Cookie Cutter Setup for 29-gallons
(30x12x18 in / 76x30x46 cm)
by the CF Moderators
29 gallon aquariums are not very different than the 20 gallon long, despite the almost 50% increase in volume. Floor space (or the footprint of an aquarium) is a major factor in determining which species one can keep and how many of them. Most cichlids keep territories and those territories are along the bottom. Since the 20 gallon long and the 29 gallon have the same footprint, they are very similar as far as stocking recommendations are concerned.
All of the recommendations for the 20 gallon long are applicable for the 29 gallon. Instead of listing those recommendations again, please view them here. In addition to those, we feel that there are 3 more valuable stocking plans worth mentioning.
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South American Aquarium
Tanganyika Mini-Community
Victoria & Malawi Combo
(30x12x18 in / 76x30x46 cm)
by the CF Moderators
29 gallon aquariums are not very different than the 20 gallon long, despite the almost 50% increase in volume. Floor space (or the footprint of an aquarium) is a major factor in determining which species one can keep and how many of them. Most cichlids keep territories and those territories are along the bottom. Since the 20 gallon long and the 29 gallon have the same footprint, they are very similar as far as stocking recommendations are concerned.
All of the recommendations for the 20 gallon long are applicable for the 29 gallon. Instead of listing those recommendations again, please view them here. In addition to those, we feel that there are 3 more valuable stocking plans worth mentioning.
South American Aquarium
| Pterophyllum scalare - 1 pair -OR- Mesonauta festivum, 1 pair -OR- Apistogramma cacatuoides, 1M:4F Rasbora heteromorpha "Harlequin" - 8 -OR- Carnegiella strigata "Marbled Hatchet" - 6 -AND- Botia almorhae "Yo-yo Loach" - 3 -OR- Corydoras adolfoi "Cory Catfish" - 5 |
Tanganyika Mini-Community
Same as 20 gallon long with the exception of the cookie cutter below. |
If you wanted three pairs (groups) of fish: 'Lamprologus' (Shellies) brevis, multifasciatus, meleagris, ornatipinnis, ocellatus, speciosus, similis, Neolamprologus signatus, Altolamprologus sp. "Compressiceps Shell" Neolamprologus caudopunctatus (non-Shellies) Julidiochromis ornatus or transcriptus Telmatochromis bifrenatus, brichardi or vittatus Paracyprichromis nigripinnis, Xenotilapia flavipinnis |
Victoria & Malawi Combo
Haplochromis sp. "Ruby Green" - trio Metriaclima lanisticola - 5 Ancistrus temminckii "Bristlenose Pleco" - 2 |
