So I am surfing on another site recently and was showing off my 210. I was harpooned for my stocklist and given strict "you need this many gallons per fish." This is what I was told (assuming full size of course).
14 inch oscar- 55 gallons
5 inch oscar-55 gallons
10 inch JD-40 gallons
10 inch GT-40 gallons
9 inch tex-40 gallons
8 inch godmani-40 gallons
6 inch jag-75 gallons
3 x 5 inch cons-15 gallons each=45 gallons
5 inch FM-15 gallons
4 inch festae-75 gallons
3 inch midas-55 gallons
4 inch pike cichlid=30 gallons
6 inch Uaru-55 gallons
2 inch Cuban-55 gallons
18 inch pleco-75 gallons
6 inch Raphael Cat-30 gallons
I was told I would need between 700-800 gallons to keep all these fish. If that is true, wouldn't I even now see fast nitrate creep? Do the numbers they gave me hold true in tanks with multiple fish, or are they guidlines for minimum tank sizes for solo fish?
Now, I use API liquid freshwater test kits and have for years. I follow the instructions to the letter. So here is the ??? How when I have had a solo Oscar in a 55 gallon with two AC 110's as filters, my nitrates went over 20 ppm in 7-10 days when my 210 which is much more densley stocked and filtered with 2 ac 110's, 1 penguin 350, and 2 fluval 305's is sitting at 10 ppm after 18 days? Why can I have slower nitrate creep in a more densely stocked 210 than a solo 55?
14 inch oscar- 55 gallons
5 inch oscar-55 gallons
10 inch JD-40 gallons
10 inch GT-40 gallons
9 inch tex-40 gallons
8 inch godmani-40 gallons
6 inch jag-75 gallons
3 x 5 inch cons-15 gallons each=45 gallons
5 inch FM-15 gallons
4 inch festae-75 gallons
3 inch midas-55 gallons
4 inch pike cichlid=30 gallons
6 inch Uaru-55 gallons
2 inch Cuban-55 gallons
18 inch pleco-75 gallons
6 inch Raphael Cat-30 gallons
I was told I would need between 700-800 gallons to keep all these fish. If that is true, wouldn't I even now see fast nitrate creep? Do the numbers they gave me hold true in tanks with multiple fish, or are they guidlines for minimum tank sizes for solo fish?
Now, I use API liquid freshwater test kits and have for years. I follow the instructions to the letter. So here is the ??? How when I have had a solo Oscar in a 55 gallon with two AC 110's as filters, my nitrates went over 20 ppm in 7-10 days when my 210 which is much more densley stocked and filtered with 2 ac 110's, 1 penguin 350, and 2 fluval 305's is sitting at 10 ppm after 18 days? Why can I have slower nitrate creep in a more densely stocked 210 than a solo 55?