How can you guage how many fish is too many ???

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NCalien

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I recently lost a pump in my larger tank and im forced to move all of my fish into a smaller 10G tank

Currently i have

5 Rosies (4 approx 2inches) and one thats > 1inch
3 freshwater crabs

If i have a pump that has a 30G capacity and i constantly check Ammonia will the fish die or can I only use this as a temporary setup.

I have heard many contradictory ways to guage whats to many...So what do you guys think

-Thanks for the help
 
having more water is better than less water. move the filter to the bigger tank
 
You're probably OK, going by the rule of 1 inch of fish/1 gallon of water, and assuming you've moved the crabs. (Although jpappy told me that the rule is "utter tosh." I'm still not sure what he meant.) If you don't want to have to exchange your water more frequently than once a week, then the ammonia and nitrite levels need to stay at zero and the nitrates less than 40ppm for a week's time. If testing shows the levels going up sooner than a week (or whatever you decide is a comfortable schedule for you) then you're overcrowded.
 
Yeah, how many WCs you want to do makes a big difference on how many fish you can put in a tank. You can put more fish into a tank that gets daily WCs than one that gets weekly WCS.
 
akg said:
You're probably OK, going by the rule of 1 inch of fish/1 gallon of water, and assuming you've moved the crabs. (Although jpappy told me that the rule is "utter tosh." I'm still not sure what he meant.) If you don't want to have to exchange your water more frequently than once a week, then the ammonia and nitrite levels need to stay at zero and the nitrates less than 40ppm for a week's time. If testing shows the levels going up sooner than a week (or whatever you decide is a comfortable schedule for you) then you're overcrowded.
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I hope I didn't say "utter tosh"...I don't even know what that means. ;)

Basically the rule doesn't specify total body mass, compatibility, social needs, feeding habits and waste production, and the overall activity of the fish.

The most basic way to monitor stocking is by water parameters, most notably nitrate production. However, I find the easiest method is to post all the info about your tank with your stock and get some input from the members here at AC. :)

(apparently "tosh" means nonsense or rubbish...which in that case, it makes sense...LOL)
 
:iagree: Think of it this way. If you have a 3 inch goldfish and a 3 inch kuhli loach, you'll have 3 inches of fish either way. However, you're going to have a big difference in feeding needs, waste production, etc.
 
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