View Full Version : overstocked???
LMOUTHBASS
08-21-2003, 10:46 AM
is my tank overstocked i have a 20g tall with penguin 170 on it plus airstone, all my fish are on the small side even full grown so i feel like my tank is just right , it is also well planted -
3 platies
2 potbelly molles
1 pleco (spotted)
1 angel fish (small)
3 albino cories
3 ottos
1 blue snail
7 ghost shrimp
1 gourami (not sure what type he is not a gold , he's a pale color though)
1 dwarf honey gourami
1 pineapple sword tail
everyone has plenty of room , plants , caves etc just curious about your thoughts, i know the angel n plec will get big but this will take time i am planning on getting a bigger tank in the next yr
OrionGirl
08-21-2003, 11:06 AM
The adult size of the fish is not small, though not huge. Gold gouramie get to about 6 inches, angels require lots of vertical space, and platies and mollies both have the potential to add a few fish for you.
I like tanks where you have to look for the fish though.
A planted 55 (my only 'community' tank):
10 Glowlight Tetras
3 Glass cats
3 Rosy Barbs
3 Otocinclus cats
1 SAE (~1/2 grown)
>dozen shrimp (Amanos and Southern Marsh)
mixed snails, Red Ramshorns, White-footed common pond, MTS.
I consider my tank overstocked.
cyberbeer65
07-17-2005, 5:20 PM
Maybe ,slightly?
NatakuTseng
07-17-2005, 5:29 PM
With what you have there you would need a 55 in my opinion. Also the angel should not be kept alone, groups of 4+ are generally the standard. They're shoaling fish in the wild, and should be kept similarly in the aquarium.
tricksterpup
07-17-2005, 7:19 PM
LMOUTHBASS you are so over stocked, to the point i am ashamed of you.
Just pack up the tank and send it to me as punishment. ;)
All joking aside, you are a bit over stocked. I know that angel will need a bigger tank after awhile itself. I am one of those freaks that feel angels only belong in a 55 gallon tank.
Raskolnikov
07-17-2005, 8:44 PM
It would be nice to get an update on this tank, as the poll is almost 2 years old at this point.
tricksterpup
07-17-2005, 8:50 PM
It would be nice to get an update on this tank, as the poll is almost 2 years old at this point.
Crap, lol, i didn't even see the date it was first posted. Well he should still be ashamed of himself and send me that 20 gallon. :)
NatakuTseng
07-17-2005, 8:52 PM
Yeah I didn't see the date either. Why the heck do people keep pulling these ancient threads up? Don't they have better things to do? lol
Raskolnikov
07-17-2005, 9:23 PM
It's because any poll that was ever made on this forum randomly cycles through the AC home page, Nat.