Big Al Fishkeeper

I have a 29 gallon with 2 guppies (4 inches), 1 dalmation molly (3 inches), and 5 zebra danios (10 inches). I also have 1 frog (2inches). I figure I can still put up to 10 inches of fish in the tank and was wondering what you would recommend? I would like fish that swim in the bottom of the tank, since only the frog is down there (and he hides most of the time anyway). What would you suggest?

mlinden84

My favorites are the cory cats. There are several different types (the pandas are my top fav) so if you are picky about colors there are several to chose from (albino, panda, peppered, etc)

sgould

Loaches spend most of their time at the bottom and have a lot of personality.

Shrimpy

corydoras or a pleco

Amnagrla

Ditto.

Or maybe a shoal of oto's! You could get a good amount of them... like 5-7ish!

Tom

And yet my clown loach thinks it is either a harlequin or a black neon tetra and swims with the rest of my fish.
But, yes, a good fish for the bottom is the cory and oto.
Tom

sgould

Can you get it some therapy or anything?

COBettaCouple

i think corys are the best.. loaches and dwarf plecos are also cool and i love otos too (if they can make it past that 1st month).

sgould

I'm going to have to look in to a couple of cory's one of these days. Everyone raves about them.

COBettaCouple

www.planetcatfish.com is a cool site to check out the many types of corys.

bert2001

How about a Krib. I have on in my 75 Gallon community tank with danios, tetras, barbs and gouarmis. He leaves all of the other fish alone and just hangs around the bottom going in and out of the plants and a hollowed out piece of driftwood. Plus they are beautiful fish. Check him out.

Tom

I have tried. Sadly, no luck yet. It just likes to swim with the others or hide away in a porcelain boat I have.
Tom

vin

Corys and otos - without a doubt....Smaller varieties of corys only get to about 2-2.5" in length..Pandas, Adolfoi and Skunks are all cool...So are Peppered...Same with Otos...2-2.5" max....

COBettaCouple

he is a beautiful fish and sounds like a very good natured krib.

Big Al Fishkeeper

Very nice picture of your krib. I'll have to research him. I don't remember seeing them in any of my lfs when I was looking. Still haven't decided what to get... Thanks!

Jim

I have otos and panda corys both, and they're great bottom fish. They're fun to watch in little shoals and make a great bottom cleaning squad. I also plan on getting a couple clown loaches to eat the snails that have cropped up.

Butterfly

Tom - I know you don't have room but loaches, especially Clown Loaches do better in groups. Baring having groups of their own kind they will school with anything that will accept them, sometimes it's pretty funny to watch
Big Al Fishkeeper - a group of three striata loaches, dwarf loaches and even yoyos would be cool in your tank.
Carol

Jim

I added 3 clown loaches yeasterday and they seem to be adjusting well. It's funny, I have 3 panda corys and they all seem to sort of hang together. At first glance their shape and markings aren't that different. And I've aready seen them lying on their sides... that's pretty weird.
Anyway, I'll have pics soon.