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29 gallon-current stock..
3 female bettas
3 zebra danios
6 baby guppies
4 agazzie corys
1 cherry barb

29 gallon-want stock..
2 convics (breeding pair)

20 gallon-current stock
1 male betta (spoiled brat)

20 gallon-want stock
2 pairs of rams
1 male, 2 female threadfin rainbows
1 male 3 female cherry barbs
5 ottos (2 females 3 males)
4 corys
(and the little spoiled betta)

10 gallon-current stock
5 ottos
6 baby guppies
1 loach
1 ram (long story:#()

10 gallon-want stock
12 guppies


how do you think this would work out?

My head is spinning when I try to see where what fish would come from and go to :%)

Anyway, I see that you basically would like to convert your 29G to a convict breeder so all other fish have to move.

In the process, I see the following fish “disappear” : 3 female Bettas, 3 Zebra Danios, 1 Loach
And I see the following fish being added: 2 Convicts, 3 Rams, 3 Threadfin Rainbows, 3 Cherry Barbs

Is that right so far?

Problems that I could think of, IMHO, are:

a) Too many Rams in a 20G. What if they do not pair off? Even if they do, the territories night be too close to each other for comfort.
b) I thought Cherry Barbs are nippy. If that is right then your Threadfins with their beautiful long fins will have a problem.
c) Aren’t most rainbow fish schooling? Then 3 would be insufficient.
d) The 20G seems tightly stocked, good maintenance will be required.
e) The 10G will be ok for 12 Guppies (maintain well) but what if they have babies (and they will)?
f) I know too little about Convicts to make a statement.

Hope this helps,

Ingo

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Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club

Cherry barbs are'nt to nippy they will be fine in that tank. Also you can breed Convicts in a 29 gallon you just have to get rid of your current stock thats all.

ok, so i missed a few things how about this...

20 future stock..
1 pair gold rams
3 theadfins (i cant afford 15 bucks per fish]
5 ottos
4 cherrys
1 male betta

10 future stock
2 male 3 female guppies
1 male betta

29 future stock
pair on cons

i need another 20 gallon to house
6 zebra danios
3 female bettas (maybe a male)
1 loach
1 pair of rams
6 corys(i want 2 more peppered for pepper)


i think i included everything this time
im al getting a 75 gallon to house a bio type, whick bio type do i have most fish in i also want angles, so maybe base it around rams and angles(not sure which one they r)

Your stocking lists look good to me.

Rams and angels are both from south america. I plan on making a 55 gallon SA bio type myself...a 75 SA bio type would look awesome

Here is my opinion on what you should do with a 75 gallon bio type...

5-6 Angels
4 Blue Rams
15 Cory's (your pic)
25 Cardinal Tetras
1 SA Pleco of some sort (I'm going with a gold nugget L-18 for my tank)
1 Farlowella cat or whiptail cat


There is probably room for more, but I'm not quite sure.


As for your tanks right now...I can't really find any problems with your moving around...though I agree 3 Rams in a 20 is probably a bad idea.

Good luck

well, minus 1 more cory from the stock list:#(, but for the 75, that sounds good

and 1 eyed jack:#( (the male cherry barb) u might as well scratch out the other cherrys as well, at least till i can feel better enough to get more

fishy,

What's going on?

Did you loose 2 fish within 2 hours?

Please explain,

Ingo

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Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club

i had moved some fish to a new 20 gallon, after mt test strips told me it was cycled, so now i have lost 1 cherry barb, and 3 corys, whats in the 20 right now is 3 zebra danio, 1 male betta, 2 females, and 1 peppered cory i did have 5 corys in there, but 1 was found dead, i watched 1 spin, then die, and i found another dead stuck in a plant i have done a water change, and the fish seem more stable nowim gunna wait 2 or 3 weeks to add anything else, i want to be perfectly safe

fishy,

Good idea to wait a few weeks, seems like you put too many fish in too early in the process. Darn Test Strips ]:|]:|]:|

Sorry about your losses. Keep a close eye on the fish that are still in there.

I don’t use test strips as I have heard more than once here that they seem to be highly unreliable. I use the liquid tests from Aquarium Pharmaceuticals (and hope they are better).

Looking at this from a positive perspective: You have more time to decide what fish will go where

Ingo

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Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club

yea, longer time to decide but by that time, the money i saved might be gone oh well, i have 50 now, i guess i can restrain for a bit the other fih look alright for now, but im checking on them every half hour, and even the cory is swimmin about happily, funny the peppered was never affected