I want to get:
2 angelfish (a breeding pair, I found one for sale)
6 show quality guppies
2 plecostomus
Possibly:
2 balloon mollies
29 gallon tank.
2006-12-20 19:04:00 · 7 answers · asked by None N 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
Is it cycled for a few months. It is dirty by overcrowdedness. I am restarting with fish.I do weekly water changes and have all you mentioned.
2006-12-20 19:11:06 · update #1
Erm. The last detail did not sound right. My tank has been cycled for a few months now with a LOT of fish. It is overcrowded and really dirty. I am going to give the fish back to the store and buy new, very nice fish.
2006-12-20 19:12:55 · update #2
And will it be fine with baby angels? (breeding pair)
2006-12-20 19:13:23 · update #3
Nope, doesn't sound too crowded to me, but it depends on the size of your plecs...you will probably have to give them away eventually as they can get up to 2 ft. long! Just make sure do weekly 25% water changed and don't overfeed and you should be just fine. Make sure to have a heater, filter and a dechlorinator to treat the tap water. Also, make sure to cycle your tank first and add the fish slowly 1-2 every couple of weeks. There are a lot of great fish keeping web sites...just google it and you will find a ton! Good luck with your tank!
2006-12-20 19:08:19 · answer #1 · answered by ♥austingirl♥ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That's pretty tight, mostly because of the plecos. Plecos, even the smaller types, are huge waste producers. The common types can grow to 12-24"!
If you want a bottom-feeder, get a school of corydoras, or a school of oto cats, or even a school of Yoyo loaches. Skip the pleco, they are more dirty than anything. I have a 4" bushy-nosed pleco in my 30 gallon tank for a while - I have sand, and you would not believe the amount of poop that thing churned out.
I would also not put any other fish with a breeding pair of angels in a tank that small. Angels will take over 20-30 gallons of water when they are spawning. My breeding pair takes over almost half of my 90 gallon tank, and even once killed a gourami that was being a pest! In a 30 gallon tank, they may well the kill guppies or balloons, or have them terrorized in a corner.
If you want to breed your angels, go with the two angelfish (or start with a group of young ones, keep the two that pair off and sell the rest) and a school of corydoras or oto cats.
If you want guppies and mollies, get ONE angelfish, and the guppies and/or the mollies.
2006-12-21 10:46:58 · answer #2 · answered by Zoe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't add them all at the same time. Maybe start with the mollies or guppies. The plecos could get huge, so you might want to look into a species of them that isn't known to get a foot long. Also there won't be a lot of algae for them to eat in a new aquarium.
2006-12-21 07:44:27 · answer #3 · answered by JoJo McGee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as you get a smaller species of pleco like a rubberlip pleco, bulldog, pleco, or bushynose pleco, your tank stocking looks great. Don't get common plecos as they get WAY too huge for that tank. Common plecos grow over 2 feet long, I have seen 1 that was 3 feet! The 3 that mentioned above only grow to around 5-6 inches. Just right for that tank.
2006-12-21 03:10:52 · answer #4 · answered by fish guy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No your tank is a good size, the "rule" is one gallon of water for each inch of fish you have, but depending on the size of the angels i wouldn't put guppies in there, not unless you want your angels to have a expensive "snack"! And one plecostomus is plenty for that size tank,they can get large.you'll also want two small reg. algae eaters,why do you want to mix "live barriers with cichlids(egg layers)??not a good idea, " rams", gourami's or other not to aggressive freshwater fish are good.
2006-12-21 04:25:33 · answer #5 · answered by LUNA 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No they just might start eating each other, but I guess it will be fine!
2006-12-21 07:25:46 · answer #6 · answered by Jess 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
all those live-bearers are likely to kill the angels
2006-12-21 04:18:29 · answer #7 · answered by Bob K 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