My 4 Foor Tank

[jarcher1390]

iv wondered if my tank is over crowded it has
6 zebra danios
2 tbar chiclid
3 paskistan loach
2 clown loach
3 half striped robora
2 opiline gurami
1 golden barb
2 bristle nose cats
1 unknown cat
1 wood shrimp
3 pepered corys
1 neon rainbowfish
3 sucker loach
1 female sord tail
not all these have grown to full protential sorry about spellings
Tank dimension 4foot by 1 foot by 1.5 foot high

 

[xamdarb]

i think the clown loaches will grow to large for your tank.........and is your tank a 40-50g?

 

[wendywc]

Your tank is 45 gallons and my jaw has dropped to the floor by how huge your stocking list is.

 

[jarcher1390]

Your tank is 45 gallons and my jaw has dropped to the floor by how huge your stocking list is.

oh ok right i did not think its not that bad as most of the fish are small

 

[wendywc]

Sorry! Didn't mean to make it sound so bad. If I would you, I would just look up the max size of all the fish and add up what you have. The clown loaches get pretty big and take up quite a bit of room, so I would find them a new home soon. You still have some time to figure out what to do if they are all still small. Good luck.

 

[dgwebster]

you should be going over 57" of fish in there. your two clown loaches are 24" between them.

That leaves you with 33" left. I'd be finding some new homes and fast. or rather, i'd be buying myself some more tanks and fast

As im bored and trying to get to sleep before i have to get up for work at stupid o'clock, here's the work done for you:

Fish Size Number
6 zebra danios 2 6
2 tbar chiclid 5 2
3 paskistan loach 8 3
2 clown loach 12 2
3 half striped robora*** 3 3
2 opiline gurami 6 2
1 golden barb 4 1
2 bristle nose cats 5.5 2
1 unknown cat ?? 1
1 wood shrimp ?? 1
3 pepered corys 3.25 3
1 neon rainbowfish** 3.75 1
3 sucker loach ??? 3
1 female sord tail 4 1
Total fish 31

You are over stocked by a minimum of 66", as the ones with ??? I could not get further details on without more info. the ones marked ** I could not get the exact of your one mentioned, but have placed the average for its species.

Simply put, you would need more than two of your existing tanks to take care of what you have, not including thoughts on something like a clown loach in a 4'x1' tank.

bigger.

 

[guppy_man]

sounds like a 39uk gal to me, same dimensions as mine, and i only have 14 fish in it so far

 

[Wonderboy]

125 gallons here, and I don't even have the amount of "fish inches" you have, and I'm done stocking! haha, you should move some out while they're all small. Let us all know what you are planning to keep!

Luck,
~ Wonderboy

 

[OohFeeshy]

6 danios
3 rasboras
1 barb
2 opaline gurami

2 BNs
1 unknown cat
1 shrimp
3 corys
3 paskistani loach
2 clown loach

1 neon rainbowfish
3 CAEs
1 swordtail
2 tbar chiclid

^Simplified the list a bit. I wouldn't say it's overstocked as such, provided you are overfiltering (preferably with externals), but some of the fish need to be rehomed. The clown loaches and 'sucking loaches' get big, and the sucking loaches get very nasty as they get bigger. You have some schooling fish not in groups, so perhaps they would be better rehomed too.

 

[jarcher1390]

yeh im thinking of getting rid of ma neon rainbow tbars sowrd tail golden barb have not decided on the rest yet

 

[chrismr]

Your 3 sucker loach..... they would not be 3 chinese algae eaters would they?

If so, I would suggest you get rid of them.

 

[jarcher1390]

Your 3 sucker loach..... they would not be 3 chinese algae eaters would they?

If so, I would suggest you get rid of them.

ive thought they were at first but when i look at them then look at other pictures they are normal suking loaches