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about how many pounds of gravel and how deep should it be for a 29 gallon? TY

Hi all, I haven't had an aquarium in my life since I was a child. Something recently jump started my interest in fish keeping. Conveniently at the same time, a semi local pet store chain was having a $1 per gallon sale, so I picked up a 29 gallon tank. While my tank cycles, I am trying to decide on what to stock my tank with. I will definitely be sticking to freshwater. My original plan was to get a betta along with some schooling fish, but as I learn more about the types of tropical fish there are, the harder it is for me to commit. I am not committed to bettas. I would love having fish in a variety of bright colors. I am not sure if brightly colored fish make suitable tank mates for bettas, though. Right now I have two lil plants but I have ordered many more (the vendor opted to halt shipping until the massive shipping delays with fedex were over) with the goal of having a heavily planted tank. I am having the hardest time narrowing it down. I would love suggestions. I am attaching a picture of my tank right now. Thank you everyone 😊

Hi everyone I have a 29 gallon with a breeding pair of angels wanted to join the form to learn more about breeding I appreciate being able to post and shear pics of my tank

So have a line on a slightly overpriced 29g marineland cube, but it comes with "aged oak" stand (looks gray and pretty), built in biofiltration and nice finnex lights, and it's local, and it may just fit in my lil fiat. I love my endler/platy tank, my pea puffer desk tank, and my betta 10g, and I'm thinking of eventually biting the bullet and doing the 55 or 75g angel (or angel pair)+tetra+cories+maybe little pleco classic tank at some point, but this is not that. Whatever I do, it's going to be chock full of plants, I can tell you that much. Also keep in mind that I have soft, 7.2-7.4-ish water. I have a huge sack of crushed coral but I've never seen it budge my KH a smidge. But I could keep some fish who like higher GH if need be, if they're easy going and relatively hardy. What would you rather put in it? (edit: darn, my poll didn't show up!) 6-7 pea puffers and a lifetime supply of snails 1 opaline gourami + neon tetra + maybe some cherry shrimp Neon rainbows + guppies + snails Something else?

Good morning. Set up my tank 3 weeks ago using used aquarium gravel that had been stored for 20+ years. Everything else is new. Using under gravel filters as well as Whisper Power Filter hanging on back of tank. Have added Anubias Nana (5); Wisteria (2) and Dwarf Hairgrass. I have NOT added any fish yet. On 2/15 I tested for Nitrites with a very old test kit and got 0.1 ppm. On 2/19 I retested with a new API Master Kit and Nitites were 2.0 ppm, so I added 15ml of water conditioner (Imagitarium). I tested today, 2/22, and Nitrites were again 2.0 ppm and Nitrates 5.0 ppm. In all honesty the Nitite reading could also be 1.0 ppm or 5.0 ppm as the test kit color chart colors for 1.0; 2.0, and 5.0 are almost identical. I'm curious why the nitrites didnt drop after the addition of the water conditioner and considering there are plants and no fish. I'm considering buying some bacteria to add. Any suggestions?

Hey all, Finally decided I needed to start being more active online. I don't have much of an aquarium community around me, so I'm happy to have a place like this! I've been a follower of the channel for a little while, but I keep hearing such great things about the forum. I've been in the hobby for a little over a year now. I'm up to 6 tanks, ranging from a 2.5gal to a 29gal. I'm currently working on breeding out a few species of shrimp. And my favorite fish right now are the chocolate Kuhli loaches I recently got. I love these little buggers! The hobby has had such an impact on me that I decided to return to uni back in December, to pursue a degree in Marine Biology and Sustainable Aquaculture. It's been an adjustment being back in school, but I'm loving it like I haven't loved school before.

I have a 29 gallon planted aquarium started up 3 weeks now all is well I need ideas for nano fish I was thinking 10 ember tetras or neon tetras and 2 borneo hill stream loaches I have 6 nerite snails already any advice would be great.

Hello I have a 29 gallon tank I plan to get a divider so I can have one of my chiclids in one side what should I put in the other side preferably something aggressive in case it can get around the divider

Starting this thread to journal my tanks. Currently I have: 2.5 gallon, well planted with ember tetras and red cherry shrimp 6 gallon with African dwarf frogs, a mystery snail and ember tetras with some new plants 8 gallon planted column tank in progress, current home to 1 female betta 29 gallon community tank, growing number of plants with a male betta, black neon tetras, Otto cats, a bristlenose pleco and baby guppies.

