so I got rid of my monsters and got my tank under control now. I got a 225 gallon tall, with a fluval 404 and a fx5. I got 65 cardinals in there. I was wondering how much more cardinal tetras could I put in there till i'm over stocked. I didn't know if I was so-post to go by 1 inch of fish per a gallon of water, or 1 inch of fish per a inch to the total link of the aquarium(ex 225 gall on tall is 72 inches long, so there for I could have 72 cardinals) what is the right way. I was thinking I could at least have 100 to 150 more?
cardinal tetras
- Thread starter fishyjoe26
- Start date
Yeah dude. Go nuts. You can pack that thing full of Cardinals.
Try and get alot of plants and what not though.
Here's a sticky on the inch rule if you're curious.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88431
Try and get alot of plants and what not though.
Here's a sticky on the inch rule if you're curious.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88431
"For small fish like glo-light tetras you will end up with something like this,
1 1/2"x 1/4"x1/2", this comes to 3/16 of a gallon (about 1/5), and that gives you 5 fish of this size per gallon (quite reasonable)"
so If I'm reading that right I could get 5 cardinals per gallon so I could have
225x5= 1,125. so it sounds like I could get like 800 to 1,000 of them in my tank with out a problem cool.
thanks bros.
1 1/2"x 1/4"x1/2", this comes to 3/16 of a gallon (about 1/5), and that gives you 5 fish of this size per gallon (quite reasonable)"
so If I'm reading that right I could get 5 cardinals per gallon so I could have
225x5= 1,125. so it sounds like I could get like 800 to 1,000 of them in my tank with out a problem cool.
thanks bros.
Just keep a close eye on your parameters and let the nitrate levels determine how many you can put in. I would think the 200 range would be fine.
cool, I wasn't going to put 600-800 in there anyway. I have 65 so far and thinking 200-300 tops. side question, does anyone know how to price driftwood? I got a big piece 2L x 1 1/2 d x 2 1/2 T. that I want to sell. I will sell it, or trade for a couple of smaller pieces.
