28 gallon Bowfront stocking

[sporkenyall]

:help: I will be buying this tank in the next couple of weeks, but need stocking suggestions as I am brand new to this hobby and would rather not mess this one up. This board is great and I am so glad to have found such good information here!

I am pretty open to any and all suggestions. My 5 year old daughter loves glassfish, so I would like to have some of those. For the rest, any brightly colored and active fish would be ideal and one "Show" fish - an angelfish maybe?

Thanks again! Also, this tank will be planted so any "hard to kill" plant suggestions would also be appreciated.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84598

read on cycling. java moss java fern are the plants i tell people to start with.

 

[sporkenyall]

read on cycling.

The tank will be cycled before I add any fish, sorry if that wasn't clear in my original post. A friend is going to give me some of her gravel for a fishless cycle.

Thanks for the plant suggestion. Any stocking suggestions?

 

[Aquaken]

a gourami would make a good centerpiece fish.

That with a school of glass fish (8ish) and about 6-8 corys would look nice.

Crypt wendtii is a good beginner plant too.