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Old June 26th, 2007  
Fish Newbie
 
Starting a 29 Gallon

Just started a 29 gallon tank and I was thinking of eventually having these fish in there:

5 Zebra Danios
5 Harlequin Rasbora, Neon Tetras, or Cardinal Tetras(not sure which one)
1 or 2 Blue Rams (is it better to have 2 or is one fine?)
3 Ottos

Just wondering if all these fish will get along, mainly the Blue Rams with the other fish.
Thanks
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Old June 26th, 2007  
Fish Master
 
Re: Starting a 29 Gallon

Yes, I believe the rams it's one male to two females, but you can double check that
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Old June 26th, 2007  
Fish Bum
 
Re: Starting a 29 Gallon

I would not keep less than 6-8 cardinal tetras in your tank because they are schooling fish and feel very stressed out when there aren't enough of their buddies around. Personal experience here! Mine used to be very very shy and were even afraid to eat I think.... till I got more and now they are really happy!
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Old June 26th, 2007  
Tom
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Re: Starting a 29 Gallon

For the rams you could either go 1 male to 2 females or just one of them. But for the size of your tank, having 1 ram would be best. The danios and tetras like to be in groups of 6 or more. That should look like

6 Zebra danios 9"/gallon
6 Harlequins/Neons/Cardinals 9"/gallon
1 Ram 2.5"/gallon
3 Otos 6"/gallon
26.5"/gallon
Hope it helps.
Tom
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Old June 27th, 2007  
Fish Master
 
Re: Starting a 29 Gallon

The little shoaling fish especially look great in bigger groups. The Cardinals are a bit bigger (2") so you may not be able to fit more than 6 or 7 of those, but if you got Neons or Harlequins which are smaller (1.5") you could get a big shoal of, say, 10 or so.

Good luck with your tank and let us know what you decide.
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Old June 27th, 2007  
Fish Master
 
Re: Starting a 29 Gallon

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom
For the rams you could either go 1 male to 2 females or just one of them. But for the size of your tank, having 1 ram would be best. The danios and tetras like to be in groups of 6 or more. That should look like

6 Zebra danios 9"/gallon
6 Harlequins/Neons/Cardinals 9"/gallon
1 Ram 2.5"/gallon
3 Otos 6"/gallon
26.5"/gallon
Hope it helps.
Tom
Supposedly schooling fish perfer groups of odd numbers but I can't say that is true, but if you get both neons and cardinals good chance they would school together.
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Old June 27th, 2007  
Fish Master
 
Re: Starting a 29 Gallon

I doubt the fish would care whether there's an even or odd number. I think the reason for odd numbers being recommended is because things tend to look nicer in odd numbers, for whatever reason.
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Old June 28th, 2007  
Fish Newbie
 
Re: Starting a 29 Gallon

Thanks everyone. I think I'm going to go with the Rasboras. I really like the way they look.
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Old June 28th, 2007  
Tom
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Re: Starting a 29 Gallon

Quote:
Originally Posted by atmmachine
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom
For the rams you could either go 1 male to 2 females or just one of them. But for the size of your tank, having 1 ram would be best. The danios and tetras like to be in groups of 6 or more. That should look like

6 Zebra danios 9"/gallon
6 Harlequins/Neons/Cardinals 9"/gallon
1 Ram 2.5"/gallon
3 Otos 6"/gallon
26.5"/gallon
Hope it helps.
Tom
Supposedly schooling fish perfer groups of odd numbers but I can't say that is true, but if you get both neons and cardinals good chance they would school together.
Ya, I have heard that too, but the person who had told me about clown loaches told me that they like to be in groups of 3 or 5 and at $9.99CDN, I am wanting to spend that much on a few fish that I would have to get rid of when it gets too big, I would ratehr spend the money on Galaxy Rasboras instead.
Tom
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Old June 28th, 2007  
Fish Newbie
 
Re: Starting a 29 Gallon

I have another question. I'm looking at having live plants and the pet store convinced me to get this new Aqualight T-5. It has 2 18 watt bulbs, one a colormax full-spectrum T5 lamp and one 6700K Plant T5 lamp. Is this enough light to have basic low light plants?

I was also planning on dropping in Co2 tablets every now and then for the plants?

Here is a link to what I got.

http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/prod.../1/product.web
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Old June 28th, 2007  
Fish Master
 
Re: Starting a 29 Gallon

Ya that's good, that's the fixture I may get for my tank later on too.
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Old June 29th, 2007  
Fish Newbie
 
Re: Starting a 29 Gallon

Thanks Again!
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