what fish do you think I should get?

[bball4life]

I am going to the lfs today to get a couple guppies, I would like to get some type of other fish to put in a 29 gallon with 1 albino tinfoil barb, 3 mollies, and a few albino cories. Any ideas for an addition?

 

[Teelie]

Return the tinfoil barb. Barbs are a schooling fish and they get 14" long so you might want to just return it and get something smaller.

Perhaps some other kind of barbs like Cherries or some tetras.

 

[tttnjfttt]

I'm not the best at figuring out which fish go best with othre fish, but wanted to make sure you knew that the tinfoil barb will eventually out grow the 29 gal tank?

http/www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/tinfoil.htm

 

[bball4life]

yeah I have another tank set up for him with a couple of my bala sharks. He is still small so thats why I put him in there. So I assume that I should get two more tinfoil barbs?

 

[tttnjfttt]

That would be a good idea as long as there is room for three full grown tinfoil barbs in the other tank.

 

[bball4life]

Yeah I am pretty sure there is room.

 

[Teelie]

I'd go with 5 to be on the safe side.

 

[bball4life]

would 5 of them be ok with 3 bala sharks in a 75 or is that too much?

 

[Teelie]

Sure, if you got rid of the Balas. Those grow to over two feet and would need a 150 gallon tank minimum.

 

[bball4life]

ok thanks for the info. Right now the balas are about 5-6 inches long