Another Stocking Question

[krazie2004]

Hi. I have a 127 litre tank, i just want to know if i am overstocked or not if you guys and gals can help me. I have a fluval 3+ internal filter.

i have:
2 x White mollys
1 x black molly
3 x swordtails
2 x silver sharks, (they are reall small, will proberbly give them away if they get any bigger)
2 x blue ram cichlids
1 x pregnant platy
10 x guppys ( 6 x males, 4 x females)

I had to give back 2 serpea tetras as they kept on chasing my sword tails, and i had to give back 1 male platy as he bacame aggresive to the sword tails aswel.

 

[rdd1952]

Maybe not overstocked but definitely no room for more. I would definitely advise you to return the sharks as soon as possible. If they're balas, they need lots of swimming room and will get big quick. It's easier to rehome small fish than big ones. Also remember that you are going to hae a lot of fry to contend with so you will need more tanks or you can just let nature takes it's course. Even then though, some of the fry will probably survive meaning you will soon be overstocked for sure.

You also need to look at you mix on guppies. You really need 2 females to 1 male. With the mix you have now, the males will eventually harass the females to death.

 

[Jozlyn]

Hi. I have a 127 litre tank, i just want to know if i am overstocked or not if you guys and gals can help me. I have a fluval 3+ internal filter.

i have:
2 x White mollys
1 x black molly
3 x swordtails
2 x silver sharks, (they are reall small, will proberbly give them away if they get any bigger)
2 x blue ram cichlids
1 x pregnant platy
10 x guppys ( 6 x males, 4 x females)

I had to give back 2 serpea tetras as they kept on chasing my sword tails, and i had to give back 1 male platy as he bacame aggresive to the sword tails aswel.

Are the mollies and swordtails male or female? Male to female ratio's for livebearers (guppies, mollies, platies, swordtails etc) is 3 or 4 Females to 1 male, this will help to stop the male from chasing the females to death.

Given that you have 4 female guppies which are all preganant a pregnant platy and if any of your mollies or swordtails are female, then they'll also be preganant you are going to have litterally 100's of fry in the next few weeks and months, have you given any thought to what you're going to do with all those baby fish? Female livebearers (guppies, mollies, platies, swordtails etc) can continue to give birth to fry for many months even when they are not exposed to any males as they can store sperm/fertile eggs.

Are the rams male, female or a pair? If they're both female then one will most likely chase the other to death at some stage.

and return the sharks!

 

[vinylman]

Those sharks will get MUCH bigger; Swordtails and Guppies will have six or seven lots of fry from just ONE fertilisation, so unless they are all male, you're going to have a population explosion - you need to start thinking ahead right now.