Finally got a 29g

[ninja]

Hi everyone,

Its been awhile since I visited here but I finally grew the gonades to buy a 29 gallon for my fish. It was about time to since my 6 inch algae eater was getting a little cramped in there.

My list of fish are the same but heres the list again anyway:
3 black ruby tiger barbs 1 male 2 female
1 albino tiger barb
1 green tiger barb
2 panda cories
1 algae eater/loach/siamease/chinese (don't know really)

I'll probably buy another pc
other than that do you guys think it's possible to add more fish, maybe a gold nugget pleco or 2 dwarf gourmis?

Anyway heres my pics

 

[ninja]

heres the king of the tank ( except when the ae is around)

 

[ninja]

heres the a and g barbs

 

[living_dead]

not a bad looking tank keep up the good work

 

[snowyangel]

Nice setup. I like your substrate aggainst the wood. Get a picture of your algae eater and I'm sure we'll be able to identify it for you

 

[DrOizo]

Are you going to put a backing on it. I think it would look nice with one and backings cheap too Really nice tank tho

 

[ninja]

Thanks guys,
I'll put a background on it because without one it makes the water look yellowish when you take a picture.

heres my ae

 

[modernhamlet]

I can't really tell from the pic. Take a look at this page and see if you can tell. Most of the usual suspects are listed there.

 

[FrankSlapperinni]

I'm pretty sure that is a Siamese algae eater (not Chinese). they are very good algae eaters and should not bother you other fish. it also could be a flying fox, which is hardly as good an algae eater and a little more aggressive. I'm not sure what the difference is, but it's most likely you have the SAE.
Great fish.

 

[silver]

Sounds to me like you have about 15 inches of fish in your tank right now......I think . Anyhow, you could put UP to 30 inches of fish in, I include the tail. But you'll have to take darn good care of it. Good filtration, at least 2 33% water changes a month (in my opinion this is realistic). I think the people who say to do water changes every week or whatever are nutto . I personally try to stay a little under the 1" of fish per gallon rule. More like 1" per 1.25 gallons which gives the fish a less "cramped" feeling in my mind. Gives them more room to form seperate territories and all. That would be about 25" of fish in your 30 gallon, same tank I just got Thursday. My end load will be about 25" of fish. I'm not going to add any more after that either.

To make a really long ramble a tad bit shorter.....I would, or could, add about 10 more inches of fish (at maturity) to your tank if you'd like!


Silver

 

[Magnus]

Your algae eater is most likely a Chinese Algae Eater. They eat some algae when small but prefer food later on when they grow out (like one your size). You can add a few more cories to keep yours company. They should be the entertainers of the tank.
Silver, I hope know you the Inch per Gallon Rule only applies to small fish such as neon tetras. Would you put a 15" Oscar in a 30g?

 

[Adrinal]

Genreally super high tanks are treated as their normal brothers.
29g USA tank is really just a 20g in most respects. Foot print LXW are the major factors Hight has little help for fish.

 

[ninja]

Modernhamlet: I went to that site and I came to the conclusion that it is definitly a chinese algae eater, the only problem is is that it has a blackish/brown spot on the end of its tail and none of the pictures I've seen have this spot. Maybe my fish contains a hidden gene or something
Anyway thanks for the replies

 

[silver]

UMMMMM! NOOOOOOO, I wouldn't put a 15" Oscar in a 20 gallon or whatever you said, DUH!!

What IDIOT would think that was okay.......HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!






Adrinal,
I think my tank is one of those tall 29 gallons too. Should you keep less fish in them?? I only plan on having 25" of fish in there tops....NONE OVER 5" a PIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1


Silver

 

[fish_r_great]

No it depends on the surface area I think there is some sort of fish calculater for that somewhere