Well I after loosing over half of my fish in my recent move, I am getting an itch. I have three empty tanks in which I dont have a lot of room and originally I was so upset I wasn't going to get any more fish for a while. Well as you know we all love the hobby and my love for the hobby has got me wanting to do at least one more tank for now. So I have decided to get my ars up and get the 29g up and running. I will likely get things up and running tomorrow.

Now I am not sure what I want but I do have some ideas. I want to go with a non Cichlid tank; yes I said non Cichlid tank! I want to go with a fairly peaceful tank with a mix of top mid and bottom dwellers. I know it sounds funny but I would like to overstock a bit to make a full tank. I was at the local Petsmart today and seen some glofish...green, red and orange. I was thinking about 6-8 of them....But I am open to anything...pros, cons (no not convicts) and comments, so stock my tank! Oh by the way I stole the idea from wyomingite only on a lot smaller scale.

Well, I forgot to add I am putting a BN pleco from my other tank in as well as a Ctenopoma acutirostre...I think I want some corys and am going to get six of those glow fish (dianos). What else? I may put another BN in if I can find him in the 125g...tried to today but he must of been deep in the rockwork.

Will this be a planted tank?

I've heard the glofish don't have a very long lifespan.(not sure, heard it somewhere)

An angelfish and a group of tetras maybe? And may I suggest panda corys.
Or scrap all that and make it planted with a fairly large group of tetras and some mystery snails?lol

The possibitlities are endless.

Well this is what I picked up today...

4x Red eye Tetra
4x Peppered Cory (should of got Albinos)
4x "glow" Dianos (Glo Fish 2 red, 1 orange, 1 green)

Oh along with the BN pleco and the Ctenopoma acutirostre!

I will likely bump the schools to six...just needed more money I didn't have. I will likely get one more larger centerpiece fish to go with the "leaf fish" or one more school of something else, oh and the tank wont be planted i remember kgryl asking....um yeah whada think?

Well trial...wait no error...The Perch ate three of the golfish last night only one left...now I am hoping he eats that one too cause there is no school now and I wont buy more...I should of known but underestimated the pearch I guess....on to plan B...any suggestions. I was thinking about a powder blue dwarf gourami and another school of maybe tiger barbs?

Oops...

I'd skip the gourami if yer goin' with tiger barbs. gourami + tiger barbs = one harrassed gourami IME. The long ventral fins are a prime target for the barbs in most cases.

If ya go with the barbs, I'd look into a mid-sized or larger "small" cichlid. Somethin' along the lines of a keyhole, maybe a single kribensis, etc.

WYite

That perch is gonna mess up anything small. They're usually bastards. Nocturnal bastards to boot.

What about one of the smaller bichers? They're neat. They hang on the bottom. I think the Polypterus senegalus stays small enough for a 29.

Snakeskin gouramis are very pretty too. I've seen 'em up at the farm, though I have no idea what their tank requirements are.

Even P. senegalus hits a foot, plus or minus. Too big for a 29. I was thinkin' gold barbs instead of tigers, maybe with a larger gourami. Not sure the perch won't nail gold barbs when its fully grown, unless the barbs are on the larger side.

WYite

I didn't know they got that big. I thought they said 6 to 8 was average. Maybe I'm thinking of a different one?

Musk turtle could go with the perch I'd bet.

P. senegalus is one of the smaller bichirs. I've never heard of a 6-8" average for any species of Polypterus. Who's the they, 'cuz that is some incorrect info.

Musk turtle wouldn't num num num the fish?

WYite

They being chain pet stores. I should have realized that was wrong before I even said anything.

Either Petco or Petsmart (I forget which) sells P. senegalus as a Dinosaur Eel, and the info on 'em in store says 6"+. They just forgot to mention that it's plus another 6 inches I guess. I had a small one here for a week or two, a long while ago, but the guy that took it knew far far more about it that I did.

As far as the musk turtle goes, I'm not 100% sure. There's a female Razorback (Sternotherus carinatum) here, that has happily coexisted with a number of different faster moving fish. She's lived with comets originally that were meant to be her snacks, but she never ate them. I had her in with a flowerhorn till the fh outgrew the tank, and now she's in with a smaller cat and a Socolofi.

Hmmm...I am going today to get something...to go with the perch...I would like a colorful school..what do you think...and would tiger barbs school with white tiger barbs?

I'm sure the two strains of barbs would school together.

WYite

Still havent bought anything...I don't want a boring tank...that why I keep mostly Cichlids....but I am sure I can find the right fit....

You might consider some Australian Rainbows. They are energetic, colorful and would be to big for your perch to eat. Just a thought.

Good thought, there 1nevrkwitz. Less likely to nip at a gourami than barbs, as well.

WYite

1nevrkwitz wrote:

You might consider some Australian Rainbows. They are energetic, colorful and would be to big for your perch to eat. Just a thought.

I was thinking that but was looking at bosami or turquoise Rainbows..but the Bosami are like 10.99 each and the turquoise are 8.99 a piece....

The bosemani's coloring is very nice. I have a couple of the turquoise and they are very nice too.

So this is what I have ended up with...
3x Red Neon rosy barbs
3x Turquoise Rainbows
6x Red eye Tetras
6x Peppered Corys
1x BN Pleco
and or course the Perch.