I know I'm overstocked... but am I WAY over stocked?

[Whisp]

Hey MFK,

I recently condensed a few tanks when I moved for the start of medical school and now all i have is my 125g(with 55g sump), with the breaking down of tanks I kinda never rehomed or sold all of the fish i meant to and now the stocking in the 125 is:

1x 8" Vieja Synspillium(f)
1x 7" Green terror(m)
1x 5" Texas(m)
1x 5" Electric Blue Acara(f)
1x 6" red spot gold severum(not sexed)
1x 3" blood parrot(ns)
2x 3" rainbow cichlids(this is a pair)
1x 5" delhezi bichir(ns)
1x 4" sailfin gibby pleco(ns)
1x 3" jewel cichlid


I hadn't really kept a truly overstocked tank before, so I wasn't sure how bad this was. I haven't had any major aggression issues and my parameters stay fairly decent with nitrates falling between 20 and 60ppm(50% water changes every 5 days).

If it's horrid what combination of rehoming should i look to first?(I'm least attached to the texas and parrot)


Thanks in advance for you help!

 

[cichlidfish]

Its hard to say, it comes down to your preferences.
I'd say blood parrot, but I just don't like them lol.

 

[kewpiefishypewpie]

(I'm least attached to the texas and parrot

I think you may have answered your own question

 

[cichlidfish]

I think you may have answered your own question

Why yes I do that a lot lol. At the same time, I am having vision problems.

 

[Rocksor]

Nitrates above 20ppm are not fairly decent. They should be less than 20ppm.

I would remove the sailfin pleco since it will be the largest fish 18"+ and be the heaviest bioload.

 

[Tyler_Wentworth_150]

My personal choice would be the synspillum, the rainbow pair and the bichir. Rehome everything else. Imo you are indeed WAYYYYY overstocked

 

[cichlidfish]

Nitrates above 20ppm are not fairly decent. They should be less than 20ppm.

I would remove the sailfin pleco since it will be the largest fish 18"+ and be the heaviest bioload.

That's not too bad. Over 40ppm I'd worry. Lower is always better though.
I agree on the pleco. That is one reason the only kind of pleco I own is a 3" clown lol.

 

[Gourami Swami]

Yo are a bit overstocked, If I were you I'd get rid of the parrots and pleco and call it a day. Everything else should be okay, just keep an eye on the tex when he grows up, they can get pretty mean and nothing else in there is very aggressive

 

[Jglenn213]

If it were me i would only keep the synspillium, gt, eba and severum and add a chocolate cichlid and a pleco that only grows to 5 or 6 inches. But to each his own. Lol

 

[Whisp]

Hey guys,

First off tanks too everyone for the help and input. I think i'll be removing:
-turquoise jewel
-parrot
-texas
-sailfin

and possibly adding a super red bristle nose pleco after I see how the nitrates settle down.

Thanks Again!!

Jacob