29 gallon
May 13, 2009 8:02 am Daily life, fish
Originally uploaded by Brandy Dopkins
Just finished another fishless cycle!
6 weeks- This tank is now processing a tablespoon of ammonia every 12 hours. That’s a huge bioload!
I’ll keep feeding it ammonia daily to keep up the bacteria colony until someday when I have enough free time to go get my fish.
I’ve chosen to go with 7 black skirt tetras, collectively named “the Donnas”. I also plan on a school of neon tetras and haven’t decided if I’ll load the whole tank all at once or just get the Donnas first.
Prolly I’ll start with the Donnas, but my cycle will die back with so few fish and I’ll have to stock slowly after that. Bummer.
May 13th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
You should put a snail in with The Donnas, and call him “Boy 40.”
May 14th, 2009 at 8:18 am
ooh! good call. And nice job getting the reference.
May 14th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
The black skirt tetras are very cool. As well as the neon tetras. With neon tetras they have really bright vibrant colors as long as they are not stressed. I dont know if you know this but with schooling fish you can out in more than 29 inches of fish. Just as long as you keep it within reason you can put more inches of fish in…. so in the 29 gallon…. maybe like 35-39 inches of fish…. thats only with schooling fish and sometimes it can make the tank look to crowded… just a thoguht.
May 16th, 2009 at 9:49 am
I’m thinking 12 neons total, 6 at a time, spaced 2 weeks apart for this year.
I read all kinds of things that tell me I can fit more fish in, but 18 fish seems like a lot when I’m used to goldfish, where I would only put 2or 3 in a tank that big. Prolly goldfish were great training to avoid shoehorn syndrome.