Do I have room for more fish?

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betsonmets12

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My 29 gallon tank has cycled after about 5 weeks and I have added some fish. I was wondering how I am doing and how many more fish I can put in the tank.

Here is what is in my tank:
5 Danios
4 Corys (2 green 2 juli)
3 Serpae Tetras
1 Harlequin Rasbora (others died)

What would be some good fish to add to this combo? I was considering Blue Rams, a Rainbow Shark, Guppies, or Dwarf Guaramis.
 
betsonmets12 said:
My 29 gallon tank has cycled after about 5 weeks and I have added some fish. I was wondering how I am doing and how many more fish I can put in the tank.

Here is what is in my tank:
5 Danios
4 Corys (2 green 2 juli)
3 Serpae Tetras
1 Harlequin Rasbora (others died)

What would be some good fish to add to this combo? I was considering Blue Rams, a Rainbow Shark, Guppies, or Dwarf Guaramis.
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You have a lot of room.
Personally, I would stay away from Guppies. They don't tend to look as good after you get used to them and they breed like rabbits. Before you know it; you will have to get another tank because of the overpopulation of Guppies.

How about 3 Kribensis Cichlids (2 Female; 1 Male). Read up on their breeding habbits on Google and you'll be intrigued.
 
I have a Whisper Power Filter size 40 in my 29 gallon, what speed should I have it on, medium or high?
 
born2lovefish said:
A good rule of thumb is one each of fish for every gallon. If you put in big fish then you can not put in as many, however, if you are putting in small fish, like neon tetras, you can put more one each of fish per gallon.
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Actually, that's not a good rule of thumb at all. It just doesn't work --

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26409

We really don't recommend that anyone use that as a way of stocking a tank.

Primetime:

You need to up your tetra school to at least six. They'll do far better when they are stocked as they should be. The Rasbora is a schooling fish as well. Is he going to be left alone, or could you consider giving him a family too?

Roan
 
The rule of thumg is accually one inch per gallon. Then you have to consider how big they get (you should add how big they get not how big they are). Some good choices may be pristillas (x-ray fish), neons, and throw in some plecos (wait on that till your tank is a little more establish or get some wafers if you do that. I use 1/2 of one). For the tetras get around 6 or more because the are schooling fish. They look good like that anyways. I wouldn't recomend anything slow like angels or anything with long fins in this set up. Put filter more on the high side because most of thes fish are from streams.
 
kuzikan said:
The rule of thumg is accually one inch per gallon. Then you have to consider how big they get (you should add how big they get not how big they are). Some good choices may be pristillas (x-ray fish), neons, and throw in some plecos (wait on that till your tank is a little more establish or get some wafers if you do that. I use 1/2 of one). For the tetras get around 6 or more because the are schooling fish. They look good like that anyways. I wouldn't recomend anything slow like angels or anything with long fins in this set up. Put filter more on the high side because most of thes fish are from streams.
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1: the one inch per gallon "rule" is a horrible rule and should be considered as more of a very loose guideline, as in "If someone has 30 inches of fish in a 20 gallon tank, they are most likely overstocked"

2: the comment "Throw in some plecos" just sends shivers down my spine. for one, there are more than 50 species of plecos, many of which grow to more than a foot long. yes, there are several that also stay as small as 4 inches long, but those are usually VERY hard to find, and VERY expensive (as much as $60 for one fish) plecos are not very good algae eaters anyway, and produce a LOT of waste and can be very hard on your bioload, limiting how many fish you can have in your tank. if you want algae eaters, go with something like a Siamese algae eater (make sure its not a chinese algae eater, those get large and agressive) or some Oto catfish (need about 3-4 to make them happy)
 
Clown plecos are fairly easy to come by where I am. They stay small, but they do most of there cleaning at night. I have one and it now comes out durring the day to eat sometimes. These are a great choice if you go with a pleco in my opinion. I do agree that ottos are a better choice though, but they prefer to be with for than one of there own. I have 3 and they manely stick together for the most part.
 
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