29gal community tank,fish selection?

[sweetpickles7]

Ok i just got ride of my five bar cichlid and was wanting to make my tank into a community tank.So heres my ideas:2 black tetras,4 bloodfins, 5glowlights, 1oto, 2 swordtails, 3 ghost shrimp.I already have the oto and ghost shrimp in right now i just want to add more fish.Would that be an over crowded tank?if so let me know.Thanks!

 

[Helena21]

Yep, that should be fine. I think its better to do 1 big school of tetras rather than like 3 little ones, oh and the 'black tetras' need to be in a group more than 2.

 

[sweetpickles7]

skip the swordtails and add a black moore.Hows that sound!Better,i hope.

 

[sweetpickles7]

Ok,how big should i make the schools,or if i have just one big school how big should it be.thanks helena21 you sure do help me out alot.

 

[sweetpickles7]

Im stupid what was i thinking black moors are coldwater.So how big should i make the schools of tetras.Hows this sound 5 black tetras,12 glowlights, and 6 bloodfins,1 oto.

 

[sweetpickles7]

Im stupid what was i thinking black moors are coldwater.So how big should i make the schools of tetras.Hows this sound 5 black tetras,12 glowlights, and 6 bloodfins,1 oto.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

That would work. You might actually think about swapping one of the schools for some kind of bottom dweller, though (don't have to, but it would spread out the fish in your tank some... give you more variety in activity).

 

[Amaster131]

Yea, I agree with CAPSLOCK. You should get a group of corys.

 

[Fuzz16]

are these blkack skirt tetras or black neon tetras?

and i think you should just get one nice school of tetras, then some centerpiece fish, some corys would be good, then maybe some dither fish, and a couple otos when you start getting algae

 

[iamcowboy]

I second Fuzz. Oh and YoYo loaches make great bottom feeders too and you get the added benefit of snail control.....oops but may not be good with ghost shrimp.

 

[sweetpickles7]

Ok,ya i have to decided to go with one large school of black skirt tetras.Is there any type of cichlid that is none aggressive and would go with tetras.Like kribs or what about a small school of tiger barbs?Thanks for the help,good thing i have almost a week to decide!

 

[Amaster131]

You wont be able to get tiger barbs, they will nip at the fins of the black skirt tetras.

 

[sweetpickles7]

Ya but with the other tiger barbs the aggression will lower and i have heard that black skirts can also be a little nippy so i think they might be able to protect themselves.Plus the tetra group will be big so wont the barbs stay away.Well what about kribs i like them better anyways.Or could i just get another big group of glowlights since they arent big anyways?