Tank Capacity

[gearyboy]

I have 7 zebra danios, 2 sunshine mollies and 2 male blood red dwarf gouramies. Its a 29 gallon tank. how many more fish can I have in a tank of that size? Its definetly not crowded at the moment! I dont know how to work out the capacity if anyone can help!

Matt

 

[emma12321]

Well the general guideline is to have 1 inch of adult fish per gallon so work out how big each of your fish will be fully grown an see how much space you have left.

If anything i would be tempted to add some bottom dwellers such as a group of corydoras or khuli loach if your running out of space dwarf corys would be a good option. What sex are your mollies as they tend to have loads of babies and they would quickly fill your tank.

Emma

 

[gearyboy]

1 male and 1 female, I already have a breading net just in case but I wouldnt keep the fry I would see if a lfs would take them in exchange for fish I would want

 

[gearyboy]

do lfs do that? exchange fry?

 

[dwarfgourami]

Not all shops take fry, and they would have to be of a sellable size, at least old enough to be sexed+ probably a bit bigger still.

I would be a bit wary of keeping two male dwarf gouramis together; sometimes territorial issues are not apparent at first but flare up after a while. I would think of rehoming one of them unless your tank has clear territorial demarcations (plants, rocks whatever) cutting off their line of vision.

I would also consider getting the male molly an extra female or two; it is asking a lot of one female to keep servicing something as oversexed as a male livebearer.

That would pretty well fill up the tank, particularly if you get fry off your mollies; otherwise, Emma's suggestion of bottom dwellers has a lot of merit. Corys are peaceful and relatively easy to look after.