Hi everyone, this forum has been very helpful to me, and I figured I would join to help out as much as I can and have some questions answered for myself.
I am not a beginner to fishkeeping, but im not very experienced either. I had a 20 gallon (high) tank for two years, with the last sixth months having live plants. It was originally a community tank, but when I switched to live plants I also switched to semi-aggressive. Long story short, it became disease ridden and most things died (bought a bad fish from petco... never buying from there again).
Anyways, I am now planning on buying a 29 gallon tank, which will be relatively heavily planted and semi-aggressive. I was wondering if I could get some advice on how well these fish would work in the tank:
1 x Angle Fish (maybe marble veil?)
5 x Agassiz Cory Cats
1 x Blue Gourami
2 x German Blue Ram
This is what I am worried about (there may be other issues I am overlooking):
1. Im wondering how well these fish will get along (generally speaking), i realize the gourami and angel fish could be problematic.
3. I used Aq Advisor to check the bioload, and it came up with about 97%, recommending a 30% water change every week. Does this sound about right?
4. I know bioload isn't everything, and I feel like these fish are not too big for the tank, I could be mistaken though.
If there are some serious issues with the way I want to stock my tank, alternate setups would be great. That said, I really want to try and make this work.
Thanks!
I am not a beginner to fishkeeping, but im not very experienced either. I had a 20 gallon (high) tank for two years, with the last sixth months having live plants. It was originally a community tank, but when I switched to live plants I also switched to semi-aggressive. Long story short, it became disease ridden and most things died (bought a bad fish from petco... never buying from there again).
Anyways, I am now planning on buying a 29 gallon tank, which will be relatively heavily planted and semi-aggressive. I was wondering if I could get some advice on how well these fish would work in the tank:
1 x Angle Fish (maybe marble veil?)
5 x Agassiz Cory Cats
1 x Blue Gourami
2 x German Blue Ram
This is what I am worried about (there may be other issues I am overlooking):
1. Im wondering how well these fish will get along (generally speaking), i realize the gourami and angel fish could be problematic.
- Will the cory cats be bullied?
- If the blue rams end up breeding, will their aggression be too problematic?
3. I used Aq Advisor to check the bioload, and it came up with about 97%, recommending a 30% water change every week. Does this sound about right?
4. I know bioload isn't everything, and I feel like these fish are not too big for the tank, I could be mistaken though.
If there are some serious issues with the way I want to stock my tank, alternate setups would be great. That said, I really want to try and make this work.
Thanks!
