30g stocking

[albirdy]

How many SA or African Cichlids could you fit in a 30?

 

[Connor0729]

one of my personal favs that i would stoc a 30 with are silver dollars theyre good eaters and they almost never stop patroling the tank

get a couple black ghost knifes and some tiger barbs

a realitivly small knife is the african knife, and your brother has a good idea with the weather loach they r kinda cool

i can't help but point out how misleading these suggestions are. the brown knives get a foot long, and the black ghost knives get 18 inches long. silver dollars need to be in schools of 5 or more, and you just don't have that kind of room

and about the cichlids, it depends on the kinds. for south american, the biggest you could go would be a pair of convicts, OR firemouths. for africans, you could go with a 1.2 group of flameback haps or something else small. also, jewel cichlids are from african rivers and stay pretty small, but can tangle with most large cichlids. i used to have a pair in a 35, but that tank is now housing their fry. you could keep a group of 4-6 in a 30, but they would eventually kill each other until there is just one pair. then once they breed, the male will likely kill the female, and you will have to find him another mate lol. although they are annoying sometimes, they are overall awesome fish, and they are beautiful too.

 

[benzjamin13]

i can't help but point out how misleading these suggestions are. the brown knives get a foot long, and the black ghost knives get 18 inches long. silver dollars need to be in schools of 5 or more, and you just don't have that kind of room

African Brown Knives rarely get 12" They average 8" and I think they would be fine in a 30g. But I about the BGK. They do grow slow though. A 30g would probably last them for awhile.

 

[Thedaniokeeper]

bump.
I've been considering a setup like this:
one brown knife 0R Peacock eel )
2 convicts OR 3 UDCs :[]
But I hear cichlids are picky with water, which is my golden weakness. I scare the fish when I do water changes or get rid of algae....

Another consideration I made was a coldwater
Weather loach
a pair of pumpkinseeds

 

[Thedaniokeeper]

Bump
How many gallons does a duckbill catfish need?
could a pair live (happily) in my soon-to-be 30 gallon?

 

[Thedaniokeeper]

Sorry about reviving this dead thread but...
Any reccomendations you as people would like to make?
I have considered (and exterminated) all these possibilities
Gulper cat: too big
Duckbill cat: same thing
Silver dollar: large schools
Discus: too needy
Snakeheads: Don't like all that much
Stingray: too big
Tiger barb/danio/RTS community- TB too aggressive for longfin ZD
Goldfish: kinda plain (no offense)
Bichir: too big
Large plec: too big

 

[Thedaniokeeper]

y'know, What about puffers? any Ideas for puffers in thirty gallons?

 

[Thedaniokeeper]

Sorry NVM the puffer thing.
what about a wimple piranha tank?

 

[Passionate 4 pikes]

i can't help but point out how misleading these suggestions are. the brown knives get a foot long, and the black ghost knives get 18 inches long. silver dollars need to be in schools of 5 or more, and you just don't have that kind of room

and about the cichlids, it depends on the kinds. for south american, the biggest you could go would be a pair of convicts, OR firemouths. for africans, you could go with a 1.2 group of flameback haps or something else small. also, jewel cichlids are from african rivers and stay pretty small, but can tangle with most large cichlids. i used to have a pair in a 35, but that tank is now housing their fry. you could keep a group of 4-6 in a 30, but they would eventually kill each other until there is just one pair. then once they breed, the male will likely kill the female, and you will have to find him another mate lol. although they are annoying sometimes, they are overall awesome fish, and they are beautiful too.

i agree with most ... but convicts arent S/A j/k you need apistos, rams taeniacara candidi danios cardinals leaf fish or other small cichlids.

 

[fishman112]

kuhli loaches?