Am I Over Stocking My Tanks?

[allaboutthefish]

Cold water tank

36", 12", 12"
20 Gallons 89L

4 Zebra danios
2 Leopard danios
1 Giant danio
5 Platys
5 Kuhlii loaches
6 Catfish (3 albino, 2 peppered, 1 red)
1 Shark (red tail)
5 Head and tail light tetras
5 Neon tetras
1 Guppy
5 White cloud mountain minnows
1 Ballon mollie

Tropical tank

24", 12", 15"

3 Angels
3 Gouramis
5 Rasboras
5 Rummy nose
2 Flying foxes
2 Catfish
5 Bloodfinned tetras

 

[emma12321]

Hi,

At a glance the smaller tank is definately overstocked just with 3 angels.

The general guide is to have an inch of adult size fish per gallon of water. Add up all your fish at full size and you will see. This guide doen't apply to fish over 3 inches eg a 12 inch oscar in a 12 gallon is not going to work. Cichlids eg angels should have 10 gallons per fish as they are territorial.

I presume you are in a hot climate since your cold water tank contains tropical fish and they aren't dead.

Welcome to the forum

Emma

 

[allaboutthefish]

Hi,

At a glance the smaller tank is definately overstocked just with 3 angels.

The general guide is to have an inch of adult size fish per gallon of water. Add up all your fish at full size and you will see. This guide doen't apply to fish over 3 inches eg a 12 inch oscar in a 12 gallon is not going to work. Cichlids eg angels should have 10 gallons per fish as they are territorial.

I presume you are in a hot climate since your cold water tank contains tropical fish and they aren't dead.

Welcome to the forum

Emma

My cold water tank is at about 78F without a heater, i do live in a ground floor of a block of flats so we have all the pipes under us and it is hot in our living room without the heating on
)

My fish seam happy enough where they are, but in my tropical tank it does seem a bit over stcked. i might have to give some away.