brevilo99 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Hello all! New to the forum but have kept fish on/off since I was a teenager. I finally got my 55 Gallon to where I want it and now I'm bored so I started cleaning up a 29 gallon last weekend with my youngest son. I need small fish that like plants and maneuvering around them. Any recommendations would be appreciated. It would be nice to add some color to the tank whether it be fish or plants. Going to let it cycle for a while but in the meantime planning on what I'll add to it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) Welcome to the forum. That tank looks lovely. I keep honey gourami in my 29. I recently saw my friends 29 with pork chop Harlequin rasbora. They really looked good in their 29. Edited March 24, 2023 by Guppysnail 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 There are so many options to pick from. I would probably do guppies or endlers, but there are many interesting tetra species that would look amazing too! Welcome to the forum!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Henry Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Glad to have you onboard @brevilo99, that 29 looks great, how about a pic of the 55 to show it off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendall’s Aquarium Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Sunset or rummynose variatus would look great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Some small colorful fish you could consider are guppies, platys, german blue rams, apisto borellii, pencilfish or long fin white cloud mountain minnows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry M Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 I started a 29-gallon tank back in early December and have Cardinal Tetras and Harlequin Rasboras at the moment. I plan on adding some Otocinclus and/or a M/F pair of Dwarf Gouramis. Best of luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sankaz Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Welcome! Your scape is beautiful. I think Emerald dwarf rasboras would be a good addition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewbie Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Kubotai rasbora are very active but small fishes that like modest temp; if you look at them closely they actually have a blue stripe that adds to their beauty but swimming you won't notice it much. In my 29 i keep ember tetra with a pare of nannacara amolae; she mostly ignores the tetra but goes after the male with a vengence - you know how dare you leave me with all these eggs to care for - and she really does beat the crap out of him - anyway a 29 is a decent size aquarium. If you are on the east side there are some decent stores; in the middle/west not so much. To be honest there are hundreds of fishes that likely meet your critera - i'll name a few suitable for a 29: cardinal tetra green neon tetra kubotai rasbora (dozen other rasbora) cherry barbs (most barbs can get a bit larger but cherry stays a decent size - around the size of a cardinal) white fin rosy tetra (these along with many other species like phantom, serpae, ...) get a bit larger and i'd limit myself to around 6 or 8. -- While kubtai rasbora are a fast schooling fish - they are rather small - i would avoid larger schooling fishes like rummynose as the aquarium really isn't large enough for them (lack of swimming area) -- cardinals are the same size as rummy but they don't swim much - they like to just sit in the plants looking pretty. You could also consider something like pygmy cory - they are a bit different than other cory (besides being small; smaller than cardinal tetras) they love to swim and school. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brevilo99 Posted March 26, 2023 Author Share Posted March 26, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 8:59 PM, Guppysnail said: Welcome to the forum. That tank looks lovely. I keep honey gourami in my 29. I recently saw my friends 29 with pork chop Harlequin rasbora. They really looked good in their 29. I've never heard of a Porkchop Rasbora. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. On 3/23/2023 at 9:53 PM, Levi_Aquatics said: There are so many options to pick from. I would probably do guppies or endlers, but there are many interesting tetra species that would look amazing too! Welcome to the forum!! Thanks for the reply. I'm definitely considering Endlers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brevilo99 Posted March 26, 2023 Author Share Posted March 26, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 11:23 PM, Kendall’s Aquarium said: Sunset or rummynose variatus would look great! Just Googled both and love the look of the Sunsets. Very beautiful fish! The high fin looks very cool also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brevilo99 Posted March 26, 2023 Author Share Posted March 26, 2023 On 3/24/2023 at 2:05 PM, anewbie said: Kubotai rasbora are very active but small fishes that like modest temp; if you look at them closely they actually have a blue stripe that adds to their beauty but swimming you won't notice it much. In my 29 i keep ember tetra with a pare of nannacara amolae; she mostly ignores the tetra but goes after the male with a vengence - you know how dare you leave me with all these eggs to care for - and she really does beat the crap out of him - anyway a 29 is a decent size aquarium. If you are on the east side there are some decent stores; in the middle/west not so much. To be honest there are hundreds of fishes that likely meet your critera - i'll name a few suitable for a 29: cardinal tetra green neon tetra kubotai rasbora (dozen other rasbora) cherry barbs (most barbs can get a bit larger but cherry stays a decent size - around the size of a cardinal) white fin rosy tetra (these along with many other species like phantom, serpae, ...) get a bit larger and i'd limit myself to around 6 or 8. -- While kubtai rasbora are a fast schooling fish - they are rather small - i would avoid larger schooling fishes like rummynose as the aquarium really isn't large enough for them (lack of swimming area) -- cardinals are the same size as rummy but they don't swim much - they like to just sit in the plants looking pretty. You could also consider something like pygmy cory - they are a bit different than other cory (besides being small; smaller than cardinal tetras) they love to swim and school. Thank you for taking the time to drop some names. It seems Rasboras are fairly popular here. I've never kept them and many of the names being talked about I have no idea about so I'm reading up on them, I should have actually mentioned what you stated about the swimming area as the spiderwood and plants take up a lot of space, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendall’s Aquarium Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Looking forward to see what you go with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewbie Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 On 3/25/2023 at 9:39 PM, brevilo99 said: Thank you for taking the time to drop some names. It seems Rasboras are fairly popular here. I've never kept them and many of the names being talked about I have no idea about so I'm reading up on them, I should have actually mentioned what you stated about the swimming area as the spiderwood and plants take up a lot of space, Rasbora like Tetra is just a large genus with diverse members; the reason I think they tend to be popular is many of the species are relative small which fit folks smaller setup (a 29 is not exactly small relatively speaking) - and while there are small tetra like green neon and ember many common tetra are larger. A 29 is fairly tall so fishes that tend towards the top will not be impacted by your spiderwood (unless your piece is 25 inches high). Taking this into account - i will mention that kubotai rasbora while very active tend towards the very top; cardinals while they tend to 'hide' lower in dense plants et all are not super active so they won't be bothered by the spider wood or plants. Ember are also not very active and tend to stay more mid level. I'm not trying to push a specific species but I think you should consider what you want when you pick a specific species (and you can go with more than one species) whether it be danio, tetra, rasbora, ... just pay attention to the type of water they require vs what you have (most will want moderately soft or at least not super hard); the temp range if you end up with more than one species and activity level. I'm actually a big fan of serpae tetra and cherry barbs as well as kubotai, cardinals, .... there is no right answer here and as I mentioned there are 100's of species to select from and if you ask other people they will their favorites for various reasons - frequently it is 'look' which is a personal thing and should be discounted (as your preference in that department might differ) but sometime it is behavior of a specific species. I will not that certain species have been heavily inbred or have a reputation of not being very healthy (such as neon tetra) and with those species you should probably try to buy wild caught samples as they tend to be a lot healthier (more robust). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twood Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Nice tank! I think a cool combo is guppies, mollies, and platys. Would be a ton of color, plus the mollies will help pick at algae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall H Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 @brevilo99 Hello neighbor! I'm in Dickson, about 40 miles west of Nashville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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