Is My Tank Overstocked?

[DjLeethul]

29 gallon freshwater
4 serpae tetras
6 tiger barbs
2 clown loaches (I was told by someone who keeps them that they grow extremely slow, they are a bout 1', 1.5')

 

[puppyjess123]

I don't think so but i am no expert. Also with the clown loaches when they are big they are hard to rehome personnaly i would get rid of them/

 

[waterdrop]

Without looking the 3 species up and just making a rough guess of 2" of mature fish body for all of them then you'd be about out at 25" of fish body, meaning you are basically at full stocking for a 29 US g tank.

What you really need to do though is find each species in the individual species sections here on TFF and check what size they can grow to when they are mature. Some of them might grow larger than my 2" guess.

You are working against the "1 inch of fish body per US gallon guideline" and if your findings push you a little over then you can ask yourself whether you are able to over-filtrate. If you start to go up towards 2" per G then you are in trouble and you need to think about re-homing some of the fish.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[DjLeethul]

Without looking the 3 species up and just making a rough guess of 2" of mature fish body for all of them then you'd be about out at 25" of fish body, meaning you are basically at full stocking for a 29 US g tank.

What you really need to do though is find each species in the individual species sections here on TFF and check what size they can grow to when they are mature. Some of them might grow larger than my 2" guess.

You are working against the "1 inch of fish body per US gallon guideline" and if your findings push you a little over then you can ask yourself whether you are able to over-filtrate. If you start to go up towards 2" per G then you are in trouble and you need to think about re-homing some of the fish.

~~waterdrop~~

I know my tiger barbs at maturity will grow to 2.5 at the largest. (6 * 2.5 = 15)
Serpae tetras grow to about 1 inch (4 * 1 = 1)
and of course clown loaches will eventually be rehomed (2 * 5 = 10 ) 5 inches when I will rehome them
= 26
I do have two 30 gallon filters running (Topfin and Aquaclear)

 

[puppyjess123]

P.S 4 x 1 isn't 1 its 4

 

[DjLeethul]

P.S 4 x 1 isn't 1 its 4

well played.......wow...i messed up a lot there


4*1 = 4
6*2.5=15
2*5=10

29

 

[waterdrop]

the Serpae grow to 1.75" max, so better to put 7" total in for the Serpae