ello i have a new emty tank.30 gallons what cana i put in it?

Answer 1

You can do a peaceful community tank. You could do a species only tank. You could do a small African cichlid tank.
You could even do a 3 fancy goldfish only tank. It depends what you're looking for your tank to achieve.
Cichlids display the most interesting behaviour and personalities. Fancy goldfish have their own personalities and recognize their owners. Community tanks have schooling fish in one area, some bottom fish in another and usually a showpiece fish or a pair of them for eye interest.
What are you looking for in your tank?

Answer 2

Do you plan to have a heater in the tank? At that size, you have the choice of several kinds of tropical fish, plus plants, snails, African dwarf frogs (don't get the clawed frogs if you want fish), or algae eating shrimp.

If you aren't planning for a heater, you could get a few fancy goldfish, or some other coolwater species: white cloud mountain minnows, danios, guppies, some barbs, and some loaches will do well if the temperature is around 70o.

See potential communities 1-4, you can look at requirements for individual fish by clicking on the name. Fish with a hardiness rating of "A" or "AA" are the easiest to keep.

You can also create a species setup to house aquatic or semi-aquatic animals like dwarf puffers, axolotls, firebellied toads, newts, small turtles, fiddler or red-clawed crabs.

A 30 gallon is also a good size for a beginner saltwater tank with clownfish, a goby or blenny, some chromis, a pair of cardinalfish, or long-nose hawkfish.

So...lots of potential choices! Just find something you like, that will get along with each other and not outgrow your tank. I'll put some additional links below where you can get more info on fish and fishkeeping.

Answer 3

I would put a trio of dwarf cichlids like blue or gold rams and a nice school of one kind of tetra. Tetras and most other small schooling fish feel more comfortable and exhibit more natural behavior in a larger school. I would go with fifteen or so cardinal tetras. Don't listen to an inch per gallon rule, it isn't a good rule. A five inch angel fish would be about twenty inch long neon tetras. Also don't listen to the person that mentioned oscars and JDs, they get way to big for a 30 gallon. I wouldn't go with goldfish either, you can't put very many in there, and they arn't at all very interesting.

Answer 4

You'll first want to cycle your tank, perhaps using a few hardy fish, such as neon tetras:

http://faq.thekrib.com/begin-cycling.html

Then you'll want to go to your local fish store (LFS) and look at the freshwater fish, deciding which ones you want. I keep a school of Black Neon Tetras and a school of the albino catfish Cordyoras aeneus (Cory Cats) as well as a few snails in my 29 gallon.

You'll want to decide if you want to keep tropical fish, such as tetras, catfish, and angelfish or cichlids such as Jack Dempsey's, which I believe are carnivorous. You'll want to consider having live or plastic plants and the placing of the tank within your house - a tank shouldn't be in direct sunlight.

I wouild recommend a freshwater tropical tank with community fish such as the easier tetras and some of the Corydoras catfish - there is a broad range of different fish in these two categories.

You should have *at least* one gallon of water per ADULT inch of fish - Corydoras aeneus can grow up to 3 inches, so you would need at least a 3 gallon tank for one Cory. a 29 gallon tank, complete with an inch of gravel and all of the decorations comes out to be about 26 gallons. Make sure you know how large the fish get before you buy them.

To start out with, though, you'll want a small school of Black Neon Tetras - they're incredibly hardy little things and will help cycle your tank. Be prepared to lose them, though, as cycling is hard on fish.

Answer 5

If you want a tropical community tank, how about a school of 6 neon tetras, a pair of guppies, a pair of platies, a pair of zebra danios, 1 or 2 cory cat(s), and any other tropical community fish of your choice.

~ZTM

Answer 6

well if you do a community fish tank then you can get 30" of fish in there, but if u want goldfish then you can only get like 3 gold fish in there. if i were you i'd get either African cichlids, piranhas, or some convict cichlids, or some jack dempssesy

Answer 7

What i have in my tank and its a 29 gallon is neon tetra, phantom tetra, African dwarf frogs. corydors and platies and they all get along great. good luck