Photo #3 - Side View - Congos, Some Left Over Red Eyes, And ...

Submitted By: Chris on 03/13/2012

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29 gallons freshwater fish tank (mostly fish and non-living decorations) - 29gal, I like it, but can't wait to go bigger!

fish tank picture - adjusted the light levels in photoshop slightly since the pics came out a bit dark, you can see the wood on the right a bit better

fish tank picture - Before I added the large piece of wood on the right.

freshwater fish - phenacogrammus interruptus - congo tetra stocking in 29 gallons tank - Female congos with the male facing the camera, it's like they knew they were being photographed

freshwater fish - moenkhausia sanctaefilomene - red eye tetra stocking in 29 gallons tank - Red Eye Tetra(Balloon version) I recommend going with the regular ones, these guys aren't the heartiest, but 3 of 8 persevered for 2 years so far

freshwater fish - phenacogrammus interruptus - congo tetra stocking in 29 gallons tank - my one male congo

More Info

State: Massachusetts

Country: United States

Description: mostly drift wood, low maintenance, aquaclear filter, surface skimmer attachted to the cheapo filter that the set came with, double bright led from marineland plus a strip of leds from a car led site to cool down the color a bit, wood keeps the water stained with tannins

Advice: read everything you can, try something at least once and if it doesn't work try something else, eventually it will all work out. Plan as much as you can!

Fish Kept: congos, some left over red eyes, and a clown pleco

Corals/Plants: java fern

Tank Size: 29 gallons

About Yourself: I had a freshwater tank as a kid that was all cichlids, and my girlfriend got me back into it with this 29 gallon tank as her Christmas gift to me a few years back.