Originally posted this in the introductions, but I'm not sure if that's the right place to put it. HI! From near Fall City in Washington! I found your video's last night. I thought the video on ammonia buildup was great! I explained it to my kids this morning using a similar method. Really easy to understand. I got a "new to us" 29 Gallon tank last Monday. Monday the 11th. I tested the tank to make sure it didn't leak on Tuesday and then filled it up in the house Wednesday. We live off a pristine well. I let the water sit in the tank until Saturday when we received fish as a gift. 6 Guppies, 6 Neon Tetra's, 2 Cory Catfish, and 1 mystery snail. Also we received NEW filter parts and I changed everything out in the filter. NOW, I know this was all a mistake, but it's a little late to undo everything. The first fish died right away and we got a replacement fish from Denny's before we knew what was happening. That fish also died by Monday the 18th. We went back to Denny's, and they said they would not replace the fish because the tank needed to fully cycle. At that point I bought a test kit, and Stability additive. It says to put three capfuls in based on the size of the tank for the first day then one capful each day after. I fed the fish Monday. Tuesday no fish died. I fed the fish Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday a neon tetra died. (Also missing, another Neon Tetra, and one of the catfish.) So I started watching videos last night and watched Cory's video. I tested the water last night at 11pm and the ammonia was between .5 and 1ppm I put more of the stability in because I could not change the water at that point. This morning I changed out 50% of the water, careful to make sure that the water temp was ok. I put in 3 more capfuls of stability in. I did not feed the fish this morning.Now when I changed the water out, there was a lot of particulates that were floating in the water after. A LOT. Am I supposed to try and capture those particulates. Or will they get pulled into the filter? I finished the water change 10 minutes to 10 and going to do another test after an hour. Do I do another water change today? The fish are clearly stressed. One of the male guppies is swimming at the top and just looks so stressed out. I feel terrible. I'd love to know if there's anything else I can add to help the fish. I've learned a lot the last few days and know that adding the fish in right away was not right. If I add live plants would that help? Here is a picture of our set up.29 Gallon tank.Fluval 206 FilterAqueaon HeaterBubble LED thing (Not on in picture) Really Cool LED light bar on top. Update: Tested the water after an hour and still in the .5ppm range. Update 2: Spoke to my dad, and he said to pull out the large formations in the tank and find the missing catfish. Did that and found the decomposing catfish. Removed the catfish. Also removed the Guppy that was clearly struggling, he was bloated and had been near the top of the tank, but was now at the bottom on the rocks, still alive but not moving. Update: Tested the water after the removal and still at or between .25 and .5 for the ammonia. Last Question: Should I perform another water change TODAY??? Pic of Tank before removing the large rock and chest.

So I started cycling my 29 gallon about 2 months ago the plants came in about 4 days before Christmas. Now they have exploded, I haven’t dosed in about 2 weeks and I do water changes every other week. There is also no Co2 running. The 1st picture was taken 2 weeks ago and the 2nd was taken today. So you guys know how the Hornwort went crazy very quickly. Also could you guys rate my tank and tell me what I could do to make it look cooler. Inhabitants: 3 golden Panchax Killifish 5 black skirt tetras 1 white skirt tetra 4 Corydoras 1 SAE I know my tank is a bit overstocked but I also have 2 sponge filters for a 30 gallon. Also if you guys had any advise on breeding Golden Panchax Killifish it would be highly appreciated. Thanks

This will be a journal for the progress of my 29 gallon aquarium. I have finished the hard scape on this tank, and will include an image of the hard scape. I have given control over what fish, plants we put in to my boyfriend of two years, Austin. He wants to stock the tank with gold white cloud minnows, panda corydoras, bristle nose pleco, snails. For plants in the tank Austin likes the look of the aquarium lily, so I want to put one of those in the center, java moss on the rocks and wood, and val around the back third. I would love input on how many of each stock we should get.

Hi Everyone, Just wanted to say hi! I have recently set up a new 29 gallon tank after about 20 years away from the hobby. Still cycling the tank with some danios at the moment, but will be stocking it with Celebese Rainbows.

