What is the limit of live stock to a fish tank?
You crossed that street a long time ago buddy :-("
less is more, unless you have a large tank and are housing schooling fish, I would say research a few fish that interest you and make sure they are compatible with your tank mates and size tank, and remember fish should never be added more then one per week at most to give your bio load time to adjust.
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You crossed that street a long time ago buddy :-("[/quote]
LOL!
When stuff start dying, you’ve go too far. Just kidding Jason. Of course you don’t want to crowd your tank, unless it’s only corals and no fish. When there’s fish of course they make too much mess and as far as you can keep up with maintaining good water parameter, I don’t see why you can’t keep a little bit more fish in the tank.
Thanks tim! But on a real note is there a limit of fish per gallon or a guide line or rule of thumb? I have 180gal tank with about 19ish fish in it.all vary insize from 1" to 7"
i think its so many inches per gallon or more like so many gallons per inch maybe 5 gallons an inch? but someone will know for sure
Tim you are full of useless information YahoO
Rule of thumb in a reef tank is useless, Marine fish have personalities, territories, aggression towards like kinds… it really comes down to who is compatible with whom… like an episode of Jersey Shore…
Edit: if you can stand in your tank ankle deep in water… you have too many fish :BEER
Ha ha useless information is meee!!! Well what if all tankmates got along I’m sure there’s some sort of limit right? Won’t that one tang get like 18" or something? And don’t you have a seatrout in there lol
i’d think that there’s always room for a blenny/goby type, but i have 7 small fish in a 65, so there’s no extra bioload to speak of. you have ENOUGH bigger fish. compatability is the issue, seems to me; it’s completely separatable from size lOl
Finally! Tim had an almost intelligent question! Other then the sea trout :
: but I do agree what if the tenants all get along? And yes I do have a tang that can get 18"+
Ok with bioload being brought up what issues would be noticed? Other then nitrates being high? Because with that being said I have had high trates since day1! Due to poor water(prior to ro/di purchase)but still they seem to stay between 30-40?I have bought anew skimmer and increased the size of that to try to take some of that out. I am currently using seachem matrix to help build more bacteriato help with that and doesn’t seem to help or make and differance. :-?
Only have a second to chime in.
You bought a new skimmer and increased it’s size?
Bacteria won’t take your nitrates from where they are down to where they should be alone.
Before you made your last post I was going to say one of the biggest rules is keeping your nutrient levels at a reasonable level. 30-40 is way too high, especially if you have corals but even with out corals your fish are stressed by that.(Now you can keep a dog in a create it’s whole life and you can keep a fish in 40ppm Nitrates it’s whole life, doesn’t mean either is right or healthy for the animal)
More frequent larger water changes and activated carbon will help. How often do you do water changes and how large?
There are other stocking rules, but it would see as if you have already expressed you are already over stock compared to what your maintenance or equipment can handle. Post about your water change schedule, start running carbon, and if the amount of time and resources you have to put into it don’t bring the levels down you may consider removing so fish for their sake. I’m sure there are things you can do to make things healthier though.
Thank you for the help. I do 30-35gal a month. I also run carbon 24-7. As I stated. I have always from daay1 had high nitrates.thtas why I bought the ro/di. I bought the bigger skimmer to try to help remove more waste and hoping to bring trates down to normal levels but that hasn’t beeen the case. I do have corals(some acros) that all seem to bee doing well so now I’m at a loss and asking for some help.please don’t make me suffer for my ignorance
How much have you been feeding? I know it was a lot before.
the tank, the last time I saw it, though, looked great! how about a picture?
Monthly water changes are a bad idea. Every two weeks I would say is bare minimum requirement of a healthy marine aquarium. Minimum. There are extreme exceptions in massive aquariums, but no one here falls into that category. If your nitrates are high you should start with weekly or twice weekly even until the levels fall into place.
Ok so did a set of tests last night and my trates are between 20-30. I’m not against weekly water changes but my question is how much? I woulndt be able to afford salt if I did 30g a week untill they drop down. I’m sure with a tank my size 10g would take forever to get the trates down. Again thanks for the help
Ok so rule of thumb is 1" of adult size fish per gallon so your tang counts as 18" so 18 gallons. One of the biggest reasons for this that people often overlook is oxygen exchange, so even if your tank can handle the bioload the fish can “suffocate” from simple lack of oxygen and in freshwater tanks you can use bubblers to increase the oxygen exchange but most don’t use bubblers in de cause it can increase salt creep IIRC
Oh and to add to the useless knowledge rule of thumb was a law in Europe where men could legally beat their wives as long as the stick was no thicker than their thumb