I have a heavily planted 29 gallon tank with 2 male pearl gouramis that are now a little over 3.5" - used to battle it out in the beginning, now they're good friends. But....I also have 9 cardinal tetras, 4 otocinclus, 4 albino corys, 2 golden bristlenose plecs(?) - they are 3" in length, and 2 marbled hatchet fish.
Every week I need to trim back and remove some plants because my tank is a liquid rainforest. There is little room for free swimming unless I really stay on top of it.
I'm wondering if I should transfer some of the other fish to another tank, and keep trimming away the foliage, or leave all fish and really do an overhaul and actually remove some of the dense growth, which not only grows vertically but horizontally across the substrate. (reason for out of control plant growth-beautiful but cutting foliage and water changes takes much time - could be that I use Seachem's Excel, Trace, and Flourish.
I can't find decent info on how much free swimming space the gouramis need. Is a 29 gallon too small, even without the other fish?
Help!!! :?
Every week I need to trim back and remove some plants because my tank is a liquid rainforest. There is little room for free swimming unless I really stay on top of it.
I'm wondering if I should transfer some of the other fish to another tank, and keep trimming away the foliage, or leave all fish and really do an overhaul and actually remove some of the dense growth, which not only grows vertically but horizontally across the substrate. (reason for out of control plant growth-beautiful but cutting foliage and water changes takes much time - could be that I use Seachem's Excel, Trace, and Flourish.
I can't find decent info on how much free swimming space the gouramis need. Is a 29 gallon too small, even without the other fish?
Help!!! :?