How Many Fish Can I Fit in My Tank?

[Bderick67]

The tank is 4 feet high, a little over 3 feet wide and 8.2 inches long. Has a 180 gallon sump and some solids pumps etc on it.

Photo found below. Hard to take a full pic, tank is too massive to fit in my camera for a good shot. A lot of these guys look small in the photo but they are very large. The size of the tank makes them look tiny.

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4 foot high and 3 foot wide? Yet the end panel's width looks to be less then half the height. The tank looks 24" wide at best.

 

[boxingscene]

4 foot high and 3 foot wide? Yet the end panel's width looks to be less then half the height. The tank looks 24" wide at best.

Maybe the angle of the shot.

 

[boxingscene]

what are your thoughts on adding a bichir in the tank? are they good tank mates with large fish?

 

[justarn]

i saw some metre long pacu at a local aquarium, your dreaming if you think you could house one in less than 2000g alone.

 

[boxingscene]

i saw some metre long pacu at a local aquarium, your dreaming if you think you could house one in less than 2000g alone.

Ive turned my back on that idea. What are your thoughts on a bichir as a tank mate with large fish?

 

[soul_assassin]

They are good as long as the others wont fit in their mouths, a lot of people really like them, they become addictive...

 

[jclyde13]

I would want to free up some of that floor space before getting any bottom dwellers like bichirs. The larger bichir species (e.g. endlicheri, congicus, ornatipinnis, weeksii, lapradei, etc.) would do well with your stock.

 

[MyGiants]

It this was my tank there be twice as many fish as you have maybe 3x. That's not saying you should just saying I probably would