I'm in the process of cycling my planted 29 gallon tank, fishless. For the past week I've been stuck with high Nitrates and it won't budge. My plants have almost doubled in size and new sprouts, have some brown and hair algae growing. Pest snails are multiplying at an insane rate. I did a 50% water change last night and it only lowered my Nitrates down some. Tested again this morning and no change from the past week. I've done 2 water changes total, set up tank on Dec 19th. FYI, my tap water is testing with 1.0 ammonia, first week Ammonia readings were 2.0-4.0. Today reading: PH: 7.8; Amm: .25, Nitrite: 5.0, Nitrate 20, GH 60, KH 80, tank temp 78 Test Strip: Nitrite 3, Nitrate 20 Past week: PH 7.8; Amm: 0-.25, Nitrite: 5.0, Nitrate 40, GH 120, KH 80, temp 78 Dosing: 3 pumps of Easy Green once week, have root tabs in the substrate. Using Prime with water change/adding water. API master test kit & API test, strips, small & medium sponge filter running. Have a bottle Zyme 7, have not used yet. Should I add to the tank now or wait until Nitrites drop? I've heard it works best if you add fish with the zyme 7, as the bacteria will die off without fish. Not sure if that's true. Do I keep doing water changes? If so, how often? This will be a community: guppy/endler, kulhi loach, cherry shrimp, oto's tank. Any advice or guidance will be helpful.

Hi everyone. I am brand new. Set up my 29g tank last month for first time. Other than lots of tannins, it’s looking good. I have some guppies, zebra danios, panda Cory’s, and a bristlenose. Damn guppies are breeding already. I have fry and it’s not a month old tank! Found Cory’s videos on YouTube and am addicted. Anyway, wanted to say hi.

So I am breeding killifish in my 29 gallon tank with a spawning mop. I have already got breeding activity from the male and one of the females. So when they lay their eggs and I find them and put them in a guppy grow out tank in a breeder net with a bunch of java moss, is it ok that the eggs go in a tank that is like 5 degrees colder than in the tank they were layed in? Also if any of you guys have any experience breeding Golden panchax killifish I would be very happy to know some thing about them. Thanks for your time

Good day all and happy holidays. My son, 7 y/o, has been begging for a tank forever. I have a 29 gallon tank hidden in my bedroom that Santa will delivering for Christmas for him. I had several 10 gallon tanks in my room as an older kid/teen. It's been 20 years since I had a tank. I'm looking to set up a planted freshwater community tank for him including Danios, tetras, corys and some inverts. I feel this will give plenty of variety for hours of enjoyment. A co-worker has a 55 gallon tank that I will be setting up in my living room. It previously housed a bearded dragon. Any hints on cleaning and disinfecting? I know I am excited to start back and I'm sure he will be as well. Cheers, Matt

Hello, I'm new to forums and have a few questions. First some background info. I'm getting back into the hobby again from about 10 years ago, but new to having a planted tank and feel like a total newbie again. Prior I only had a 26 Hex column and 10 gallon. I've purchased a new 29H, 150W Heater with Hygger HG-918 20W LED light. Setup on Dec 19th, added multiple plants, floating frogbit & baby water lettuce, Taiwan moss and couple of moss balls, with soil & fine sand substrate on top, added 3 lbs of crushed coral between the soil and fine sand (some on surface). I've been researching the past month and watching all the Aquarium Co-op videos, as well as received 2 new orders from them. Medium Sponge filter, using Prime, Easy Green and easy root tabs. Purchased Zyme 7 but have not added to the tank yet. I've not done any water changes and my water parameters as of last night: PH 8, Amm 1.0, Nitrite 1.0, Nitrate 20 with API master kit, API test strips: KH 120, GH 120. My plan is to have guppies and cherry shrimp with maybe some cory's. I had 2 snail hitch a ride from the plants, and now have 3 new tiny ones. FYI, I've been running the bubbler all week without the filter, cause I was stupid and didn't add the filter on first order, hence the second order. I went ahead and purchased a medium and small sponge filter. Tank has been clear all week, can see some fuzzy build up on some of the plastic decorations, Rocks & sand, plants seem to be doing well, I see some new growth on a few of them, some have some browning. I just received my sponge filter yesterday & setup the medium sponge last night. I've watched the video on setup & optimizing, however I still have small bubbles out to the side. It doesn't seem to be filtering, even the tiny molecules just float right by it. How do I know it's getting the correct filter flow or flow at all? The filter looks brand new, no new build up on it all that I can see, running for 16 hours. Should I be able to see things get sucked into & onto the filter, especially when I disturb the substrate and lots of plant debris floats up? Should I add the small filter along with the medium? I was going to use it for 10G quarantine tank (not purchased yet). I'm trying to cycle the tank without fish, but after watching some additional videos yesterday, I'm considering adding a couple of fish. What are your thoughts? I am a little confused on cycling, as how do I know when the tank is ready since I'm adding fertilizer? I started tracking my testing on 21st. Which was PH 7.8, Amm 1.0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 5, GH 120, KH 80. (the strip read Nitrate at 20). So I am seeing a change happen on the parameters. Also, my new heater is set at 79 but the temp is reading about 82, I'm trying to lower the temp today and figure out how to calibrate the heater correctly. Goal temp is 78-80. I've moved the thermometer around the tank testing the temp. Thanks for any help and advice.

