Quickie Newbie Questie

[DanaLeChiffre]

Shalom,

I have a 240 Litre tank and currently have 8 Tiger Barbs and 5 Cherry Barbs lively happily together.
I know there is a rule for stocking - 1.5 inch per US Gallon.

If I find the adult sizes of the fish I want and the fish I have now and use that measurement, could I use that rule to see how many fish I can get???


Toda

 

[Truck]

Shalom,

I have a 240 Litre tank and currently have 8 Tiger Barbs and 5 Cherry Barbs lively happily together.
I know there is a rule for stocking - 1.5 inch per US Gallon.

If I find the adult sizes of the fish I want and the fish I have now and use that measurement, could I use that rule to see how many fish I can get???


Toda

yes but i would stick to 1" per us gallon to start with and increase as the months go by

 

[DanaLeChiffre]

Sweet.


Thanks.

 

[waterdrop]

agree with truck, I'd stick with the 1" guideline for now and remember that its still a great idea to run your ideas by the members prior to adding fish as some of them may think of things that you haven't. Note that the stocking advice is a very rough guideline and we try not to call it a rule. There are all sorts of exceptions to and problems with it but its still a good starting point for beginners. Overstocking is a tricky thing because you can slowly creep upward with the number of fish, with everything seeming all right and then suddenly you can lose a lot of fish.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[Jazzzz]

remeber the tiger barbs will attack anything with a medium to large fin

 

[DanaLeChiffre]

Thats cool. I'm having a all barb tank... Tiger, Golden Tiger and Cherry.

A happy bunch ........ With the old scrap, but only when i forget to feed them.