Am I overdoing it??

[bongko]

Hi,

I have a 100g tank filled with big and small dats, 14" ornate, 9" flagtail, and 6" common pleco and I have always been paranoid about filtration and flowrate.
Anyways, the tank itself has a waterfall overflow in the back where I have bioballs and I have connected 2 Fluval 404's and just recently got a FX5. Inside the tank I have a 2 powerheads (jebo's).
So my question is, I got a 10g tank with ~15 clown loaches (1-3") and I was thinking that I should disconnect one of the 404's and use it on the 10g instead. Is this a good idea? Or should I just leave the canisters alone and put another powerhead in the 10g? I dont want to take away anything from my 100g that needs to be there.
The 10g already has 1 powerhead in there and I just poured in some ammonia remover (couple of handfuls) to act as substrate. I am looking around for a 20g long for the loaches, but until then they're stuck in the 10g.
anyways any input would be appreciated.

thanks

 

[knicks791]

I think it would depend if the loaches can handle the flow on the 404.

 

[TheCanuck]

15 loaches is to many for a 10g period. They need a larger tank.

That even beats the 1inch per gallon rule, which is retarded but just goes to show how overstock you are.

 

[BODYDUB]

Why would you wanna put 15CL's in a 10G period????

 

[bongko]

yea its that tank is overstocked and i've been trying to get a 20g long but no success so far.
when i bought them i was going to throw them into my 100g, but they seemed a little too small so i had to put them in my hospital tank.

 

[jclyde13]

Your 100 is also overstocked.

 

[sponger_2]

just do a water change on the 10 gal every other day. at least 33% my 100 gal is also VERY overstocked. i have 2 ac 500's and an xp1 and i do 50% changes every 3 days. not good, i know. but till i get the 180 and 210 setup thats it.

 

[jclyde13]

The problem isn't water quality, it's tank size. All of his fish that are in his 100g will outgrow that tank, and a 10g is way to small to house any number of CL's for an extended period of time. And growing out CL's to a large enough size to avoid predation by the other fish in the 100g will take a very long time, they take about a year just to get to 6-8", and by the time they reach that size, they will need a 75 gallon (at least).