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Emg
11-20-2005, 8:09 PM
Well, I've almost got my 29 to a place where I think I'll finally be satisfied with it. Right now it has....

2-quarter sized koi angelfish (I know, they get large)
1-pair german blue rams
2-otocinclus
1-neon dwarf gourami

I plan on moving the gourami to my 20Long with my other pair of german blues.....My question is this....

How many lemon tetras can I put in this tank when I take the gourami out ? It is a planted tank...and I plan on adding even more plants, specifically java ferns when I can find some...

I realize that angels have a nasty habit of gobbling up any fish that are small enough to fit in their mouths...from what I have heard anyway.........do lemons qualify as fish that won't do with angels...or...since the angels are so small, would they "get used" to the lemons and leave them alone ?

Does anyone have any experience mixing angles and tetras ? Could you share? If the lemons won't do, does anyone have any suggestions for a schooling type fish that I could add to this mix ? (something that would go well with the colors of the rams and kois)

Thanks !
Hrafnkel
11-20-2005, 8:20 PM
Some larger tetras (I don't know what lemons look like) would do well. Black skirts tend to look great with angels, from what I've seen.
nomadofthehills
11-20-2005, 8:21 PM
Lemons are too big to eat swallowed I think, I have 6, they push 2 inches.
Jerm
11-20-2005, 8:47 PM
you are planning to take the koi out, right? Technically, you shouldn't have more fish than just them in a 29 gal tank when they are big, and they are a coldwater fish. As for the tetras, a nice school of 6-12 would be nice.
Betta-Luvn
11-20-2005, 8:59 PM
you are planning to take the koi out, right? Technically, you shouldn't have more fish than just them in a 29 gal tank when they are big, and they are a coldwater fish. As for the tetras, a nice school of 6-12 would be nice.

Uhhh She said Koi ANGELFISH.... not Koi, as in the goldfish.... :hang: :duh: :thud:
Emg
11-21-2005, 12:00 PM
Lol.....yep, what Betta said..... ;)

These are koi angels......


Well, I picked up 5 gold pristella tetras today..... :rolleyes: I looked at what they had and I did see some lemon tetras, but they didn't look very healthy and they only had a few of them.

I also saw some that were very similar to the pristella, but they had a black band on thier dorsal fin.....they were very pretty and I would have liked to pick some of them....but, they weren't really schooling very well but the pristellas were. I was intrigued by how well the pristellas stayed together and that was what I was looking for...so they are now settling in.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/morroman/emgfishpics/th_DCP_7355.jpg (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/morroman/emgfishpics/DCP_7355.jpg)
Betta-Luvn
11-22-2005, 7:30 PM
Good Job! :clap: