teenwithanaquarium
New Member
hello dear aquarists, i'm new on this forum and i wanted to ask any of the professionals on this forum if they could tell me if my two freshwater aquariums are overstocked? thanks in advance xx
i've used aqadvisor and it all fish i want to add and move so for 15 gal it sad 116% stocked and for the other one 98% stocked
first let's talk about the 15 gal one.
dimensions are 60x30x30cm and there are bunch of plants, 5 rocks and two huge driftwoods.
i have a sponge filter and a hang-on filter, as well as a bumboo and pothos growing out of the tank, to absorb ammonia.
the current stocking:
-5 neon tetras
-2 rummynose tetras ( planning on getting another 3 as soon as the pet store gets them, but i've noticed that they are schooling with neon tetras)
- 5 kuhli loaches ( had 6 but one died
, i'm not planning on getting a 6th one )
- 1 bronze cory and 1 black cory ( i've had two more of these, but one got stuck in sponge filter and died- now others one are too big to get stuck there, and the bronze one just randomly died)*
- a female betta
- 3 julii corys **
- some red cherry shrimp and one apple snail
* none of the fish are showing stress and the parameters are always stable
** they are in the 9 gallon one and i'm planning on moving them into the 15 gal
the 9 gallon is heavily planted, with a hang on filter and a monstera growing out of it to absorb ammonia.
the dimensions are 45x25x30cm. had some smaller rocks and bunch of pieces of wood.
the current stocking
-african dwarf frog
- 6 galaxy rasboras
- 3 julii corys ( soon to be moved into the 15 gallon )
- 2 very small apple snails and 5-10 shrimp
now i'm planning on getting microrasbora erythromicon ( a school of 5 ) and where should i put them , also i've though about getting 4 pygmy corys for smaller tank.
is that a good idea? should i move the betta to the 9 gallon? every idea and opinion is welcome
i've used aqadvisor and it all fish i want to add and move so for 15 gal it sad 116% stocked and for the other one 98% stocked
first let's talk about the 15 gal one.
dimensions are 60x30x30cm and there are bunch of plants, 5 rocks and two huge driftwoods.
i have a sponge filter and a hang-on filter, as well as a bumboo and pothos growing out of the tank, to absorb ammonia.
the current stocking:
-5 neon tetras
-2 rummynose tetras ( planning on getting another 3 as soon as the pet store gets them, but i've noticed that they are schooling with neon tetras)
- 5 kuhli loaches ( had 6 but one died
- 1 bronze cory and 1 black cory ( i've had two more of these, but one got stuck in sponge filter and died- now others one are too big to get stuck there, and the bronze one just randomly died)*
- a female betta
- 3 julii corys **
- some red cherry shrimp and one apple snail
* none of the fish are showing stress and the parameters are always stable
** they are in the 9 gallon one and i'm planning on moving them into the 15 gal
the 9 gallon is heavily planted, with a hang on filter and a monstera growing out of it to absorb ammonia.
the dimensions are 45x25x30cm. had some smaller rocks and bunch of pieces of wood.
the current stocking
-african dwarf frog
- 6 galaxy rasboras
- 3 julii corys ( soon to be moved into the 15 gallon )
- 2 very small apple snails and 5-10 shrimp
now i'm planning on getting microrasbora erythromicon ( a school of 5 ) and where should i put them , also i've though about getting 4 pygmy corys for smaller tank.
is that a good idea? should i move the betta to the 9 gallon? every idea and opinion is welcome