New 29g

[Brewster'sLife]

This is the tank I found on the side of the road. Going to put 2 pearl gouramis, a male gourami, a group of corys, and then thinking a school of something small that will get along with the gouramis. I’m open to ideas and suggestions.

 

[Naughts]

What are the water parameters?

 

[Brewster'sLife]

Honestly haven't checked them yet, only added water two days ago and plants today. Ran the filter on my current cycled 10g for a couple of days first and added water from that tank as well. No fish are being added just yet

 

[Naughts]

GH, pH and temperature are very important when choosing/ recommending fish.

 

[Brewster'sLife]

We have well water that sits about 17ppm, ph in my 10g is 7.6, and water stays around 78. will test everything in the 29g tomorrow.

 

[Naughts]

When you are ready to add fish, quickly cycle a new tank by adding 1/3 - 1/2 of the filter media from your established tank and some substrate. Using old water has no benefits.

 

[Naughts]

Harlequin raspbora may be suitable. Raspbora are sedate enough and these may be big enough to deter the gourami from snacking.

 

[Brewster'sLife]

It now has 5 panda barbs and 7 corys. So far everyone is getting along well.

 

[Retired Viking]

Like the way you spaced out your plants for the fish to swim around and under.

 

[Brewster'sLife]

They seem to like to be able to kind of play through the "forest" as well. I'm hoping as the barbs settle in though they will move up a bit in the tank, right now they are sitting on the bottom with the corys.

 

[Retired Viking]

They seem to like to be able to kind of play through the "forest" as well. I'm hoping as the barbs settle in though they will move up a bit in the tank, right now they are sitting on the bottom with the corys.

I made a forest using anacharis in my sunken forest theme tank for the same reason -to give the fish something interesting to swim around and through, My ember tetra spend all day in there. If you want a look at it, it is in the TOTM thread.

 

[BoningKnife]

What a find! I get jealous when I hear of people finding stuff like a tank abandoned lmfao.
What substrate is it your using? Very aesthetically appealing. I always use black sand but looking at this I'm considering doing something different when I get the 75 up and running.

 

[Brewster'sLife]

Just regular play sand from home depot that I rinsed a lot. The corys seem to love it!