29 gallon setup

[mineralsolutions]

I recently re-arranged my tanks and now have a 29 gallon high open.

I do have a pleco in it, as well as one Irredescent Shark and three Columbian Shark Catfish.

I would like to set this tank up, but I'm not too sure what I want in it. When what I have ets bigger, I'll be moving them to my tank at work, most likely.


What would you guys suggest for a tank this size? I definantly like schooling fish, but I don't know that I'll definantly go that route. I'd like something that breeds often, as fry are always welcome.

I'd just like to hear some suggestions so I have a few formats to think about.

Thanks!

 

[wetwetwet]

If you want something that breeds often and stands any chance of surviving in a community set-up then its got to be a livebearer of some kind..... - even then survival is unlikly

 

[impur]

No fry will survive with those catfish in there. Plus as you are aware, they get huge. A pair of convicts may be able to ward off the catfish well enough for the fry to hatch.

 

[mineralsolutions]

I could always move the catfish to the tank I have at work. Right now its empty, except for two african knives. The tank is pretty large, 119 custom made.

 

[Lipreader]

Guppies or Mollies!!! Guppies have pretty colorful tails! Just make sure you have plenty of hiding places for the fry because the mommy and daddy will eat them!

Good Luck!

 

[impur]

How about breeder angels? I am gonna try for a pair of angels in my 29 gal.

 

[CFC]

I could always move the catfish to the tank I have at work. Right now its empty, except for two african knives. The tank is pretty large, 119 custom made.

Your pangasius cat (irredescent shark) will get too large for even a 120 gallon,they can get to around 40" in length,tehy need to be kept in a tank with a minimum size of 8 foot long by 3 foot wide and prefferably 10 foot long by 4 foot wide,they are a very nervous fish and will smash themselves up in tanks that are too small.
You are heading for trouble with the columbian shark cats too,they can reach up to 4 feet (depending on exact species,fish stores have a habbit of calling all shark cats "columbian) and are very difficult to keep because as they grow they need increasing ammounts of salt added to the tank until eventually going into a full marine tank.
As for a easy to breed fish for a 29g any of the live bearers would work or maybe some of the smaller african or south american cichlids.

 

[mineralsolutions]

Well, I'm down to my pleco and the larger shark. The rest did not make the transit from a friends tank to mine.

I thought about Angels but I know how big just two are in my parents 55 gallon tank at their house. I know they'd outgrow the tank before long.

For now my irr. shark is fine. I'll be talking to a LPS about trading him in later on Right now he isnt much bigger than you can buy.

This weekend I'll do some water testing to see how I stand before I decide to get any other fish. I may do a 1/4 water change also, but that remains to be seen. I know the tank could stand to be vaccumed a bit.

 

[mineralsolutions]

I cleaned the tank since my last post and added 5 mollies this Saturday. As of now I have 4 baby mollies, also!

 

[Alex]

Soon you will have mollys everywhere.

Congrats on your babies, it was good for you for it to happen so quickly.