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Azianboi343 Member Posts: 28 |
posted 11-27-2003 08:15 PM
Hi, I have 3 swordtails (1male&2females), 2 corycats, 1 khuli loache, and 1 albino pleco in a 10 gallon tank, am I overstocking. I aslo have a 5 gallon tank that is empty, im planning use it as a nusery tank or the for the frys of my swordtails, if im overstocked should I move some of my fishes from my 10 gallon into my 5 gallon. IP: Logged |
kc5gvn Moderator Posts: 806 |
posted 11-28-2003 01:15 AM
You're pretty close to maxed out. You will need to consider a change for the pleco when he gets larger. IP: Logged |
Tanya_woz_ere Member Posts: 14 |
posted 11-28-2003 06:21 AM
The rule is 10gal per fishy IP: Logged |
dianenm Member Posts: 183 |
posted 11-28-2003 08:13 AM
10 gal per fish doesn't give you much fish no matter how big your tank is ; ) I think the rule is one inch of fish per gallon of water. IP: Logged |
Azianboi343 Member Posts: 28 |
posted 11-28-2003 11:34 AM
does overstocking mean not enough room for the fishes to swim because my swordtails are biggest in the tank and are the only ones swimmming around, my corys stay at the bottom, my khulie hides under a rock thing and comes out at night and goes crazy, im not cocerned about my pleco, hes really small but always has lines of poop coming out of him. IP: Logged |
dianenm Member Posts: 183 |
posted 11-28-2003 11:40 AM
well I think your tank sounds just fine! not too much fish for a 10 gal in my opinion. those fish are doing what's normal for them from what I know about them. IP: Logged |
fishyfriend4u Member Posts: 83 |
posted 11-29-2003 01:00 PM
Don't worry about it but in about 6 more months buy a bigger tank. IP: Logged |
dianenm Member Posts: 183 |
posted 11-29-2003 01:12 PM
why do they need to get a bigger tank? I'm just curious.. I mean I know the pleco will get way too big, eventually, but you can just trade that "sucker" (bad pun) in for a smaller one if/when that happens.. her set up sounds fine to me! plus, even if there's a tad too many inches of fish in there per gallon, can't she just do a little more water changes to compensate? IP: Logged |
Azianboi343 Member Posts: 28 |
posted 11-29-2003 09:37 PM
im a he, thx everyone who replied IP: Logged |
kc5gvn Moderator Posts: 806 |
posted 11-30-2003 12:38 AM
The measurement we went by (for those that are interested) when I was running pet shops was as follows: Small tropicals-1"/gallon of water Large tropicals (ex. cichlids) and Marine-1"/3 gallons or water Scavengers (Otto's, Cory's, etc.) were excluded from calculation due to their feeding nature These measurements were derived for oxygen requirements and bacterial filtration. They do not take into account the front to back depth of a tank in regard to fish size. For example a fish 18" long in a tank with a front to back depth of 12". IP: Logged |
dianenm Member Posts: 183 |
posted 11-30-2003 06:45 AM
hey, thanks kc5gvn. that's interesting on the large cichlids needing a bit more water.. also on the scavengers not counting! awesome info! IP: Logged |
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