What is considered "too many fish"?

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Looking at your signature I would say dont get much more. Even with the tank you are going to have because a bunch of the fish you have in your 75 gal are going to outgrow the 75 (aro and dats) and the planiceps will definately outgrow the 300 (if your keeping it)
 
gman said:
Looking at your signature I would say dont get much more. Even with the tank you are going to have because a bunch of the fish you have in your 75 gal are going to outgrow the 75 (aro and dats) and the planiceps will definately outgrow the 300 (if your keeping it)
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One dat can stay in the 75 gallon for life, but the rest will definitely outgrow the 75 gallon.
 
The future tank is around 1350 gallons, 144X60X36tall. It is going to be awesome. From what I have now I will be putting the 2 tropical gars, 1 spotted gar, 2 Black Arowanas, 1 Tigrinus, 1 Irwini Catfish, 2 Thin Bar Datnoids, 2 Wide Bar Datnoids, 1 Lenticulata Pike, 1 Korean Perch, 1 Orinocensis peacock bass, 1 Tire Track Eel, ornatipinnis Bichir, 1 Small eyed Pleco, 1 huge adonis pleco
 
What I want to get now and grow out in the 300 until then is: 1 delhezi bichir, 1 black pacu(maybe), 1 temensis. i am going to pick up a huge adonis pleco in the next couple days either way. I saw it and had to have it. I would probably no let a leichardti 6" or bigger go if I came across it. Oh yeah, I am getting rid of the tiger shovelnose soon, and will probably keep the planiceps due to the rarity difference. By the way anybody want a 9"tsn?
 
Should I wait to buy these couple??
 
Pacu get big quick and are poop machines. If you luck out maybe you can find a yellow one they are smaller.
 
Typically, the best way to estimate an appropriate volume of livestock, is to take the adult size of your fish (no matter what size they are currently), and caculate a size to surface-space ratio. For example, if you have a 300 gal. tank, you first determine your surface space (is your tank deep and narrow, or shallow and wide). Measure the surface space in inches - length and width. Once you know your dementions for that, find the standard adult sizes for the fish you house. Using their total etimated adult body legth, calculate the difference between your available surface space, and their size.

EXAMPLE-
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Surface space =

50in accross
80in long
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Total surface space = 130 inches

(Adult size) Livestock =
2 10in fish A
3 5in fish B
5 12in fish C
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Total livestock space = 95 inches


Available surface space for additional livestock =
130 inches
- 95 inches
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35 inches

Hope this helps.
--Emi
 
If you toss in a fish and the others throw it back, if you toss in a fish and it bounces.
 
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