Hi everyone! I would like some advice for stocking my 29 gallon. At the moment I have a male betta, 17 ember tetra and 2 nerite snails. I plan to add a few amano shrimp in the future if my male betta allows it. I was wondering however if I should keep the stocking that I have or if I can add another school of fish? I was thinking pygmy cories or galaxy rasboras. Though I am worried it might be overstocked with another school of fish. My tank has a 55 seachem tidal filter, temp of 79F, pH around 7.2-7.4, hardness of around 100ppm. Its also a planted tank.

So guys I have a hair grass alage problem in my newly set up 29 gallon so I need a BN pleco. My dad bought me some plants and I got 2 banana plants will the BN pleco eat them. Also I got 3 bunches of hornwort, 3 cups of Java moss and 2 Micro sword plants will he eat those too. I wanted to try to breed some kribs do you guys think the pleco will eat the eggs too because I don't want it to eat the eggs but I need it to clean the hair grass algae. I also wanted to put some guppies in there too. Here is what I think is good for stocking 1 Albino BN plecos 3 Fancy guppies and I wanted them too have babies and not have to have to sell them/ take them out. A pair of Kribs to try to breed Thanks, also tell me if I am overstocked TacoPlayz

Hello everyone! I just bought the trio pack of aquarium co-op meds and was wondering how to dose my 29gallon tank. Direction say to add a packet for every 10 gallons, etc. Should I round up or down? Thank you in advance!

I’m trying to figure out what would work in a 29 gallon tank. I haven’t got it yet, so just throwing out my initial thought to see if it’s too much. It likely is, but I’d like to go in this direction making whatever adjustments would make for a healthy tank. 6 tiger barbs 6 cherry barbs 6 zebra danios 6 corydoras 1 clown pleco

i have a 125g that's got about 25 mbunas and 10 peacocks one convict and a pleco and some snails. then i have a 75 planted with 4 angels and 6 bolivian rams and a few dif algae eaters including 2 bristle nose plecos. then i have a 10gal guppy tank where they been breeding 2 blue shrimp and overtaken with snails. i like Aquarium coop and all Corys videos. i just used quick start by api and added fish but ive been adding it every water chang only prob. i've had to ammonia spikes that was .5. ive just learned about keeping my cichlids KH and GH up and to regulate ph. look forward to learning and sharing with this forum thanks

I purchased a 2nd hand aquarium and it wasn't until I arrived home that I realized I was missing roughly half of the bottom trim. My first thought was to order replacement trim but that ended up being roughly the same price as if I was buying a new 29 gallon aquarium. I had some thoughts and I am mainly looking to see if this makes sense or I am doomed to fail. 1) Take the remaining trim I have and cutting it into 4 pieces and centering it on each side and then using styrofoam or another semi-rigid foam around the rest of the base if necessary. 2) Same as above except cutting into 8 pieces aligning them at each corner. 3) Building a new bottom frame out of wood and siliconing it into place Those are my options or I could just go without the original pieces and rest it on a foam pad. I want to do this as cheaply as possible while still having a secure tank.

How does one install baffles in 29g sump freshwater filter? And what media to use in chambers? please I know someone must know the best way to do this with a 29 gallon tank 30 x 18 x 12 . Thank you in advance.