stocking a 29 gal?

[frenchpea2002]

I'm looking for ideas for stocking a new 29g tank...any suggestions? Let me know your suggestions for starting from scratch, and then your suggestion if starting with 7 long-finned danios and building on them.

Thanks!

 

[dax29]

Look at my signature. I have 2, 29 gallons that are overstocked but well filtered. They are a lot of work with that many fish. The fish are compatible.

 

[chasgood]

The taller tanks like the 29 are perfect for Angelfish. As you can see in dax29's sig he has them in both of his 29's.

 

[Blucat]

rainbowfish
gourami
cory cats
tetras

 

[cinciboy]

I will suggest Rams. I got a new 29gal. shopping for Rams now.. I have a seperate posting which tracks the new setup.

 

[clandon]

I have Rams, Angelfish, Tetras, Gouramis, otos and corys... fills the tank well with top, middle and bottom dwellers. Looks awesome!

 

[Jherr]

rainbowfish
gourami
cory cats
tetras

that's pretty much the set-up im going with. I just need to crunch some numbers to see how many of each I can go with on my 29gal

 

[greenmaji]

Matching up the water hardness and ph requirements of the fish you will keep and your tap water makes keeping fish much easier.. IMO..

 

[frenchpea2002]

I was thinking about going with a biotope of India, using the danios and then going with a gourami as my centerpiece and then getting maybe yoyo loaches for the bottom. I thought about ditching the biotope and getting rams, but I hear they can be difficult/fragile, and I travel at least 2-3 weeks each year (not all at once, many times it's just weekends), so I am looking at something that would be fairly easy to care for so my friends can watch them while I am gone.

As for the gouramis, would it be better to get just one male, or should I get a group (m/f ratio?) or pair?

 

[RoK]

One male is fine, or you could go with 1 male and 2 females. With a male and female, the male might chase the female all the time and it will stress her.