What Do Ya'll Think?

[Larry1981]

Been out of the fish thing for a while. Just got my tank set back up and doing a fishless cycle. (Wish I would have known about this a long time ago!) Anyways since things always change was wondering if what I had in mind for my 29gal was to many fish? I want to put like 6 platys, 5 or 6 cory cats (either bronze or pepper) and 5 or 6 otto cats. I have a emperor 280. Just would like to get some feed back from Ya'll. Thanks

 

[WILDER]

Two many bottom dwellers plecs don't always get on with corys, corys are good though but won't clean the algae up.

 

[FishFreaks]

I have had a good experience with corys and ottos, the ottos arent on the bottom much. The platys and corys sound good to me, but i would only go with 3 or 3 ottos for that size tank

 

[sylvia]

I would say you could just about manage all of them BUT - platies will breed and should be kept in groups where the sexes are at a ratio of 2 females or more per male. Females are also larger than males. To save space, I'd suggest you go with 5 males.

Furthermore, to save space, go for bronze cories and stick to the smaller number of 5 - peppered grow slightly larger.

Also, don't add the otos until the tank is mature. Leave it a few months, 6 or more is best. This will both mean your tank has some algae around for the otos to eat and that it is stable and mature enough to deal with a larger bio-load. Adding plants to the tank would help keep the otos happy and healthy and also keep the water quality good. Again, going with 5 (as opposed to 6) is less likely to cause problems.