Kuhli Loaches and tankmates???

Question

ok. i have recently gotten a 29 gallon tank and want to eventually have Kuhli loaches, dwarf gouramis, glofish, glass fish and cory cats. how many of each can i get once the tank is well cycled?

Answer 1

Kuhli Loaches are shoaling fish, so I would get 5 of them. Cories are also shoalers, so 3-5 would be good. Glofish are schooling fish, so 7 would be a nice number to keep... Dwarf Gouramis don't really school or shoal, and in a 30 gallon tank with other fish, I would only keep one male, or a male and two FEMALES. Glassfish are also schoolers, so how about 5 of them? These fish each inhabit different areas of the water column, so overcrowding isn't an issue (in this case)... Just because it looks empty in the beginning, don't go buy more fish, they will grow and look great once they fill out... Email me if you have any questions.

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EDIT: I think you are talking about Glass Tetras, not Glass Catfish... I wouldn't suggest Glass Cats for an inexperienced hobbyist (though it can be done)... Glass Catfish can be shy and picky about water quality (even the smallest change can send them into shock). If you are looking at Glass Catfish, I would look elsewhere (Glass Tetras for example have a similar transparent appearance, but are much more hardy).

EDIT 2: You cannot generalize a species and give it a specific number of gallons per fish... you have to have an eye for stocking, giving number equivalents to fish is almost worthless and will lead you to a tank in disarray...

EDIT 3: LOL... Glofish are Danios that are genetically altered with jellyfish and anenome DNA so they "glow". There is absolutely NO Platy in them.

EDIT 4: If you have 13 years of experience, you should know not to attempt any variation of the "one inch of fish per gallon of water" "rule"...

EDIT 5: If you keep 3-4 male Dwarf Gouramis in a 29 gallon tank, there will inevitably be fighting.

Answer 2

There are a couple of variations you could do, but you want to look at the numbers of each you should have. Most of the fish you name will do better if you keep them as a school. You should have at least 3 loaches and 3 corys, and at least 6 of the the glowfish and 6 glass cats (since the glass cats are a little more sensitive, I'd add these after the others). I'd keep just one gourami, even though the dwarves aren't as territorial as the standard gouramis, most of what you'll find for sale are males. Keeping just one will make it stand out from the other fish as a "centerpiece" fish. Since the glass cats, corys, and kuhliis will all tend to stay toward the bottom, I'd increase the amount of glowfish to fill any "extra" space if you were to go above the minimum you should have of each.

Also, for the glass cats, they should have a well planted tank. I think once you have these fish (in the numbers above) with some plants and possibly rocks/driftwood, that should make a nice looking tank without having too many fish.

Answer 3

2 khuli loaches = 2 gallons each thats 4 gallons

dwarf gouramis are good centerpieces but are best alone or you need a BIG school like 10, they are like bettas and from the same family
1 = 2 gallons

glofish are new to the market mix of danio and platy 1 1/2 minimum i would do 2 (im a on the safe side guy) gallon each

glass fish i am thinking your talking about glass cat fish 3 1/2 inches thats 3 gallons each

most cories get 2 inches exept pygmy cories(pygmayus corydoras)they are 2 gallons each


a good mix is 2 khulis =4gallons
1 dwarf gourami=2 gallons
glofish maybe 5 =8 gallons
glass cat fish 3=9 gallons
and 3 cories==6 gallons
total 29 gallons but on the subject their very proned to dises=ase might spread and they are really more interesting in a 10 gallon species tank with 4
so a revision is

2 loaches = 4
1 d.g.=2
8 glofish(schooling rule) = 13 gallons
5 cories=10

so that would be better

Answer 4

4-6 kuhlis, 3-4 gouramis, 8 glofish, 4-6 glass fish, and 6 corys. I'd recommend a couple different kind of cats, such as the leopard catfish (corydoras paleatus) and the metae .

Water temp for this combo should be about 76.

Answer 5

You can put allot of khuhli loaches in a tank because they are bottom feeders so that would be really good to have many of them... dwarf gouramis you can put about 2-4 in the tank.... glofish are wonderful they add color to your tank so you can probably put about2-4 of them also,glassfish are cool you can put 2 of them in.... corycats are also bottom feeders so you can put about 3 of them and 3 khuli loaches i run a pet store in georgia so if you have any trouble email me at [e-mail]


1 fish basically for every 2 gallons

Answer 6

I actually have a dragon goby with mine he's approximately 9 inches long. i even have mollies plecos dojo louches and a balla shark. as long through fact the fish isn't mean they'll paintings even gold fish paintings purely save the water at seventy two so it ant to chilly for th ekuhli louches and to no longer heat for the gold fish. additionally dwarf gouramis paintings and that i seen yung familiar gouramis bu ti wouldigt attempt that. fo rth edragon goby dont hear to anybody that say undesirable theory. dragon gobies have very tiny throats so they cant consume very massive element. o ya additionally save extra then 4 kuhli louches they are extra lively .

Answer 7

Call a pet store and ask. They would know. I know it's so many fish per gallon, but not sure how many.