I am adding to my 29g tank for the third time. There has been some ignorance on my part, helped by a chain-store outlet, and a true LFS and what I have needs to be supplemented for inhabitant happiness. I was anxious to start, and the clerks wanted to please my kids... I really can only fault myself for not coming here before I did anything
My stock intervals are 2 weeks, & I do a 30% water change weekly
Tank: 29 gallon, 100 watt, elite 35 power filter
Ornaments:1 big castle, 4 various sized/leafed plastic plants
My filter has 2 elements, #1 is a sponge which I just rinse in removed tank water, and #2 is a carbon element with a polyester pad, replaced 2 weeks ago, rinsed this apst week. Filter indicator says its clogging- again!
Stock 1: Zebra danio, gold danio, cory cat, sunburst molly (m), dalmation molly, silver molly (deceased), swordtail(m), micky-mouse platy
Stock 2: silver molly replaced, 4 fancy guppies (2m, 2f, 1 lost), 3 otos, blackskirt tetra, 2 neons
Sometime after that I got 2 babies (Speck & Spot), who have probably been eaten.
My dilemna is that I have learned that my neons, black skirts, danios should all be schooled, and my guppies are reverse populated. I also have a wife who wants a disc gora... and has been turned on to a glassfish- but I know now not to get one of the injecteds.
I also want to get something in the bubbly department, trying to figure out what to get and where to put it. More plants also- leaning towards the fine leafed items so they aren't dumping collectors