29 gallon questions

[Colu]

I three cave in my tank I  have one  at the back behind wood one in the corner in my plants and one at front of my tank  

[Colu]

My female lays egg  every 3/4weeks

[Paul]

3 hours ago, Taco Playz said:

Could I have more than 1 in a 29 gallon.

Yes

 

[Taco Playz]

I have another pot that I can use with 2 bn plecos a school of harlyquin rasboras how many baby guppies could I keep with 3 adults

[Colu]

I would remove baby guppys when it starts to  get crowded you should be for  the moment 

[CanadaAmanda]

I don't think BN pleco will eat hair algae?  Not in my tank anyway.  Ottocinculus will eat some of it, and they're great little guys to watch.  You can get a group of them to help control algae and they're a great community fish.  I have 3, but also have other clean-up crew (bn pleco, bamboo shrimp, kuhli loaches), you could likely go for 6.   Just keep in mind if they're doing a good job with algae and there isn't any more, you'll need to feed them (same with any algae eater).

[Taco Playz]

So I have had my tank cycling for at least 2 weeks and 5 days is it ok to get fish tommorow. I was planning on getting the BN pleco tommorow and 3 guppies tommorow and maybe get the Harlequin Rasboras in two weeks do you guys think the tank is fine I am about to check the water levels now. 

[Taco Playz]

I plan on adding some wisteria to the left side

Edited December 19, 2020 by Taco Playz

[Colu]

What are your water parameters

[Taco Playz]

0 ammonia

0 nitrites

10 nitrates

7.6 ph

[Colu]

Your water parameters are fine What I would do is add the bristlenose Frist  and wait 2week and add  guppys rasbora it will allow your beneficial bacteria time   to build you

[Taco Playz]

I is it fine that I add the BN and the guppies together or no because I might not have time I also heard that you can add atleast 4 fish to your tank at once. Is that true?

[Colu]

You can but you should put the hardest fish in frist just in case you get ammonia or nitrites spikes 

[Colu]

Number of fish you can add at once depends on size of  tank how will established the tank is

[Taco Playz]

So I ended up finding a sale on a SAE and getting one and I got 3 really cool guppies. Do you guys think that SAE will eat guppy fry.

[Colu]

No it won't eat guppy fry

[Taco Playz]

So I have Hiakari Algae Wafers and I tried to feed my SAE with it and he didn't even see it what should I feed him?

 

[Frogmouth Catfish]

A hungry SAE should munch on algae more aggressively than one plumped up by food (I find that mine tend to eat whatever I throw in; flakes, wafers, pellets, etc). Another species that has helped with my hair algae issues has been amano shrimp. 

[Taco Playz]

Could I put amano shrimp with them, I have had some hard trouble with amano shrimp. I had one in my 5 gallon and he climbed out even with the lid on. 😆

[Frogmouth Catfish]

1 hour ago, Taco Playz said:

Could I put amano shrimp with them, I have had some hard trouble with amano shrimp. I had one in my 5 gallon and he climbed out even with the lid on. 😆

They sometimes climb, but not too often. Cherry shrimp will also eat hair algae, although not as fast. Your other fish shouldn't bother shrimp.

[Colu]

SAE are omnivore Hikari algae wafers and  good quality flake  or pellets for blood worms Tubifex worms  are all good

[Taco Playz]

So I got a new plant today at the pet store do you guys know what it is it had no tag.

[Taco Playz]

It looks like wisteria to me but I wanted to have some conformation.

[Fish Folk]

If that's wisteria, it's grown emersed. Those leaves will change if it's now growing underwater. 

I think your algae troubles may be due to (1) tank is trying to figure out how to balance -- assuming it's newly set up (2) it appears like you have a lot of light. Maybe dim the light (we use black cupboard liners from WalMart cut too fit) or lower the exposure time of the light. 

Did you pull that wood from outside? Or purchase as wood for scaping? You may find that wood brought in from the out-of-doors tends to bring along a lot of interesting stuff . . . that may or may not be good over the long haul. We always boil anything brought in from the outdoors before putting into our tank. And even then . . . we cautious!

If you're really not happy with algae, and want to cleanse your wood, you can pull the hardscape, and squirt on H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide). Let it sit out of the tank then for a bit, wash off, and put back in. That's at least how we deal with blackbeard algae. Just avoid trying to use H2O2 _inside_ the tank water. That can be problematic. Always does outside the tank.

But, hey if you're breeding fish, algae is good to have! 

Stocking-wise . . . I'd recommend considering just Fancy Guppies and Bristlenose. If you're still bored, add neocaridinia shrimp. (Cherry Shrimp, etc.) Make a little rock pile of medium sized rocks in a back corner for the shrimp to hole up in to colonize. 

[Taco Playz]

It’s a aquaneat light so it’s kinda bright and yes I am breeding guppies so I guess algae isn’t bad. I found the driftwood washed up on my pond it’s been out of water for a long time. I’ll send you another picture of my tank to show you the brightness of the lights. Will corydoras catfish be ok with SAE?

Edited December 21, 2020 by Taco Playz