too overstocked?

[jam05pr]

Hey guys, I had already posted this under the cichlid section but didnt get much attention. I just want to know if my current setup is way overstocked. I have a 72" x 24" x 30" tank with 11" oscar, (2) 7-8" severums, 6" jack dempsey, 5" vieja maculicauda, 5" Vieja Zonatus, 5" Vieja Regani, 5" Vieja Synspilus, 3" Vieja Fenestratus,4" L200 pleco, 7" channel cat, and 4" Flowerhorn. Now I know that the Vieja get really big but I couldn't pass up on some Rapp's fish . I hope this current selection will work for a while until the Vieja start getting bigger and then I can get rid of some of the other inhabitants if needed. Filtration is a 40-50 gallon wet-dry with a mag 18 pump for return, for movement I have a 600gph powerhead.

 

[RadleyMiller]

Hey guys, I had already posted this under the cichlid section but didnt get much attention. I just want to know if my current setup is way overstocked. I have a 72" x 24" x 30" tank with 11" oscar, (2) 7-8" severums, 6" jack dempsey, 5" vieja maculicauda, 5" Vieja Zonatus, 5" Vieja Regani, 5" Vieja Synspilus, 3" Vieja Fenestratus,4" L200 pleco, 7" channel cat, and 4" Flowerhorn. Now I know that the Vieja get really big but I couldn't pass up on some Rapp's fish . I hope this current selection will work for a while until the Vieja start getting bigger and then I can get rid of some of the other inhabitants if needed. Filtration is a 40-50 gallon wet-dry with a mag 18 pump for return, for movement I have a 600gph powerhead.

What are the water parameters? Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate That is what I would look at when I look for what is overstocked

 

[Rocky32189]

Definately overstocked

 

[CHOMPERS]

Radley nailed it. It is about whether the filter can keep up with the bio-load. In Asia, your tank is considered way understocked and they would look into a fish supplier for you. Personally, I like the look of a well stocked cichlid tank.

 

[jam05pr]

ok, I will try and get the parameters.