DevUK
UKAPS member
Morning guys/girls.
My tank is a Rio180 (47 US gal) fairly heavily planted (though due to be re-scaped soon but still with lots of plants) and with good filtration (Tetratec Ex700 rated up to 250 litres). I have just started pressurised CO2 also (going good so far).
Current stocking is as follows:
6x Pentazona Barbs - largest is just over 2.5cm/1", all are about 5 months old - 3 males, 3 females
6x Harlequin Rasboras - Largest is approx 1.5cm/ 3/4", same sort of age - 5 males, 1 female (I think)
4x Leopard Danios - Largest is about 1.5cm, little older than the other fish - 2 males, 2 females
1x Chinese Algae Eater - approx 15cm/5" (settled nicely and leaves the others alone. He's not a problem)
What I would like to do is increase the numbers a little. I'd like to definately add more pentazonas. They're just a great fish. I'm thinking of adding another 4 or 6. I'd also like to try and add more harlequins, as it seems I have 1 female and 5 males. Again, I'd like to add 4 to 6. Finally, I've been thinking about re-homing the danios, but sitting watching the tank (as you do) they just add so much life to the tank. I'd consider adding another 2 or 4 to bring their numbers up.
If I were to restock with the above I would have:
12x Pentazona Barbs
10x Harlequin Rasboras
8x Leopard Danios
1x CAE
Do you think these additions (done over time in the correct way etc) would be too much for my setup? Would it leave me vastly overstocked (thinking of the "inch rule")? Thanks in advance for your wisdom guys
Edit: I definately want to keep the danios! I'm sitting here watching them at the moment - the 2 males are chasing each other all around the tank "sparing" whilst the 2 females are essentially sitting near the surface "chilled out" in the roots of my floating frogbit plant. It sorta looks like they're sitting gossipping, completely ignoring the males while the males do all this showboating
My tank is a Rio180 (47 US gal) fairly heavily planted (though due to be re-scaped soon but still with lots of plants) and with good filtration (Tetratec Ex700 rated up to 250 litres). I have just started pressurised CO2 also (going good so far).
Current stocking is as follows:
6x Pentazona Barbs - largest is just over 2.5cm/1", all are about 5 months old - 3 males, 3 females
6x Harlequin Rasboras - Largest is approx 1.5cm/ 3/4", same sort of age - 5 males, 1 female (I think)
4x Leopard Danios - Largest is about 1.5cm, little older than the other fish - 2 males, 2 females
1x Chinese Algae Eater - approx 15cm/5" (settled nicely and leaves the others alone. He's not a problem)
What I would like to do is increase the numbers a little. I'd like to definately add more pentazonas. They're just a great fish. I'm thinking of adding another 4 or 6. I'd also like to try and add more harlequins, as it seems I have 1 female and 5 males. Again, I'd like to add 4 to 6. Finally, I've been thinking about re-homing the danios, but sitting watching the tank (as you do) they just add so much life to the tank. I'd consider adding another 2 or 4 to bring their numbers up.
If I were to restock with the above I would have:
12x Pentazona Barbs
10x Harlequin Rasboras
8x Leopard Danios
1x CAE
Do you think these additions (done over time in the correct way etc) would be too much for my setup? Would it leave me vastly overstocked (thinking of the "inch rule")? Thanks in advance for your wisdom guys
Edit: I definately want to keep the danios! I'm sitting here watching them at the moment - the 2 males are chasing each other all around the tank "sparing" whilst the 2 females are essentially sitting near the surface "chilled out" in the roots of my floating frogbit plant. It sorta looks like they're sitting gossipping, completely ignoring the males while the males do all this showboating
