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Forgot to mention I already have this tank setup and cycled I just want to change out some of the driftwood, but waiting to do so till I know what fish I am going to get. It is a heavily planted aquarium.

For my 29 gallon aquarium I am thinking about getting angelfish. From what I have been told it would be best to get just 1 for my 29 so that it won't be aggressive (compared to a mating pair). I'm not sure what to put with the angelfish. I was thinking 1 angelfish, 9 cherry barbs (3 males and 6...

That's a good point. You definitely wouldn't want to put them in with any other fish, but if you are able to put them in a seperate tank it might be worthwhile.

How you prepare the veggy can also depend on the pleco itself. They will pretty much eat anything to an extent, but they will eat more of the stuff they like. Just experiment and see what gets devoured or what barely gets touched. Also, feed the plecos at night or close to when the lights go...

The CPDs are a cool fish and would add a lot of movement to the tank. I don't have much experience with dwarf cichlids except for people tend to put them in species only tanks with some tetras for the top of tank (please correct me if I'm wrong). Like the idea of 3 gourami, 6-8 tetra/CPD, and...

Are all of them showing signs of being sick? I would separate the healthy ones from the sick ones. I can't help much with what is attacking them or treatments, but hopefully if you seperate them you can save some

I agree with SeaMonkey06. I would definitely put a nice sized school of cories in there and you could also try some fast peaceful tetras. This might be able to work cause of the size of tank and having plants, but a lot of this depends on the betta. With any fish you add just be ready to have to...

I would say that whatever you get more is better. I like the 3-5 honey gouramis like JettsPapa said. Either black skirt tetras or serpae tetras, but get a nice sized school of them. The tank will look much better and the fish will act more natural if you have just 2 types of fish in big numbers...

There are a lot of options when it comes to lighting. If you aren't doing a planted setup then I would probably go with a hood that has a built in light. It keeps everything together and doesn't overcomplicate it. Also, you can still keep low light plants in there like the moss balls and they...

Depends on stocking, filtration, live plants or not live plants, if your aquarium is cycled or not, etc. I would invest in a testing kit for your water and make sure ammonia and nitrites are at 0 and nitrates are low. If not then do a water change. Roughly once a week is a good rule of thumb...

Yes Unless you can see something raised off the skin of the pleco (growths or fungus like things) where you see the markings. It is most likely the patterning of the pleco. From the pictures your pleco looks pretty normal for a bristlenose, not sure if there is more that I am just not seeing.

Sand will settle pretty quickly as long as you rinse it thoroughly and don't go crazy when adding it in.

Hard to tell from the pictures, but it looks like natural coloring. Look up pictures of bristlenose plecos and compare, but the normal coloration has the spots.

Hahaha I get what your saying. Plants can be intimidating, but in the long run will actually make tank maintenance much easier due to them taking in nitrates so less water changes. I would highly recommend getting some bulletproof plants in there at some point. Like some jungle val, java fern...

Some of the bacteria probably died, but you should still be fine I was talking more like a week where they would get completely dried up. At this point just test your water daily and do water changes if need be, but you should be in good shape.

I have heard that play sand works well for a substrate but have not used it myself. I didnt like the light color of it so I got some black diamond blasting sand from tractor supply co. It's a black sand and it is working great. I would recomend sand though if you want to add plants it is not a...

Love this idea!! Will definitely use this for my next tank

Very creative though to still be able to make a path

If you cleaned the sponge filters off with old tank water and didnt let them sit around out of water before starting up the tanks again then they should still have a lot of beneficial bacteria in them. I would continue to test for ammonia. If it starts to rise then do water changes, but it...

Okay thank you. I think I am going to get an angelfish then. Plus my LFS just got in some beautiful philippine blue ones that I will try and get one of.