Wow, I can't recall the last time I actually asked for advice here, so, yay me!
Anyway, I currently have a 29 gallon. In it are 2 female, 1 male molly, one molly fry that somehow escaped being someone's lunch, 3 head/tail light tetras and 3 Corys.
I had more fish at one point, but never really like the setup so as one fish or another kicked off to the great Fishbowl in the Sky, I simply didn't replace them. The tank is what you would call heavily planted right now, but I could certainly trim some wisteria back and have a pretty space again.
I now feel like I have the room to start adding fish again. I want to go with small fish. Cardinal/lemon/Black neon tetras, maybe a few guppies to satisfy my livebearing demands. I think eventually maybe even some rams would be nice. If the Corys ever decide to give up the ghost, I could even shoot for pygmy cory cats, just because I envision a small active tank with small active fish and pretty plants.
So, my question is; is there any way to make this transition a little at a time?
I don't want to just "get rid of" my current livestock. I don't want to give them back to the LFS for 1/4 credit so they end up as feeders or something. I mean, the head/tail lights I have are aggressive little jerks. I used to have a nice sized school, but they are sort of... mean to one another. They only co-exist now during feedings, otherwise each one has it's own turf (the lowest in the pecking order actually literally stays behind a filter intake tube 99% of his time and I feel bad). They obviously have no need to school and only do when the great gravel vac tube of doom comes near. I just don't have room for a big fish to keep them schooling in a 29 gallon, of course. Would smaller tetras be okay in a smallish school with these mean larger cousins? Would the slower moving guppies be okay in a tank of faster, less calm fish? Would Pygmy Corys be okay with 2 albino and one emerald green "cory" cat? Also, what kind of numbers do you think I'd be looking at? 5 small fish to start, then add 2-3 as I lose another one or two?
We do have a 10 gallon freshwater that can house some from the 29 gallon, but I don't see that as an option since most of these fish seem to swim the length, depth and breadth of the 29 already. Thanks for your time and thoughtful consideration.
Anyway, I currently have a 29 gallon. In it are 2 female, 1 male molly, one molly fry that somehow escaped being someone's lunch, 3 head/tail light tetras and 3 Corys.
I had more fish at one point, but never really like the setup so as one fish or another kicked off to the great Fishbowl in the Sky, I simply didn't replace them. The tank is what you would call heavily planted right now, but I could certainly trim some wisteria back and have a pretty space again.
I now feel like I have the room to start adding fish again. I want to go with small fish. Cardinal/lemon/Black neon tetras, maybe a few guppies to satisfy my livebearing demands. I think eventually maybe even some rams would be nice. If the Corys ever decide to give up the ghost, I could even shoot for pygmy cory cats, just because I envision a small active tank with small active fish and pretty plants.
So, my question is; is there any way to make this transition a little at a time?
I don't want to just "get rid of" my current livestock. I don't want to give them back to the LFS for 1/4 credit so they end up as feeders or something. I mean, the head/tail lights I have are aggressive little jerks. I used to have a nice sized school, but they are sort of... mean to one another. They only co-exist now during feedings, otherwise each one has it's own turf (the lowest in the pecking order actually literally stays behind a filter intake tube 99% of his time and I feel bad). They obviously have no need to school and only do when the great gravel vac tube of doom comes near. I just don't have room for a big fish to keep them schooling in a 29 gallon, of course. Would smaller tetras be okay in a smallish school with these mean larger cousins? Would the slower moving guppies be okay in a tank of faster, less calm fish? Would Pygmy Corys be okay with 2 albino and one emerald green "cory" cat? Also, what kind of numbers do you think I'd be looking at? 5 small fish to start, then add 2-3 as I lose another one or two?
We do have a 10 gallon freshwater that can house some from the 29 gallon, but I don't see that as an option since most of these fish seem to swim the length, depth and breadth of the 29 already. Thanks for your time and thoughtful consideration.
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