amazing job at both and they stay fairly small. I had 2 in a 29 a couple of years ago and I actually got babies. None of them made it because I left them in there and apparently you are supposed to remove the parents from them. I am worried though that they would clean up all of the fry for my platys and guppies...
I just can't keep things straight...
I have heard all of the following...
Guppies will control their own numbers (know for a fact that doesn't happen)
Platys will eat ALL of their fry (I hope this isn't the case and I hope they don't clean out the guppies too)
I have heard of predators...but I had guppies make it with Angels...
I have heard danios eat ALL of them and that they eat none of them.
I have heard ghost shrimp eat all of them and none of them.
I heard frogs are good at getting rid of them but also good at getting out of the tank...
I don't know what to do. No one agrees. I just want 1-3 fry survive per batch, someone to clean up my glass and some one to clean up the bottom of the tank.
Any suggestions!
And I should mention that I have tons of fake plants and hiding places. I am consider java moss also...