how many fish fit in 29tank?

[naesco]

Originally Posted by Capt_kulafu

anybody give me an advice how many fish or what kind of fish fit in 29 gallon tank?

thanks!!

2 but definitely no more than four very small fish

[ScubaSteve]

I've had this debate with lots of people and what it really comes down to is: it depends.

Do you have a sump? Skimmer? Lots of live rock? Do you have a heavy bioload from corals? Are the fish you are planning on free swimming or bottom dwelling? How big do they get?

Right now I am running my 40g without a sump (being rebuilt) with several colonies and I had 8 fish (most I gave away when I moved recently) BUT they were all mostly smaller species AND they were a mix of free swimming and bottom dwelling AND they are not agressive. So... it depends.

As a rule of thumb I wouldn't go more than 0.5" of fish per gallon.

[lastlight]

In my 34g cube I have a bicolor blenny, 2 chromis, neon goby and a royal gramma. I'm done adding fish I think but I may add a bangaii cardinal as my last if I happen upon one.

[Capt_kulafu]

thanks guys!!

[Norstar]

106! Oh wait, do you mean with water?

[tang daddy]

as many have said it really depends on the fish.... I usually do 1 fish to 10g

I had about 6 fish to a 50g breeder 4 anthias 2 wrasses

it all depends but fish definately need their own space even gobies I say stick with nano fish and watch out for the agressive species...

If you add a dottyback, pygmy angel, six line wrasse or damsel it will really limit other fish as those species are somewhat aggressive and pick on the otherfish until they starve or ultimately jump out of the tank!

these are some of the fish I would consider for a 29g....

red wheeler goby
tail spot blennie
long nose hawkfish
purple firefish
pearly jawfish (you will need a cover as these fish are jumpers)
mandarin goby
jans pipefish


also a fire shrimp

from experience I have had good ones with keeping all those together although adding aggressive fish can most times make all the other fish hide!