29g bottom dweller suggestions?

[Taysius]

For awhile I have been thinking about getting a bottom dweller for my 29g. I have a 1 inch+ BN pleco in there right now but as he grows past snack size he will be moved to my 75g. Needs to be ok on a substrate of Flourite and be plant, snail, and shrimp friendly.

This is a photo of the tank.
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[GEV83]

Could either try another pleco like a Clown Pleco or try something like corydora's. Ummm or could try a Flash Pleco if the pleco route is what you wanna do. What are you looking for just a clean up guy or more activity?

[bgourami320]

How about some cory's or some small loaches. Looking into Panda Loaches, they're adorable and not supposed to be shy.

[Taysius]

I'd really love kuhli loaches but I have gravel. Same thing with cories. They just do soo much better with sand. I'll probably have to go the pleco route if i end up getting anything. Clowns are nice looking and I know I can get them around here. My husband would probably love some little catfish but I don't know what stays small other than certain plecos and cories lol.

[GEV83]

Ummm I dont know of any catfish that would fit in you 29 gallon with your stock. I was gonna suggest a Jaguar Catfish but they may try eating your other fish come night time. Pleco's would be your best bet.

[Taysius]

There are little bumblebee cats and anchor cats that stay real small, but they all prefer sand. Dang sand lovers!

[NB_Aquatics]

I think corys would be fine in there. My 29g has flourite bottom with corys, and my 20g has eco complete with corys and they are all doing very well. You could also try some type of dwarf cichlid like gbr's, bolivian rams, apistos. They would love it in there.

Great looking tank by the way!

[GEV83]

CPO's??? lol not a fish but still nice

[Taysius]

I think corys would be fine in there. My 29g has flourite bottom with corys, and my 20g has eco complete with corys and they are all doing very well. You could also try some type of dwarf cichlid like gbr's, bolivian rams, apistos. They would love it in there.

Great looking tank by the way!

I plant to add a cichlid someday after my betta passes. I honestly don't really want cories that badly since I have them in the 75g. A shoal of pygmies maybe but we'll see.


CPO's??? lol not a fish but still nice

My husband would LOVE that. He loves crays and shrimp. The shrimp in the tank are the reason I can't have an angel in there so maybe I should just run with it and get some dwarf crays too.

[GEV83]

Yup yup I would. I'm actually thinking of getting some CPO's if I could find some at a reasonable price.

[cradlefan]

plecolita? Maybe queen arabesque or gold nugget?

[user_name]

Why not a small school of oto's?

[jasonG75]

What about dwaft Corys? pygmies

[Taysius]

Ended up with the bronze cories from my 75g. I had five but a new addition decided it was fun to pick on the cories and plucked out an eyeball and killed one. So the remaining four are now missing their sand bed and in the 29g. Its not ideal, but they are safer in there.

[XanAvaloni]

Count another vote for bumblebee cats, aka akysis. MsJinxed sells them, that's where I got mine. Have kept them in substrates sized from fine sand to 1/4 in gravel and they have had no problems in any of these (really big, like 1 in, rocks might be a bit much.)

Only drawback is that they are quite reclusive and spend most of their time under whatever substrate you have, or else under rock/wood 'scaping materials. But when they come out to play they are hilarious as well as quite pretty. Nice little cleaner-uppers too. I would tell you to get 5 or 6 but I am planning on getting some more myself and last I checked MsJ was a bit low on supply. :)

[2rivers]

Hara hara the Butterfly catfish 1.5" (4cm) nocturnal and rather shy,but neat and from northern India. I love Pygmy corries, have abunch and they breed in planted tanks. 29g is perfect size for most any Cory. Your gravel doesnt look sharp edged so there whiskers should be fine as long as the gravel is matured enough. I like to build-up a good amount of muck an algae before addin Corries and then do a good water change after Im sure they have been eatin. Im prob. goin with some False juli cory cats when I finally setup my 29g(they look shnazzy on some black flourite)

[iheartbettas]

i agree with dwarf corys. I have habrosus and they're fun to watch and very peaceful.

[user_name]

That sucks with what happened to the cory, what fish did it?

[Taysius]

That sucks with what happened to the cory, what fish did it?

One of the new baby keyholes.

[loolie green]

love the tank!! is that a hatchet fish in the background? I agree on getting some corys, i have loads of them and they are always upto something!! they are also the most friendliest fish I have ever come across any mine never ate any of my shrimps.

[Taysius]

Yes, that's one of the 2 leftover hatchets I have from a previous tank. I used to have a school of them.

[loolie green]

nice, I have a gang of 10 hatchet fish, I have 9 marbled and one 'rogue'. I love the little critters and they have jumped out of the tank a few time with no harm done. Not many people have them. I have posted a picture of my rogue hatchet, I never seen anything like him b4!
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[Taysius]

Looks just like my silver hatchets. They are more common here than the marbles. Looks like they have a nice tank to live in there. :)

[loolie green]

I thought he was a silver too, but he has spots on him. the silvers I have seen are just silver. I have only seen pictures from books mind you. He has a line through his eye, just like the marbled.

[Taysius]

From what I had read, there are different variations of silver hatchets. Some have a distinct stripe, some have a slightly spotted pattern and some are just silver. there are probably more variations than that. I think it depends on where they were caught but I'm not 100% sure on that.

[fishorama]

^^ that's what I remember about hatchets too, too jumpy for me to ever have tried them, neat looking fish though...