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Yep, picti are out of the question for that sized tank. They do get pretty big, and are rrrrrrrrrreaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllly active. Even if they were the only ones in there I'd say it was overstocked just because of the swimming space they would need.

^_^

Did i put I thought they were scary??? Sorry, one of my friends did, i got sidetracked, i LOVE BN s.

These were just random suggestions.

So, no pictus . Well, i want SOMETHING with cool whiskers .

Okay, so i KNOW i want about 10 Pandas and a BN or other small plec. The tank will be a 30 .
So:

1 BN / Small Pleco
10 Panda Corys (corydoras panda)
????????????????????????
Suggestions Please.
I know i said something about pearls, well, how about moonlights???? Their whiskers are about 3 times the length of thier body!!!!!
Suggestions please.

Thankyou very much

BNF

I think a nice school of rummynose tetras or harlequin rasboras would be cool.
I don't know if the moonlight would be too big for your tank, but at a max of 6 inches (looked at their profile) it may make the tank look pretty small. I have never kept them or seen them though...so I am not sure.

*Kristin*

Kribs can definitely handle tiger barbs, mine is always bossing the barbs around, and they can handle female krib moodiness just as well. I would not get two kribs unless you went with two males, the females get moody and a pair (M/F) get really aggressive. I adore my lone female (thus the name) and she doesn't seem to mind being the only krib in the tank at all.
Make sure that you start adding fish from least aggressive (pandas, bn etc) to most aggressive (krib), tigers will leave the pandas and bn alone as long as the cats were there first and the krib will also leave the other fish alone as long as they were there before her. Give the fish plenty of time to establish territories in between adding each batch, and make sure you have plenty of hiding spots for the pandas and the krib. When the pandas feel secure and brave they will be visible at any time of the day, mine only took a few weeks to stop hiding and now they are always out in the open.
I think a large school of barbs and a large school of pandas will do quite fine with the krib as the centerpiece fish, you will have room then for the BN or the pictus as well, or otos for algae destruction, a small army of them work wonders at keeping algae controlled./:'

"If you're afraid you'll make a mistake, you won't make anything."
-Family Circus

Thanks guys.

So, i know 1BN and 10 Pandas.

I am now leaning towards a Krib as a centerpiece.

Girlie: i like the large school idea, but i thought Rummynoses were only to be looked after by experienced aquariests and blah blah blah. Also, my PH is slightly Alkaline, unless you add Bogwood, then it is brought down to nuetral. I do not want to muck around with cemicals to change my PH

So, stocking so far:
DEFINATLY
1 BN
10 Panda Corydoras
PROBABLY
1 Female Krib
NOT SURE ON-NEED HELP
School of fish.
Either about 10 Tiger Barbs, 15 Harlies, 20 Rummies... HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

Any issues with the current stocking????

Thanks
BNF

i thought Rummynoses were only to be looked after by experienced aquariests

Not really. You just have to get a good batch of them. They have problems with transport and many of them die because of this. They get really stressed and this also is due to the facts of how they are bred in certain places. If you can get them from a LFS that has had them for atleast a week, then you should be ok. If you acclimate them for a while they should do fine. I got 6 from a LFS and only lost 1. Then I ordered some from a LFS and picked them up right after the delivery and I lost all 6 I ordered.
If you don't want to go through the trouble of finding a good batch of rummies, then go with Harlies. They are beautiful and school great. I am going to put some in a 38g tank i will be setting up shortly.
If you want a type of tetra that would be better up against the tiger barbs...go with Lemons. They are also beautiful and more boisterous than other tetras so they could hold up the the barbs. They are also hardy, so you wouldn't have to worry about losing them.

*Kristin*

I don't think that finding rummies would be a good idea. The only LFS near me that stocks them are 1 hour away from my home.

I like the Lemon idea. Either them or Harlies.
So:
1 BN
10 Panda Corys
1 Female Krib
10 Harlies/Lemon Tetras/ Tiger Barbs
10 Harlies/Lemon Tetras/ Tiger Barbs

What do you think?

Thanks guys
BNF

I think that harlies and lemons might look quite nice togather, but would they be able to withstand a Krib. I read they are SUPPOSED to be peaceful.

luvmykrib, maybe you could help out?????

I've just thought, would an angel fit in a 30??? i love angels.
How about
1 Angelfish
10 Harlequin Rasboras
10 Lemon Tetras
10 Panda Corys
1 BN

BlackNeonFerret,

I skimmed over the previous entries and didn't see a reference to your overall stocking theme (maybe I didn't read well enough though).

