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 Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:20 pm
I am looking to get a 30g+ tank, and it is going to have live plants. My problem lies in what sort of fish I should get for it. I would be very happy with two or three larger (8-10 inch) fish (which I'd get small). I very much like the rounder, fatter looking fish, like many of the cichlids and gouramis.
I am having trouble finding which, if any, of those would work in a tank of that size with plants. If anyone has any advice on the matter, I would love to hear it.
Edit: Apparently, that wouldn't work. I was just told (rather rudely) by someone that I'd only be able to keep two five to six inch fish alive and happy a 30 gallon tank. So, fish in that range, I guess.
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:32 pm
Actually i've read that you can even keep oscars in a 30 gallon tank, and using the 1 inch of fish per gallon can work in some cases but since you want larger fish It wouldnt work because they would be large bodied.
Here are a few setups I would recomend: (oe_mizunagi also aproved these wink )
Larger fish:
a pair of Blue Gouramis [4-5 inches]
2 swordtails [3 inches or more (depending on tail size)]
5 rosy barbs [2-2.5 inches]
make sure to get either all femalse or mostly females
Angelfish:
3 swordtails [2 female/1 male]
6 cory cats
2 small angelfish
put the angelfish in last and swordtails first for cycling
Angelfish 2:
4 angelfish
3 cories
(verry hard to cycle this tank and will probably result in fish loss)
Since you want to do a planted tank I DEFINATELY do not recomend Oscars, they would kill all your plants and if you have lots of gravel in your tank they will move it around and possible crack your tank.
good lucky! ^_^
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:19 pm
i kept two oscars in a thirty gallon tank for awhile but they quickly grew out of it, i kept plastic plants as decorations and they felt free to shred them as they pleased
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:20 pm
african cichlids such as the bumblebee dont get as big as oscar cichlids but they can be kept in a thirty gallon
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:58 pm
Thank you so much for the advice! I'm not all that fond of the angelfish, but I really liked the blue gouramis; I was thinking about those anyway.
And, while I am rapidly falling in love with the oscars at the store, I don't think they'd be right for me, concidering I really want plants and don't plan on getting a truly huge tank.
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:21 am
Latrans Thank you so much for the advice! I'm not all that fond of the angelfish, but I really liked the blue gouramis; I was thinking about those anyway. And, while I am rapidly falling in love with the oscars at the store, I don't think they'd be right for me, concidering I really want plants and don't plan on getting a truly huge tank. I have a book that says you could put 1 oscar in a 30 gallon tank but it would be kind of cramped for him and you would need 2 filters and a bare bottom tank x.x
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:58 am
Update:
While my mom had already agreed to let me get the tank (as it was my money that I was going to be spending) my dad has said no. I'm not allowed to get a tank.
He will, however, as some sort of compromise (chea, right) be putting in a koi pond some time soon. =D Which is what I wanted anyway, I'd just assumed I'd never be able to get it.
Still, thank you so much for you advice on the tropical fish, and I'm sorry to have waisted your time with it.
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:09 am
That sucks, my dad bitches about my fish obsession all the time, the only reason I got my 30 gallon was because it came from my aunt and was free. The only other tank I'm aloud to get is for my snake, my dad thinks he needs a biger one x.x
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:08 pm
It's alright. I love koi anyway, and I'd kinda rather have them. =)
What kind of snake do you have? I have a kenyan sand boa.
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Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:56 pm
Latrans It's alright. I love koi anyway, and I'd kinda rather have them. =) What kind of snake do you have? I have a kenyan sand boa. I have a corn snake, I was aloud to get it because it would stay small lol it still bit people at first twisted
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:12 pm
Kyosuke_Hayami Latrans It's alright. I love koi anyway, and I'd kinda rather have them. =) What kind of snake do you have? I have a kenyan sand boa. I have a corn snake, I was aloud to get it because it would stay small lol it still bit people at first twisted Really? We had a corn for a long time, and he only bit one person. =3 He was cool, but my dad leant him to my cousin, who lost him. Oh, and that koi pond I was promised has been downgraded to a goldfish pond. x.x
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:06 pm
Latrans Kyosuke_Hayami Latrans It's alright. I love koi anyway, and I'd kinda rather have them. =) What kind of snake do you have? I have a kenyan sand boa. I have a corn snake, I was aloud to get it because it would stay small lol it still bit people at first twisted Really? We had a corn for a long time, and he only bit one person. =3 He was cool, but my dad leant him to my cousin, who lost him. Oh, and that koi pond I was promised has been downgraded to a goldfish pond. x.x thats shitty, my uncle has an awesome koi pond and its not even that big! Just make sure the pond is deep enough so that it wont freeze all the way in winter sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:57 pm
Kyosuke_Hayami Latrans Kyosuke_Hayami Latrans It's alright. I love koi anyway, and I'd kinda rather have them. =) What kind of snake do you have? I have a kenyan sand boa. I have a corn snake, I was aloud to get it because it would stay small lol it still bit people at first twisted Really? We had a corn for a long time, and he only bit one person. =3 He was cool, but my dad leant him to my cousin, who lost him. Oh, and that koi pond I was promised has been downgraded to a goldfish pond. x.x thats shitty, my uncle has an awesome koi pond and its not even that big! Just make sure the pond is deep enough so that it wont freeze all the way in winter sweatdrop *laughs* That is something I'd never have to worry about. It'd need to be deep so it didn't heat up too much over the summer. =P But, for us to put in the pond would cost a couple thousand dollars, and we don't have that.
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:01 am
Latrans Kyosuke_Hayami Latrans Kyosuke_Hayami Latrans It's alright. I love koi anyway, and I'd kinda rather have them. =) What kind of snake do you have? I have a kenyan sand boa. I have a corn snake, I was aloud to get it because it would stay small lol it still bit people at first twisted Really? We had a corn for a long time, and he only bit one person. =3 He was cool, but my dad leant him to my cousin, who lost him. Oh, and that koi pond I was promised has been downgraded to a goldfish pond. x.x thats shitty, my uncle has an awesome koi pond and its not even that big! Just make sure the pond is deep enough so that it wont freeze all the way in winter sweatdrop *laughs* That is something I'd never have to worry about. It'd need to be deep so it didn't heat up too much over the summer. =P But, for us to put in the pond would cost a couple thousand dollars, and we don't have that. True, my uncle works construction so he got almost everything for free x.x
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:08 pm
Kyosuke_Hayami Latrans Kyosuke_Hayami Latrans Kyosuke_Hayami Latrans It's alright. I love koi anyway, and I'd kinda rather have them. =) What kind of snake do you have? I have a kenyan sand boa. I have a corn snake, I was aloud to get it because it would stay small lol it still bit people at first twisted Really? We had a corn for a long time, and he only bit one person. =3 He was cool, but my dad leant him to my cousin, who lost him. Oh, and that koi pond I was promised has been downgraded to a goldfish pond. x.x thats shitty, my uncle has an awesome koi pond and its not even that big! Just make sure the pond is deep enough so that it wont freeze all the way in winter sweatdrop *laughs* That is something I'd never have to worry about. It'd need to be deep so it didn't heat up too much over the summer. =P But, for us to put in the pond would cost a couple thousand dollars, and we don't have that. True, my uncle works construction so he got almost everything for free x.x Lucklylucky. We're going to get a pond from Lowes or something soon. =D Then I get to get a few goldfish. =3 Not what I wanted, but, hey, at least it's something.
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