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November 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| 29 gallon stocking ideas?
hi everyone! i really need some ideas.... i think im going to get a 29 gallon aquarium and need stocking ideas! im going with a SeaClear 29 Gallon Show Tank and a Marineland Penguin 350 BIO-Wheel power filter. I think id like a tank with stacked granite and one or 2 live plants, and maybe some plastic ones. i was leaning towards stocking with many colorful fish, and a shoal of 5 albino cory cats at the bottom. any ideas are accepted! also.... if anyone can think of fish that have lots of personality.... that would be cool too!! thanks! | 
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November 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Welcome to fishlore!
I got guppies a week ago and they're a handful. Because I didn't want any fry I got 6 males, thinking they are peaceful fish. HA. Today I was disciplining 2 of them for bad behaviour  - 20 min each in the bag of shame (just like you do when you aclimate them). What's funny about the emoticon is that one of the bad guppy is named Darth Vader, lol
So if you want fish with attitude, go for male guppies  I guaratee you will not be bored 
On a serious note: if you get guppies get some females to, ratio 2 females/ 1 male | |
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November 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| To be honest, I adore my Mollies, they all have such individual personalities  I would recommend them to anyone!
I think they like being in a group of around 3 from what iv'e heard and they are very hardy, but do tend to produce significant waste >< So might have to slightly higher % water change.
But really, I think Mollies are fantastic and so friendly! | |
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November 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| How about von rio tetras, cherry barbs, a dwarf gourami, a GBR pair and the albino corys? That would give you lots of reds, blues and yellows. You will have excellent filtration, but will still need to do weekly water changes. | 
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November 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Ah, Jaysee's suggestion sounds beautiful to look at! I'm looking to get my own GBR at some point too ^^ | |
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November 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadowbeam  Ah, Jaysee's suggestion sounds beautiful to look at! I'm looking to get my own GBR at some point too ^^ | Thank you. That's my favorite part of fishkeeping - coming up with interesting combinations of fish that will live happily together, while being color coordinated at the same time  Black sand and a black background will make my suggested fish POP! | |
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November 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Guppies sounds nice but be sure to get all males. A mix of tetras and molliew would do good too If you don't want any fry, just be sure to get all males. Good luck! 
P.S This thread should've been posted in the aquarium stocking section. One of our moderators should be over shortly to help you move it.  | |
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November 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| i have 6 cherry barbs (1 male, 5 female), 1 honey gourami (male), 1 gbr (male), 1 swordtail (male), and three cories in my 29 and they all get along great. It is very colorful also. I would definately recommend this stocking combo! Jaysee almost described my tank to a tee!
I also have a tankfull of live plants and have never had a problem with any of the fish messing with them (except when i put some some anacharis in, they destroyed that in a matter of a few hours!) | |
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November 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by t-ace i have 6 cherry barbs (1 male, 5 female), 1 honey gourami (male), 1 gbr (male), 1 swordtail (male), and three cories in my 29 and they all get along great. It is very colorful also. I would definately recommend this stocking combo! Jaysee almost described my tank to a tee! | Great minds think alike. | |
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November 15th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Hello Rae and Welcome to Fish Lore.  You've been given some good suggestions above.
I hope you enjoy the site.
Click, I wouldn't suggest bagging your fish for punishment. You may stress them even more and develop ICH or other problems. Just give them one of these  (a good talking to )
Ken  I have moved your thread to the "aquarium stocking suggestions" section of the forum for more responses.
Ken | |
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November 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
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Originally Posted by aquarist48 Click, I wouldn't suggest bagging your fish for punishment. You may stress them even more and develop ICH or other problems. Just give them one of these (a good talking to )
Ken | Oops, I didn't know that. The reason I did it is because one of them got his left fin nipped and I was ready to take the culprit back to the store but changed my mind.
Back on OPs topic, how about pearl gouramis as center peice? I love the elegant look on them. | |
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November 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| thanks for all the suggestions! i dont think my local petstore had german blue rams.... any idea where i might be able to get some?
oh also.. i forgot to mention in my 10 gal right now i have 1 beautiful female platy... that just had fry. If anyone had ideas that might include some platys... that would be cool too! Hello. I've merged your posts since there was no response between them. Don't forget about the "Edit" key at the bottom of every post for corrections or additional thoughts.
Thanks!
Ken
Last edited by aquarist48; November 15th, 2009 at 01:11 PM.
Reason: Back to back posts | |
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November 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| My Platys hang out with my Mollies and Angel just fine so I can suggest those, wouldn't know about any others personally | |
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November 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Thanks again for all the suggestions! I'm going to put all the great ideas together while planning my aquarium... Its still in the planning stages though! I'll be back towards the end to finalize the plans, and hopefully have some pictures!! thanks again! | |
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November 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Np, and good luck with whichever fish you choose | |
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November 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| I tend to like smaller peaceful fish (but crave a discus tank... someday). Some fish I like:
jelly bean tetras
neon or cardinal tetras
green fire tetras
von rio flame tetras
ember tetras
red phantom tetras
bloodfin tetras
highfin white skirt tetras
(micro)rasbora kubotai (dwarf neon rasboras)
microrasbora erythromicron
boraras brigittae (chili rasbora)
sundadanio axelrodi blue
glowlight danios (not glofish, but rather danio choprae)
celestial pearl danios
panther danios
danio roseus (purple passion)
pearl danios
lonfin blue danio (danio kerri)
sparkling gouramis
honey gouramis
emerald green corys
green laser corys
pygmy corys
longfinned corydoras aeneus
corydoras schwartzi
corydoras bondi
celebes rainbows
spotless orange australe killifish
clown killifish
polka dot loach (botia kubotai)
bumblebee goby
peacock gudgeon
scarlet badis (dario dario)
My dream fish would be if someone genetically engineered neon tetras to have the neon blue all over the whole body. | |
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November 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| alright.... how does this sound? (this is all still theoretical...)
shoal of 5 albino cory cats
anglefish
3-5 platys
one male balloon molly
too much? to little? special needs/ aquascaping? any other suggestions?  tehe funny fro | |
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November 17th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| I think that sounds wonderful! You can mix and match different colored platys if you'd like for some variety. | |
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November 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| That does sound pretty good
But be careful of balloon mollys, because of their deformed spines they can have shorter life spans and can be more susceptible to disease. | |
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November 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| yeah i have had problems with balloons in the past.... i think ill cross him off my list.. would a gold nugget pleco overstock me if i get 3 platys instead of 5?
Last edited by rae64; November 19th, 2009 at 09:51 PM.
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