What is your definition of overstocking?

[Nic]

Does that count for the 50000 gallon tank to?

no thats more for my 45 grow out i think there is close to 30 fish in there but im tired of trying to count them

 

[fishyboi]

I determine it when the filter cant handle it or when the fish cant turn or when there isnt a lot of space for them

 

[boofish2]

Is this too much for my 55g?

 

[rallysman]

Is this too much for my 55g?

Nope! just throw a snakehead in there to take care of it

 

[boofish2]

Nope! just throw a snakehead in there to take care of it

Well, I got all these dudes in my 10g so I thought I'd throw them in there for crowd control?
Or you still think a snakehead is better?

 

[is300zx]

I think overstocking is like porno. You know it's overstocked when you see it just like you know it's porno when you see it.

 

[boofish2]

I think overstocking is like porno. You know it's overstocked when you see it just like you know it's porno when you see it.

Phew, I though you were going to say sometimes there are too many people in one scene, 'cause we all know, the more the merrier

 

[is300zx]

Phew, I though you were going to say sometimes there are too many people in one scene, 'cause we all know, the more the merrier

 

[Nic]

you really know you are over stocked when you look in your tank and ask yourself where did that fish come from that's how you really know

 

[dapike1979]

Overstocking= putting or having too many fish in a tank.

How do you know when there are too many?

You know you're overstocked when:

"You toss in just one more fish and it bounces.
You toss in just one more fish and the others toss it back.
You toss in just one more fish and the floor sags.
You turn on the tank light and the bottom of the tank is still dark.
You remove all the fish and the water level drops 75%.
Sardine cans begin to look roomy.
You can't do a 25% water change without the fish on top getting dry.
All the fish swim to one side of the tank and the other side rises an inch.
Only a filter made by boeing can handle the job.
You can do a 50% water change with a thimble.
Your ammonia eating bacteria have grown to 5 lbs. each.
Your fish beg you to flush them down the toilet.
The cat walks across the top of the tank and you have no lid on it."

(From "The Complete Idiot"s Guide to Saltwater Aquariums" by Mike Wickham.)

AND:


Your fish choose to spawn on the outer sides of the tank
Your tank looks like a Japanese swimming pool
Your discus sleep in CD towers
The convicts keep breaking out
Your stingray has "Abortion now!" sign on his tail
The owner of your favorite Chinese restaurant won't talk to you
Your kids rearrange the fish instead of playing tangram
The lid of your tank needs clasps and is harder to close than Barbie's suitcase
Your snakehead asks if he may sleep in your bed
You have to force in the heater but it keeps jumping back out
SPCA, Greenpeace and Vitaliy camp in your backyard
THE TRUST bows down to you
All other websites banned you and you are stuck with MFK

(by myself)

GOOD ONE!!