1 Angelfish
10 Harlequin Rasboras
10 Lemon Tetras
10 Panda Corys
1 BN

Don't you think that this is quite a large fish load in the first place?

I could see this work it you would drop one of the mid level schools (Rasboras or Lemons).

I also think that the bottom would be a little crowded with 10 medium sized cories and a larger BN.

And the Angel might work, but really should have a bigger home.

Just my opinion,

Ingo

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Oh, i am not sure yet. I've dropped the BN.

Baisicly it is going to be in the living room, and i would like a suggstion of what i could stock my tank with, but i would quite like the pandas.

Okay, theme.
I would like a tank with Panda Corys, and a large shoal of peaceful fish (tetras???)
And a nice centrepiece.
And a few ottos

I would really like the panda corys, but i am unsure on numbers for all of the fish. (Except the centrepiece. 1)

Please help.

Thanks

BlackNeonFerret,

Hm - it goes in your living room, that's nice. In that case I guess it will have high visibility, right?

So I would even go back to step one and rethink if a 29G is all you can afford (financially and / or space wise).

I am sure a 55G would look very nice in a living room
It would give you way more options on fish. Or how about a 40G Long (almost as good, or, depending who you ask, even better than the 55G)?

Are you planning on planting the tank (real plants) ?

Ingo

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Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club

I was actually going with a 30, as i think that this is the biggest i can fit. (36" x 12" x 16"
But, then again, what are the dimensions of a 55???? And the 40 Long????

I always go with the biggest tank i can. I would definatly like one a lot bigger than my 15!

I am definatly going to plant the tank with real plants. At least 50% real anyway.

I would like to come up with a stocking scheme for a 30, 40 long and 55, so that on my next birthday, when i have the money, i can buy the biggest, and then not have to spend ages about thinking, but i really wanted this fish, and i can't fit it now...

I would really like a nice, interesting tank, with lots of colour and activity. Mainly because my brother is a bit annoyed, as we might have to move the TV a couple of feet to the right, horror!(in case people haven't guessed, i am being sarcastic)

Thanks for the replys, very much appreciated.

Yeah, sounds like there will be a what-is-going-where fight coming up

Anyway, This Link brings you to the All-Glass company (in the US) website, directly to the page that lists the most common tank dimensions. This should give you any idea on what might be possible (and what not).

Ingo

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Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club

I can deal with the fight.
I could fit all three, (30, 40 long and 55) probably, but it depends on the costs. If you could set up a 55 for say, $400, it would be a lot more expensive in England.

If i got a 55, THEN could i have an Angel?????
I am also very keen on Platys.

Any suggestions? If i got the 40 long/55/ possibly 30, i would really like 1+ Angel as a centrepiece.

They would also have to be pretty 'confident' fish. That is to say, they wont mind having a cat staring at them all the time thinking "What on earth are the funny things over there?"

I am going to try and come up with three stocking schemes (for 30, 40 long and 55) So, suggestions please!.

Thankyou very much.

If i got a 55, THEN could i have an Angel?????

Yes you could. I have an angel in my 55g. She is a good girl. She just stares at you like "When are you gonna feed me??". Funny

I would just have one though...because I got another angel about 2 weeks ago and they fought. I never saw it, but my angels fins were torn. The other one died, I think because of stress...it was extremely stressed when I got it so the fight (if there was one) didn't help.

edit: I wish I had a cat. I love everyone's pictures of their cats staring at their tanks. So funny! I want a cat just for that.

I would plant it pretty well. My angel likes to hide. I am just now getting my tank planted better...I have lots of algae and alot of my plants have died...so she is alot more scared now since she can't hide as well.

I have a picture of my angel in the photo booth..if you want to see her.

*Kristin*

BlackNeonFerret,

You are not getting me to make a suggestion if the question is written like this :

If i got the 40 long/55/ possibly 30, i would really like 1+ Angel as a centrepiece

That is quite a range of tank sizes and a simple yes or no gets us back to the beginning, aka it depends on the tank size.

How about this: figure out which size you can afford and then decide on how you would like to stock it. This way you save yourself some headaches about all these "what could have been" issues.

And about the cat: Our cat managed to make some nice scratches in my 29G in the first week after setup . Now he leaves it alone.

Ingo

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Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club