How Many Fish?

[mrs_darlington]

Hi, I have a 50ltr tank how many small fish should I be able to keep in it?? Please be kind tis my first posting. Cheers.

 

[Glod]

The usual reccomended guideline is aim for 1 inch of adult length fish per US gallon of water. Your tank is 13 US gallons, probably 12 by the time you add gravel and ornaments. That would suggest 12 inches of fish when they are full grown.
The best thing to do is look up the fish you are interested in and see their aquarium needs and adult length and base your stocking on that.
As a smaller tank you want to avoid any fish that get bigger than about 2 inches or need a lot of swimming room.
Before adding any fish you should have a read through this post which explains how to prepare the tank for adding fish.
Are there any specific fish that you would like to keep ?

 

[mrs_darlington]

Thankyou that is helpful. I have 6 neons, 5 minnows, 2 endlers and 4 shrimps. I answered a post on here for some plattys (SP) and there turned out to be 10 babies! They are in a cold water tank at the moment and was wondering if I could add some to my tank. Most probably shouldnt.
Thankyou.

The usual reccomended guideline is aim for 1 inch of adult length fish per US gallon of water. Your tank is 13 US gallons, probably 12 by the time you add gravel and ornaments. That would suggest 12 inches of fish when they are full grown.
The best thing to do is look up the fish you are interested in and see their aquarium needs and adult length and base your stocking on that.
As a smaller tank you want to avoid any fish that get bigger than about 2 inches or need a lot of swimming room.
Before adding any fish you should have a read through this post which explains how to prepare the tank for adding fish.
Are there any specific fish that you would like to keep ?