do u think im over stocked?

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LilBabyEmma

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i have a 55g tank, it has a 30/60 over the back filter, and a ehiem canister filter, and has 2 1 ft air strips across the back, and i got a bunch of rocks in a big group for the smaller fish to hide from the bigger fish. Heres my stock list
S= small m= mid L=large
L 1 dragon blood male
S 1 fire ob female breeds with dragon blood
L 1 acei male
M 1 albino red top zebra male
S 1 frontosa unknown
S 1 mixed peacock male
S 1 blue dolphin unknown
M 1 ahli male
S 1 gombe unknown
S 1 tangerine male
S 1 german red male
M and S 2 yellows breeders
M and S 2 red zebras breeders
M 2 blue ob peacocks male
 
I think you are overstocked to put it simply. Although everything might okay now, I noticed that a lot of the seizes of your fish are small. Later on, when the frontosa, ahil, and peacocks will need a bigger tank. attach some pics, I would like to see them! (if the attachments work now)
 
ya.. thats quite a lot of fish.. i would stop or upgrade... and that upgrade you DONT add anymore fish.. seriously.. thats a lot..
 
zerojquan85;4108566; said:
ya.. thats quite a lot of fish.. i would stop or upgrade... and that upgrade you DONT add anymore fish.. seriously.. thats a lot..
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ppl tell me that i should be fine since i have good filters. What u think
 
You might be good now but what about when your fish grow. Thats going to be a lot more waste to worry about and space available will be slim...
 
Overstocked - wrong size tank for some of the fish listed and overfiltering is not gonna make up for lack of space. I'd be thinkin' tank sizes of 6-8' in length 18-24" in width.
 
good filters will help but they dont stop ur fish from being over stressed from being cramped, ur prolly gunna start losing some fish pretty soon do to the growing sizes lack of space, agression, dieases,and parasites,
another thing is having alot of rock like u say,
a 55 gal with substrate and rocks is more like a 40 gal....
 
16 fishes in a 55 gallon is a lot. but since most of them as small, they are ok for now. but you definitely need to upgrade to 100 gal tank when your frontosa and other fishes reaches their full size.

in the mean time. frequent water changes and clean filter and not over feed them would help a lot on your situation.
or maybe 2 big canister filter will help aswell.
 
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