Ok, I definitely see what you mean. I'll take your advice for sure, I hadn't really considered the tank level, only the 1" per gallon rule and the common sense of no 29" fish for my 29 gallon tank . The list you gave me actually kept all the fish that I was dead set on (I wasn't too attached to having the platys) so this is gonna work great. I can't wait to get the tank set up!
Thank you guys so much for all your help! I'm so glad I found this site...you all have saved me lots of money and dead fish for sure!
Oh, and Jo3olous, my kisser is going back to the store where I normally get my fish even though that's not where I got her from. I definitely won't be back to the fish store that's closer to college, I'll be getting all my fish at home from now on.
sucks if you had it for some time. Even if you're making the right choice, i'd miss fish i took care of!