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Well my birthday is coming up and I think I might be getting a new 29 gallon tank so I'm looking for some ideas as to what I should get. Here's a list of what I have right now:

38 gallon with platies, keyhole cichlid, curviceps, cories, otos, amano shrimp and a florida flag fish

10 gallon with betta, black neons and kuhli loaches

10 gallon planning for dwarf puffer tank

2.5 gallon platy fry and rescued swordtail fry

As you can see most of my fish are south american so I would prefer an asian or african setup. One thing that I had thought of is a west african setup with 2-4 kribs and 6-8 upside-down catfish. If I went with this how much would I have to worry about the kribs spawning and going after the catfish? I'm looking for any suggestions about this setup or suggestions for a new one. Something to keep in mind is that my water is very hard and keeps a pH at about 8.2-8.4 in all my tanks.

Maybe you can do a bit of research on a Tanganijkan setup with some N.brichardi, N.lelupi & Julidichromis.

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ok randy my ideas for you would be for stockingis 3-6 ottos 6-8 corys 10 neons black or blue or cardinal and mabey a rainbow shark get some good lighting like say 2 wpg then for plants go with(if you want) my favourites crypts(green) java fern anacharis and anubias nana/bateri for gravel if you keep it clean wight gravel some driftwwood mabey a rock structure for a 29 gallon 100 watt heater and for if you want outside box filter go aquaclear 70 has lots of media space and works great! well anyways thoughs are my suggestions take em or leave em

,platy boy

33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

The Tang setup is a good idea. Another option would be Asian with a school of Harlequin rasboras, a few Honey gouramis, and some Polka Dot loaches (or smallish loach of your choice). Your African tank idea is nice too, although I personally would want more fish than that and I don't believe there are too many other options.

If you got a 20g long tank instead, I suggest some shelldwellers. They'd work in the 29g, but since they stay near the bottom, a shorter tank would look better IMO. They are definitely different than the fish you already have.

*Kristin*