Over Stocked?

[Mako Man111]

Bet you haven't seen one of these posts before lol. And yes, I know I just made a post about how rules arn't steadfast, but I'm curious as to what people think.



Would you guys say my 20 gallon "tall" is over stocked with 6 tiger barbs and 6 peppered corries?


Also, my 105 gallon tank with dimensions of 48"x18"x28" stocking is: 1 oscar, 1 convict, 1 firemouth, 1 senegal bichir, and 1 gibby pleco.


I'm curious to see whether more people think one or both are overstocked or not, I think they are fine. All have good filtration btw.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

no its fine.

 

[Tolak]

They look good to me, though I'm probably the wrong person to ask.

 

[Mr.September15]

It looks good to me

 

[Mako Man111]

It looks good to me

Hmm, well in doing the math for the 1" per gallon rule, i'm way over. I would nearly be stocked with 6 tiger barbs.

 

[Callum]

foget about the inch per gallon rule it is a usefull guidline for beginners or people with rubbish filtration and your tank is stocked ok i woulnt add anything else maybe another gourami but thats it really also i met some aquarium doctor who said forget about all of those he said keep stocking until you notice nitrite rising but i would say your tank is ok

 

[Mako Man111]

Any other opinions? I'm curious to see if you guys think that 1" per gallon rule is good or rubbish.

 

[Glod]

1" per gallon is, to me anyway, a decent guideline to start with. Experience will teach most people if that is too much or not enough. As everyone will say the guideline is simply that, a guideline. If your tank has particularly low bio-load ccupants you can easily add more, if all the occupants are messy you'll definitely want to add less. When you consider fish at different levels and increased filtration... I don't think there is any hard and fast rule any more.

 

[SamUK]

Any other opinions? I'm curious to see if you guys think that 1" per gallon rule is good or rubbish.

this has been debated about a thousand times this week already i dont think theres any need to start again is there?

 

[Mako Man111]

Any other opinions? I'm curious to see if you guys think that 1" per gallon rule is good or rubbish.

this has been debated about a thousand times this week already i dont think theres any need to start again is there?

Link?

 

[vancouver]

When all the fish in your 105g are full grown, it will probably look crowded based on that it's 4 feet long. Don't know if that would mean it's overstocked..