29g Stocking

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GusBus

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I recently returned from deployment and returned to see that I only had 2 Black Skirt Tetras and 1 Of what I believe is a Golden Tetra. I'm looking into re-stocking my 29g and would like some suggestions. Preferably low maintenance fish as I will be leaving the tank in the hands of my parents and all they really know is weekly water changes and the occasional tank cleaning. Please help me out as I've been out of the aquarium game for 2 years.


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rufioman

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:welcome: back! Grats for your service, sir!

I would up the skirts, add a centerpiece, and go with some cool bottom dwellers like sterbai corys, panda corys, or kuhli loaches. Maybe add a super cool dwarf pleco! Weekly water changes of 25-30% are still the norm, with regular maintenance like filter gunk cleaning every month. I clean my filter intake tubing and outlet each week because I'm OCD, but I only wring out the filter media in drained tank water every two weeks.
 
jpappy789

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Are you planning on keeping the tetras or starting from scratch? Neither require much maintenance, so as rufio mentioned I would start with maybe picking one of the two and upping the school to at least 6, if possible.

Corys or kuhli loaches are a good suggestion for the bottom.

For a centerpiece you could go with a small group of honey gouramis (or a dwarf, but I'm not a huge fan), or maybe a pair of bolivian rams.
 
GusBus

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Thanks for the reply guys I went with the suggestions and upped my Black Skirts to five and I bought 5 Panda Corys now all I have left to do is choose a centerpiece


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Jayhawk

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If you can find them, a single or pair of keyholes cichlids would do nicely in there. I have a solo keyhole in a 20 long, and he's one of my all-time favorite cichlids (and I've been keeping cichlids for 35 years)...bigger than a bolivian ram yet peaceful.
 
FreshyFresh

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A single pearl gourami is an awesome center piece fish for a 29g IMO.
 
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