People Good With Stocking At The End Of A Cycle

[LondonguyJ]

I'm willing to go against the grain here...

Before posting here I was on a number of other forums as a non active member (lurked/never posted) and a number of blogs both UK and U.S based. Where I quickly found that although everyones method differs when it comes to fish keeping certain things are universal. Such as what size a fish can grow to, ideal temp to keep a certain species at, aim to over-filter as opposed to under-filter, which species are peaceful and which are not to name a few.

From this universal information I built the specifics of my stock list in a notepad. And by the time I had finished had a really untidy spec/care sheet for each of the breeds (23-25) that I had been interested in to help in creating a community.

Then I found that site through this forum and in short, everything I myself had researched in terms of temp mediums for the community, capacity, and which breeds could go with which was there and in simplified form.

Obviously the powers that be have blocked it but I would still recommend that site as a introduction to anyone building a stock list with the recommendation that they also do some research for themselves.

In regards to that site only accounting for 65% of the filters stated filtration rate that's something I also agree with. Having bought two tetratec external (the 65 and 7) filters only to find that they were bs(ing) about their filtration capacity first hand.

I have no idea why that site is blocked. But if it turns out that a moderator didn't like a certain aspect of information that was on there and then blocked it because of that...

Then to me, that's just a little too totalitarian for a aqua hobbyist forum

J

 

[Twinklecaz]

Ha I hope you are right.....coz then getting my Pandas would be fine!

 

[Harlequins]

If it was my tank i would have the pandas over the pygmys, 87% is better than overstocked,and has corys give out little bio load compared to the platys & gouramis i would say go for it.

pandas are very active(well mine are) and are always all around the tank most of the time.

 

[Twinklecaz]

I do love them. But if I follow the 1 inch to a gallon rule then it's overstocked. Say the platys get to 2.5 inches each (do they?)....that's 7.5 taken up with them . 2 Honey G's at say 2 inches (?)....that's 11.5 inches. My tank (playing safe) is 15 US gallons so that leaves me 3.5 inches to play with. Which really isn't even enough for the Pygmys let alone the Pandas. But then THE website says differently, you say differently, other people say differently and I have to say 1 inch to a gallon does seem extream. So yeah, I dunno lol.

 

[Harlequins]

I think in general the inch per gallon rule is a rough guide for peeps to go by and not go mad with overstocking...and this is going by adult size fish,so if you put young fish in the filter bio load will 'grow' if thats the right word with the growing fish.On mature tanks it can go up to 2 inches per gallon.It also depends what size filter you have running on the tank...
No doubt someone will correct if i am wrong.

 

[JoshuaA]

Its all very confusing in places, I to assume the bacterial colonies "grow" in relevance to the fishes size increase. However at 6 months (mature ish stage) you are apparently able to remove 1/3 of your filter media with out a noticeable effect. Implying that your filter must grow quite ahead of the actual need.