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30g stocking assistance -WarthogWilly

Discussion in 'Freshwater General Discussion' started by WarthogWilly, Aug 1, 2009.

  1. WarthogWilly

    WarthogWilly Thread Starter New Member

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    will this be too crowded of a tank.......I have 4 platys 1 molly 1 cory

    i need to get prolly 2 more corys to be humane, plus i like them
    i want 2 more mollies
    and prolly 3 loaches

    will all this this be ok for a 30 gal, theres lots of hiding spots, i was just wondering what you all think
     
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    MOD_Dawn Active Member

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    30g (assuming your cycled and you do weekly water maint.)
    If it were me I'd do a total of the following:
    3-4 corydoras
    3-4 kuhli loaches
    the 4 platy will give you alot of fry if you have male/female
    depending on the molly (sailfin=gorgeous, balloon=cute)..I'd say do 2-3 of them

    But in place of the mollies you could do something more colorful such as:
    1)Dwarf Gourami & a couple Neon tetras
    2)Honey Dwarf Gouramis are very colorful (have several myself)
    3)Couple marble hatchetfish for your top layer
    4)Tetras (too many to name them all)
    5)Variatus, Moons
     
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    WarthogWilly Thread Starter New Member

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    ok thanks you, thats good news and yes, i am currently cycling and do 1 or 2 water changes weekly, so once everythings good to go, ill be adding fish, i might ditch the mollies, it reminds me of a beta to much, might check out the hatchet fish, but any more suggestestions would be great, the loaches/corys is a perfect bottom layer imo, its just another mid/top layer to go with the plattys
     
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    top layer would defin be the marbled hatchetfish

    Mid layer I'd do something showy (dwarf Gourami/Honey Gourami)
     
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  5. WarthogWilly

    WarthogWilly Thread Starter New Member

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    i can just stick with the males, ok, i still bothers me that they would not tell me a thing about the fish, the one thing my town lacks is a good local fish store, i love your hatchetfish idea, i looked at some pics of them, they are awsome, and the cory are just so cool imo, and the loaches sound like na perfect choice for me, i like the suggestion on a larger middle layer fish, what is calm and larger that would fit happily into a 30 gal?would a pair of angelfish be too aggressive?
     
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  6. MOD_Dawn

    MOD_Dawn Active Member

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    nix the angelfish imo

    Go for a dwarf gourami (or if they have the honey dwarfs that are bright goldeny sun yellow you could do 3 of them since they stay even smaller).

    or a couple hi-fin serpae tetra (they get nice looking..can see them in my 90g..actually you can see both the honey gouramis and them)
     
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  7. WarthogWilly

    WarthogWilly Thread Starter New Member

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    what kind of structure do loaches need? ive heard caves, ive heard fake grass, and ive heard they just burrow under the rocks? whats the truth
     
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  8. MOD_Dawn

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    truth is, doesn't matter>>just give them a place they can retreat as with any aquatic species
     
    MOD_Dawn, Aug 5, 2009
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