1 inch per gallon is so stupid
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well it doesn't take a genius to realise it, and certainly doesn't need a thread posted about it but hey.
Basically it is for regular small tropical fish like tetras and guppies, cory's the kind of things that beginners will start with. which is the point. Anyone with half a brainstem can tell that it is retarded in any other situation. or maybe I should go out and get 7 or 8 silver arro's for my 225.
Basically it is for regular small tropical fish like tetras and guppies, cory's the kind of things that beginners will start with. which is the point. Anyone with half a brainstem can tell that it is retarded in any other situation. or maybe I should go out and get 7 or 8 silver arro's for my 225.
With piranhas its minimum of 20gal per fish IMO, 25-35gal being ideal, so for an avg sized 10" rbp thats a min of 2gal/inch, 2.5-3.5gal/inch ideal.
Long story short the more active the fish, the more gallons, I always try to give them as much as I realistically can, especially with predatory fish who are most often times messy eaters which poo alot!
My baby rhom is 3" and has 90gallons, so that's 30gal/inch, which, is extreme but its paying off with growth and health!
My shoal of (5) 6-8" rbp have 125 gallons, that's 25gal/fish, avg size of each rbp is 6.5" x (5) =32.5" TL / 125gals = 4 gallons/inch of fish in my tank.
If I had min requirements for rbp (20gal/fish) that would be 6 rbp in my 125, making it about 3gals for every inch of Piranha.
So imo 3 gallons per every inch of rbp IS THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM and 4 gallons per every inch of rbp is better, but obviously more the better!
there are more variables in this equation, like footprint, filtration, bio load, decor etc.
Easy to calculate: add up total inches of fish in your tank, divide the volume (gallons) that will leave you with gal/inch of fish. (TL/volume=gals/ inch)
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Long story short the more active the fish, the more gallons, I always try to give them as much as I realistically can, especially with predatory fish who are most often times messy eaters which poo alot!
My baby rhom is 3" and has 90gallons, so that's 30gal/inch, which, is extreme but its paying off with growth and health!
My shoal of (5) 6-8" rbp have 125 gallons, that's 25gal/fish, avg size of each rbp is 6.5" x (5) =32.5" TL / 125gals = 4 gallons/inch of fish in my tank.
If I had min requirements for rbp (20gal/fish) that would be 6 rbp in my 125, making it about 3gals for every inch of Piranha.
So imo 3 gallons per every inch of rbp IS THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM and 4 gallons per every inch of rbp is better, but obviously more the better!
there are more variables in this equation, like footprint, filtration, bio load, decor etc.
Easy to calculate: add up total inches of fish in your tank, divide the volume (gallons) that will leave you with gal/inch of fish. (TL/volume=gals/ inch)
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hey f1 just curious whats the growth rate on your rhom? I read that having a really high water flow stimulates them to grow larger and faster too.
Take 30 seconds and read this sticky on the top of this forum.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?88431-The-quot-one-inch-per-gallon-quot-rule
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?88431-The-quot-one-inch-per-gallon-quot-rule
Right now I currently keep my 18 inch dovii in a 20 gallon so I think I'm for another year or so. Come on
really.
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They grow fairly slow, I have a lot of flow, 2 ac110, 1 1200gph ph in a 90, got him @ 3/4" now he's pushing 3.25-3.5" been a few months, 3/4"/month give or take! He's really starting to take off now tho! Just added the 2nd ac110 a few weeks ago and the ph last week.
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They grow fairly slow, I have a lot of flow, 2 ac110, 1 1200gph ph in a 90, got him @ 3/4" now he's pushing 3.25-3.5" been a few months, 3/4"/month give or take! He's really starting to take off now tho! Just added the 2nd ac110 a few weeks ago and the ph last week.
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Thats amazing do you have any recent pictures?
3 weeks ago
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