How Many Gold Fish Can I fit Into A 29 Gallon Fish Tank?

Feb 04, 2007 by Dano   | Posted in Fish

Hello Everyone,

I just bought a brand new 29 gallon fish tank yesterday and set it up today. My question is how many gold fish can I fit into a 29 gallon fish tank?

Hello! First of all, you need to cycle your aquarium before adding anything to it. But when the time has come to add fish, you need to remember the basic rules for fish. Most fish are 1 inch per gallon...things like guppies, mollies, tetra's and such.

29 gallon fish tank

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Looks like you’ve already been doing the research, so good for you! This will make things much easier for you in the long run.

I’ve never used an Aquapod, but it appears to come with all the equipment that you should need for a small reef tank. You already seem to be aware of the potential problem of nutrients in a tank this size, but also keep an eye on the water temperature – it will change more quickly, the less volume there is in a tank. A 24 is doable – I’ve done reef tanks of 10 and 2.5 gallons but the smaller you go, the less room you have for any errors.

The 36 lbs of live rock will provide lots of biological filtration – the usual recommendation is 1 lb of Pacific origin rock per gallon of tank volume, so this should adequately remove the ammonia and nitrite before they become a problem.

You want to watch your water chemistry after you add the live rock – if you’re ordering this online from Drs. Foster & Smith, you may get some die-off after shipping. Wait until you see the ammonia and nitrite levels dropping before you try adding fish. Inverts are the most sensitive, so add these last.

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