Is this over stocked?

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Hello guys,

So heres my thing. I have a 90g tank with a 11" tiger oscar, a 14" common pleco(not gibbiceps the black one), a hoplias malabaracus, and the newest addition that was thrown in not to long ago (about a month) a jaguar cichlid. Now i recently got and API test kit, nitrates and amonia were 0, but PH was 6 and nitrate was like 20ppm. So lately i have been a bit lazy with the water changes so i did a good 45%ish change today.

Now what i want to know is that is the current stocking i have bad? I know the jag needs a bigger tank if kept with other tank mates due to aggression, but my main concern for now is the waste. For filtration i hav an AC 110 and a AC 70 running.

So what i need to know is how bad is this current stock? Also if i do water changes like 2 times a week will that make the water safer?

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With just the Oscar and the pleco's your pushing the limits. How big is the Jag and hoplias? More water changes are always good for the fish. This will help remove more waste from building up so it will help reduce the amount of ammonia being produced which reduces the amount of nitrites and reduces the nitrates. Just keep in mind Jags grow pretty dang fast so a bigger tank will be needed in the future.
 
How big are the jag and hoplias now? In that size tank the jag might not give the hoplias his space which could be bad for the jag

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Ya a water change was deff due, after the change i did yesterday the ph is 7/7.2 now so thats good.

I inversed the arrivals of the fish. The hoplias iv had for a month and the jag iv had for almost year. I had no idea jags grow fast, the one i have we got it at about 5/6" and its grown about 1/1.5" since. I know the water isnt the problem because i bought the pleco in December and it measured 7", now its double lol. The jag seems healthy, swims around, eats, and happily fights with my oscar. Is it even possible i have a bad gene jag? I thought it was maybe because its female but i was told its male.

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Looks like a male Jag to me. I remember my Jag grew pretty quickly. He was left solo after several failed attempts of having him with tank mates. Sometimes when you have several other fish in a tank it will inhibit the growth of the other fish. The dominant fish will keep growing but the rest will slow in growth. Also the amount of food he is getting will play a role. A big pleco like yours would have no problem fending of the others right now from food that sinks to the bottom. Don't think it would be a bad gene but rather unfavorable conditions. Are you gonna be able to provide a bigger home in the near future?
 
GEV83 said:
Looks like a male Jag to me. I remember my Jag grew pretty quickly. He was left solo after several failed attempts of having him with tank mates. Sometimes when you have several other fish in a tank it will inhibit the growth of the other fish. The dominant fish will keep growing but the rest will slow in growth. Also the amount of food he is getting will play a role. A big pleco like yours would have no problem fending of the others right now from food that sinks to the bottom. Don't think it would be a bad gene but rather unfavorable conditions. Are you gonna be able to provide a bigger home in the near future?
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Unfortunately i live with my parents still because im still in school, and they wont let me get bigger. So ya i know im gona have to free up some space

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GEV83 said:
Looks like a male Jag to me. I remember my Jag grew pretty quickly. He was left solo after several failed attempts of having him with tank mates. Sometimes when you have several other fish in a tank it will inhibit the growth of the other fish. The dominant fish will keep growing but the rest will slow in growth. Also the amount of food he is getting will play a role. A big pleco like yours would have no problem fending of the others right now from food that sinks to the bottom. Don't think it would be a bad gene but rather unfavorable conditions. Are you gonna be able to provide a bigger home in the near future?
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Unfortunately i live with my parents still because im still in school, and they wont let me get bigger. So ya i know im gona have to free up some space. The oscar and wolf are not going any where. Itll either be the jag or pleco, the problem with the jag is that it belongs to my lil brother, and convincing him wont be easy. And the prob with the pleco is that its a common, and huge, which is hard to re home in montreal

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GEV83 said:
With just the Oscar and the pleco's your pushing the limits. How big is the Jag and hoplias? More water changes are always good for the fish. This will help remove more waste from building up so it will help reduce the amount of ammonia being produced which reduces the amount of nitrites and reduces the nitrates. Just keep in mind Jags grow pretty dang fast so a bigger tank will be needed in the future.
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You are seriously saying that the oscar and pleco alone are pushing the limits of a 90g with an ac110 and an ac70 for filtration?
 
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