Planned Stocking For Juwel Rio 300l

[TubbyLaLa]

Hi and thanks for looking know there ar eloads of these stocking threads about

In our Juwel 300 we plan to eventually have...

3 WCMM
2 Male Guppies
4 X-ray Tetra
2 Dwarf Gourami (male and female)
5 Peppered Cory Doras
1 L001 pleco
1 Bristlenose pleco
1 Vampire pleco L240
if possible 6 Glass Catfish

We are not planning to add any more tetra or minnows they are from other tanks and we are not planning to replace these when they go to the big ocean in the sky. All the Plecs will be under 8" ( The L001 may get slightly larger).

By my reckoning that would be around 90" of fish in a 66 UK gallon tank
Is this overstocked? (inch per gallon rule a bit hazy given some of the fish are a bit bigger) We are planning to add extra filtration to the existing internal juwel filter.
Tank is 50cm wide, 61cm tall, and 121cm long

Any advice greatly appreciated

 

[TubbyLaLa]

Anyone? I looked on think fish but their idea of suitable stocking seems rediculous!!!
For a tank this size they say a stocking level of 459.1224cm is ok and the list above only gives a total stocking level of 132cm!!!
There is no way I could fit as many fish as they advise in the tank its pretty crazy. Basically I would have around 1.5" of fish per gallon, which I know people have done before. Might sort out an external filter just to be sure.

 

[Puffdaddy]

I believe your stocking list is perfectly acceptable. There is much, much more factors that come into play than just a size of fish when it comes to stocking. Most of the time it has nothing to do with the amount of swimming space as much as waste production and being able to keep healthy water. In your case a really good filter and weekly water changes will allow you to stock the tank with the fish you have listed, with the Glass Catfish. Just beware when picking the Glass Catfish, they are a very sensitive fish if you get one with fungus or anything it is very hard to cure.

 

[TubbyLaLa]

My OH got over excited about glass catfish and brought some today they are in a mature 60L tank on their own for now they look ok all eating swimming and healthy all 2" might have to go to a friends tank until our big one has matured a bit.
Going to investigate adding an external filter to make sure water quality stays good It has the standard juwel filter that comes with the tank at the moment.
Thanks for your reply