Yet another "Is my tank overstocked question"?

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sledge760

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What do you think? No real aggression issues at all:

180 Gallon- 6’x2’x2’

1x 7” Texas
1x 9” Jack Dempsey
1x 8” Male Jag
5x Silver Dollars
1x 6” Vieja Synspila
1x 6” Red Tail Catfish (on the way out)
1x 5” Paratilapia Bleekeri
1x 9” Blackbelt

60-65 gallons of water change weekly.

1 Fluval Fx5
2 AC110’s.
36 watt Coralife UV Sterilizer.
 
its fine. you have plenty or GPH going through those filters to keep everything clean, and on top of it your doing a 65 gallon water change weekly. Id leave it as is!!
 
Sounds ok to me.
 
Thanks. For any novice's who may be viewing this thread, I want to stress the importance of water changes and fish health. I have been faithfully changing 65 gallons of water, and occasionally more than that every week since the tank has been set up. I almost (knock wood) never have had any health issues with my fish. The fish look good and eat like pig's.
 
Keeping fish is like a drug to me,i have only room for one tank,and thats 125 gal ,i currently have 3 8 in tinfoils ,2 9 in irr sharks,2 geos 8 in 3 3in clown loachs,4 in archer,8 in severn, 8 in niggurese,9in african,2 6 in syn cats 2 in dat, I do 50% water changes weekly, but i went cold turkey to stop buying new fish,
 
How high do your nitrates climb within a week? That will tell you if you're overstocked or not. Right now it sounds not so bad, wait till all those fish are full grown though.
 
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