Help me choose

[Cinnebuns]

I'm considering adding another species of fish to my 29 gallon. Originally I was considering threadfin rainbows, and still am, but I started thinking about different tetras too. I would like some input. If I go with tetras I might pick species around what color would look best. I suppose rasboras would work too. I always forget them. 

So would you go threadfin?  Tetra?  Rasbora?

What color do you think might be good? 

Current stocking:  powdered blue gourami, male guppies (1 yellow, a few red dragons, 1 kinda flame tail mutt, plan to add galaxy blue tanks and possibly blue dragons in the future), panda cories, otos, kuhli loaches, mystery snails. 

I know I should stay away from the larger tetra species because of tank size. I'm not so good at estimating size. If someone could tell me maybe max fish size I should be going for that would help to. I tend to think 2 inches and smaller but I wanna be sure. 

Edited November 2, 2022 by Cinnebuns

[SimmonsSnailsNScales]

I recently discovered Super Blue Emperor Tetras. They are supposedly a very vibrant blue. I bit of a larger tetra thought. Should be okay with you guppies I think. With that fantastic greenery you have I think blue would be a good color to add in there. 

[nabokovfan87]

Aquahuna has the black emperor tetras with these really nice green / blue eyes.  I also am partial to the green neons or the green rasbora (never had them available locally, any of those).

In terms of the tank, chili rasbora would pop really well, so would the more green Sundadanio axelrodi or the variety of tetras depending on what colors you enjoy.
 

[Cinnebuns]

I just had another idea. Cherry barbs?

[BlueLineAquaticsSC]

WCMM are my favorites. I’ve recently been seeing those new “brilliant white neon tetras” and I might say they look good.

[Cinnebuns]

On 11/1/2022 at 10:09 PM, BlueLineAquaticsSC said:

WCMM are my favorites. I’ve recently been seeing those new “brilliant white neon tetras” and I might say they look good.

I had plans to do a WCMM and medaka tank at one point that never happened. I think they need temperate water tho 

[BlueLineAquaticsSC]

I kept mine with tropical community fish. They wouldn’t breed at that temp and it may have shortened their lifespan, but I never had issues keeping them healthy.

[lefty o]

in a nicely planted tank, its hard to go wrong with ember tetras. they really look good against greenery.

[B7gwap]

Never kept threads but gourami might like to nip. Rainbows are awesome though, you could fit 6 Praecox in there, they are gorgeous dwarf melanotaenids. 

[Scapexghost]

Unless your thinking vampire tetra i think any tetra would be fine in a 29. I would lean towards the threadfin rainbows. I havent kept them, which is partly why.