38 gallon aquarium stocking

Blackheart · 02-19-2013, 09:19 PM

So if you guys had a 38 gallon aquarium, which is 36 X 12 X 20, how would you stock it?

Ashnic05 · 02-19-2013, 09:31 PM

Are you sure those are the measurements of a 38 gal? I have a 30 gal with those exact measurements....guess I could be wrong as I bought it off CL.

Anyway, I've stocked mine with neon dwarf rainbows (5), gold barbs (5), otocinclus (4), german blue ram (1), honey sunset gourami (1) and a few cories.

Blackheart · 02-19-2013, 09:59 PM

I'm pretty sure that 30 gallon tanks are 30L x 12W x 18H

toddnbecka · 02-20-2013, 04:25 AM

Small schooling fish in general, maybe a single angelfish depending on the size of the other fish. Cory cats are always popular, maybe a single BN pleco. Also a good size tank for a breeing pair of BN or an established pair of smaller CA or SA cichlids IME.

**mitchfish9** · 02-20-2013, 04:41 AM

Those dimensions are definitely 38g... but if I were you keep it simple, main schooling fish, cory school to dwell the bottom, and a single angel or pair of rams for the centerpiece!

Ashnic05 · 02-20-2013, 06:28 AM

Took wrong measurements....mines 30 x 12 x 18...definitely a 30g!

Oops...

LB79 · 02-20-2013, 03:28 PM

I'd hesitate to put anything in a 30 with a pair of cichlids, unless they're small cichlids like rams or apistos and the other fish are small too, like cardinal tetras or harlequin rasboras.

Blackheart · 02-20-2013, 07:07 PM

Do you think schooling fish would have more room in a 38 gallon? considering it's 36 inches long? As opposed to a tank that's 30 x 18 x 24?

kingdave · 02-20-2013, 08:43 PM

In my 38 gallon, heavily planted and aquascaped I have:

school of neon tetras (14)
school of black neon tetras (14)
school of serpae tetras (8)
ottocinclus (5)
albino bristlenose plecos (1m,1f, 1 juvenile)
cory cats (2)

I'll be adding a pair of Bolivian Rams once a pair forms from the 6 that are in the quarantine tank.

CrypticLifeStyle · 02-21-2013, 02:11 PM

If its non-planted maybe some shellies with ripariums

02-19-2013, 09:19 PM	#1
Blackheart Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan Posts: 643	38 gallon aquarium stocking So if you guys had a 38 gallon aquarium, which is 36 X 12 X 20, how would you stock it?

02-19-2013, 09:31 PM	#2
Ashnic05 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 410	Are you sure those are the measurements of a 38 gal? I have a 30 gal with those exact measurements....guess I could be wrong as I bought it off CL. Anyway, I've stocked mine with neon dwarf rainbows (5), gold barbs (5), otocinclus (4), german blue ram (1), honey sunset gourami (1) and a few cories. __________________ Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien ~

02-20-2013, 04:25 AM	#4
toddnbecka Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (50/100%) Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cumberland, MD Posts: 726	Small schooling fish in general, maybe a single angelfish depending on the size of the other fish. Cory cats are always popular, maybe a single BN pleco. Also a good size tank for a breeing pair of BN or an established pair of smaller CA or SA cichlids IME. __________________ Overloaded with endler's and BN pleco's, PM if you want some shipped.

02-20-2013, 06:28 AM	#6
Ashnic05 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 410	Took wrong measurements....mines 30 x 12 x 18...definitely a 30g! Oops... __________________ Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien ~

02-20-2013, 03:28 PM	#7
LB79 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: South-central Washington State, USA Posts: 1,784	I'd hesitate to put anything in a 30 with a pair of cichlids, unless they're small cichlids like rams or apistos and the other fish are small too, like cardinal tetras or harlequin rasboras. __________________ "It's not who you are that makes you great; it's what you do." –Batman Begins

02-19-2013, 09:59 PM	#3
Blackheart Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan Posts: 643	I'm pretty sure that 30 gallon tanks are 30L x 12W x 18H

02-20-2013, 04:41 AM	#5
mitchfish9 Planted Tank Nation (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Oak Park, IL Posts: 873	Those dimensions are definitely 38g... but if I were you keep it simple, main schooling fish, cory school to dwell the bottom, and a single angel or pair of rams for the centerpiece!

02-20-2013, 07:07 PM	#8
Blackheart Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan Posts: 643	Do you think schooling fish would have more room in a 38 gallon? considering it's 36 inches long? As opposed to a tank that's 30 x 18 x 24?

02-20-2013, 08:43 PM	#9
kingdave Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Marshall, VA Posts: 64	In my 38 gallon, heavily planted and aquascaped I have: school of neon tetras (14) school of black neon tetras (14) school of serpae tetras (8) ottocinclus (5) albino bristlenose plecos (1m,1f, 1 juvenile) cory cats (2) I'll be adding a pair of Bolivian Rams once a pair forms from the 6 that are in the quarantine tank.

02-21-2013, 02:11 PM	#10
CrypticLifeStyle Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Boston / Leominster Posts: 566	If its non-planted maybe some shellies with ripariums __________________ 1x 180g - 1x 75g - 1x 65g - 4x 55g - 1x 29g - 1x 20g - 1x 15g Geo's - Cory's - Loaches - Ram's - Firemouths - Convicts - Endlers - Tetras - Plants - Jack Dempsey's - Shrimp

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