Would This Stocking Work In A Planted Tank

[b0b95]

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[JoshuaA]

AqAvisor isn't really the way to go as it does the impossible by putting a number on fish bioload. I mean that capacity is working purely off the dimensions of your tank following a basic 1inch of fish per gallon or whatever. However you're definitely going to have substrate if you're going planted therefore on a tank like that I'd expect you to automatically shave of gallons in a second, plus you never fill your tank up to the top anyway.

Ahhh the negatives about that site never cease. Although it is quite good in my eyes to see if fishes are compatible and what the ideal conditions in a tank like that should be in terms of pH, Temp etc.

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You haven't taken a filter into account either, that is the main problem with ##144### in my eyes it somehow believes it knows how much waste certain fish will produce and how much your filter will cope with.

 

[b0b95]

no i understand its not perfect, i jsut used it as a compatibility check, obviously i dont follow it completely. Will these fish eat plants or will it work

 

[SuperColey1]

Don't take substrate or hardscape or anything else into consideration when calculating volume. It doesn't come into the equation. Its not how much 'swimming space' there is. Its how much 'dilution space' and filter/waste handling capacity there is.

Substrate will have water in it, It will have bacteria capacity etc.

Your fishload will be fine for a planted tank. If anything on the low side compared to many of us in planted who push the stocking a lot more than non planted with no problems.

I am normally in the region of 1.5 - 2.5" per gallon.

AC

 

[karin]

One note. I had a keyhole for a while but returned him to the store as he was rearranging the sand and digging up plants, not to eat, just to mess in the sand... drove me nuts although the bristlenose ( I have one) can do a bit of this as well. Just an FYI

 

[SuperColey1]

It's not messing in the sand. lol. It is a sand sifter. It eats the sand and then the sand comes out of it's gills whilst the food goes into its belly

Sames as Corys do. Not a problem as it keeps the top layer of sand nice and clean and turns it over too. that is unless you have a shallow rooted carpet plant like HC that is not yet established. Once established it is fine but until then they will be floating on the tank every day. lol

AC

 

[b0b95]

so the geophagus will not destroy the plants, and could they possibly breed

 

[SuperColey1]

so the geophagus will not destroy the plants, and could they possibly breed

No idea on Geophagus. Bit bigger than Keyholes aren't they?

AC

 

[b0b95]

yeah. Any ph experts here? my tap reads at 8.2 then lowers to 7.3 to 7.5. would these fish work in there?

 

[Carlovel1]

I would remove the Congo Tetras as they eat plants. Mine finished off my plants in no time

 

[Mikaila31]

I am normally in the region of 1.5 - 2.5" per gallon.

AC

Nice. I wish I knew how I stocked, but I would have to figure to how many fish were in my tanks first. lol

 

[Biulu]

I would remove the Congo Tetras as they eat plants. Mine finished off my plants in no time

Interesting Carlovel! I have congo tetras, but have noticed it are my angels that make snacks out of my stem plants...

 

[RadaR]

yeah. Any ph experts here? my tap reads at 8.2 then lowers to 7.3 to 7.5. would these fish work in there?

That's fine. Fish really arent that fussy when it comes to pH. Just avoid the extremes.
Scroll down to Bignose's post onthis thread.
He explained it even more on another thread which included links to journals etc. But I cant find it for the life of me. The title was something like "should I use an RO filter". Hopefully someone have saved it as a favourite

 

[Carlovel1]

I would remove the Congo Tetras as they eat plants. Mine finished off my plants in no time

Interesting Carlovel! I have congo tetras, but have noticed it are my angels that make snacks out of my stem plants...

Its such an annoying issue with my Congos, even if I bang the tank, the Congos carry on gobbling up the leaves