any ideas for a 29 gallon freshwater?

Question

I have a 29 gallon freshwater with a blue gourami, 2 pleco's (yes, I know 2 can't be together but our 10 gallon had alot of dead fish in it and the smaller pleco had to be moved) 4 ugly (to me) white fish (like WHITE skirt tetras) 4 silver-tipped tetras, 2 danios, 1 female guppy(left from the dead fish inciddent) 2 small crayfish and 2 cory's

We will be moving to Minnesota and cannot take them however, we can and will take the tank and get new fish for it but I want something very interesting(don't really like tetras or barbs love cory's) that's freshwater...any ideas?(at least 4 fish so me and my sisters can have one each)

Also, our tank is very clean and has good filtration/heating(so not to worry about the current fish)

hillsofhardin, in a seperate 10 gallon I will have some mickey mouse platies(cute little things) in that same tank we had a massacre of guppies(had about 60+ in there with the little pleco)all started out with 4(one of the males died and we were left with 3, one of the females had like, 20 babies at a time)so, I might not get guppies

Answer 1

I'm glad you said your tank is clean and has good filtration and heating. That's so very important, and I imagine when you're in Minnesota, you'll want to be sure the water stays at the proper temperature.

I know you said you don't like tetras, but I once owned several Bleeding Heart tetras, and they're beautiful, with that one red spot just behind their gills that is their "bleeding heart", and they're so gentle and pretty to watch. I think they're a bit more expensive, and not as many pet shops have them, but withhold your final judgement on them till you see them. I've always wanted to have neon tetras, or their cousin, the cardinal tetras that don't have the white color that the neons do, but I've been unsuccessful. Again, it's a tetra, so, mabye that's a "no-deal" for you. Just a thought. I have had lots of gouramis, including pearl gouramis that I found to be beautiful and graceful. And I've always been a fan of plecos, if that's the dark brown catfish I had but can't spell the name of. They're so beautiful in their ugliness, or, as the saying goes, "so ugly only a mother could love them". I had a couple of 58 gallon tanks and a 25 gallon one and a ten gallon one, all fresh water, and I did okay with the limited variety I played with. Oh, "cooley" loaches and clown loaches are great too. The "cooley" (sp?) loaches are bottom feeders so you'll have some of that problem taken care of, and you don't want to get too many of them since you keep your tank pretty clean. I hope I've been of some help. God Bless you.

Answer 2

Corys are schooling fish and like to be in groups, so why not each get one of those to start? Four would make a great group for them to have others to hang out with. Another bottom fish that likes to be in groups and is fun to watch are loaches. There are some dwarf species, and kuhlii loaches that burrow in the gravel and come up in a different spot. You should have at least 3 of these.

Some other fish that you might try (since you are trying to avoid the "traditional community fish of barbs or tetras) are more danios, female bettas (which can be kept together as long as there are at least three - you can get these in different colors so you can tell them apart), guppies and platys (males only so you don't have to worry about them reproducing and overrunning the tank, these will also add some color!), upside down catfish, hatchetfish (these will stay at the surface - these are also schoolers and should be in a group of 6), or a group of rainbowfish (stay with small species like threadfins or dwarf neons - these should be kept in groups of 2 males to 1 female for the best colors).

You don't have to stick with just fish either. Consider getting some algae-eating shrimp, or some snails such as nerites which need saltwater to reproduce.

Answer 3

i would definitely go with a pleco because they keep your tank fairly clean some fancy tail guppies mollies and Micky mouse tail platies. they all get along together are very pretty and usually easy to take care but if your going to breed them guppies will eat babies so put lots of plants and if u do end up with guppy babies make sure u feed them frequently until babies are bigger

Answer 4

guppies, tiger barbs, tetra you will possibly be able to additionally placed a gourami in there as a center piece fish may well be an extremely notably tank stable success ;) P.S. the gourami i might propose may well be a neon blue dwarf gourami ideal :)

Answer 5

one baby Oscar will fit nicely in that tank.When he/she gets bigger .........no more fish but the Oscar........put the Oscar in a cooler with water from your tank and ..............WELCOME HOME