Evening everyone,
My 450L (approx 119 US gallon) recently finished cycling. 150 x 50 x 60cm. I'm in the process of slowly stocking it over the next few months. I've not run a tank of this size before so I'm feeling my way in with the stocking levels.
At the moment, it has two Siamese Algae Eaters and three Gold Dust Mollies (as I had to rehouse from a different tank). Over the coming months I'll be adding 6 Angelfish, 6 Boesemani Rainbows and either 8 Corydoras (probably sterbai) or 8 Peacock Gudgeons/Gobies depending on availability.
That seems conservatively stocked to my mind. Obviously I'll see how the tank is holding up before doing anything else, but I'm wondering if an additional 6 Denison Barbs would be too much in people's opinion? They're fine in terms of compatibility, I'm just thinking more of stocking.
Online calculators are useless (thinkfish.co.uk puts the above at 44% stocking capacity, Aqadisor.com puts it at 123% stocking capacity - so utterly useless and neither accurate I don't think). The only real measure is experience, hence asking those who might have more!
I don't have to make the decision yet but I prefer to plan ahead in case there's anything I need to substitute to accommodate final decisions. I'd rather make the right decision first time so far as possible, than try and re-house any later on.
Thanks all.
My 450L (approx 119 US gallon) recently finished cycling. 150 x 50 x 60cm. I'm in the process of slowly stocking it over the next few months. I've not run a tank of this size before so I'm feeling my way in with the stocking levels.
At the moment, it has two Siamese Algae Eaters and three Gold Dust Mollies (as I had to rehouse from a different tank). Over the coming months I'll be adding 6 Angelfish, 6 Boesemani Rainbows and either 8 Corydoras (probably sterbai) or 8 Peacock Gudgeons/Gobies depending on availability.
That seems conservatively stocked to my mind. Obviously I'll see how the tank is holding up before doing anything else, but I'm wondering if an additional 6 Denison Barbs would be too much in people's opinion? They're fine in terms of compatibility, I'm just thinking more of stocking.
Online calculators are useless (thinkfish.co.uk puts the above at 44% stocking capacity, Aqadisor.com puts it at 123% stocking capacity - so utterly useless and neither accurate I don't think). The only real measure is experience, hence asking those who might have more!
I don't have to make the decision yet but I prefer to plan ahead in case there's anything I need to substitute to accommodate final decisions. I'd rather make the right decision first time so far as possible, than try and re-house any later on.
Thanks all.