What Can I Put In A 29G

[SharkWeek]

i love oddball fish like bichirs and knifefish im woundering if there is anything that would be happy in a 29 gallon

 

[onidrase]

I don't know anything about bichirs, but in regards to knife fish, I was researching the same thing, and if I recall my research correctly, the smallest knife fish I could find still needed at least a 55 gallon aquarium. They all seem to get at least a 8 inches to a foot long, which is far too large for a 29 gallon aquarium. I'd steer clear from those.

Bichirs seem to be similar to eels, and eels too get very long and thus need a long tank. So I doubt you'll have any luck with those either, unfortunately.

 

[Squidward]

I agree.
For knife fish and birchirs, 55gal is minimum. And that is for the smaller species only.
The bigger types will need a bigger tank

 

[onidrase]

As for substitutes, since I'm pretty convinced you couldn't keep a happy bichir or knife fish in a 29 gallon:

Ghost/Glass Catfish look somewhat similar in shape to knife fish, they're shoaling fish that grow to be about 4 inches max

There are a few eelish loaches with the elongated bodies which may be able to fit in a 29 gallon, but I don't have any loach experience, so you may want to look to somebody else for info on that

Just some options to consider

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Depending upon the dimensions, you could do something like...

1x African Butterfly
1x Golden Wonder Killifish
1x African Bushfish
6-8 Upside Down Catfish (purchase size will need to take into account the size of the above predatory fish)
Bonded pair of Lionhead Cichlids (putting a random male and female together in a 29g would be dangerous, they would need to be a matched pair)

 

[onidrase]

Depending upon the dimensions, you could do something like...

1x African Butterfly
1x Golden Wonder Killifish
1x African Bushfish
6-8 Upside Down Catfish (purchase size will need to take into account the size of the above predatory fish)
Bonded pair of Lionhead Cichlids (putting a random male and female together in a 29g would be dangerous, they would need to be a matched pair)

I thought butterflies were vicious toward other top swimming fishes, and my golden wonder always chills pretty close to the surface

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Like I said, it depends upon dimensions, but I have two ABF and three GWK sharing the surface of my Rio240.

 

[SharkWeek]

As for substitutes, since I'm pretty convinced you couldn't keep a happy bichir or knife fish in a 29 gallon:

Ghost/Glass Catfish look somewhat similar in shape to knife fish, they're shoaling fish that grow to be about 4 inches max

There are a few eelish loaches with the elongated bodies which may be able to fit in a 29 gallon, but I don't have any loach experience, so you may want to look to somebody else for info on that

Just some options to consider

yea i have a loach tank full of dojos and kuhlis