ok im pretty sure im overstocked...

kelly82

kelly82

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i have added 4 more angels to my 6 foot tank (the last additions to my final stocking), i now have cories, a single bristlenose, platys (to produce live food), 14-16 zebra and leopard danios,4 ottos, 18 glo-light tetra (will be the first to be moved if i am over stocked, plus angels may eat them when they grow up) and 10 angels. 7 are small and 3 are slightly larger. there are also lots of snails, im planning on getting a couple of assassin snails asap to try to control the mts.

do you think i am overstocked? i know when the angels grow up they will start to pair off, but how many pairs do you think could comfortably live in the tank with the other stock? i am planning on removing a couple of the angels once they pair in the future i think, depending on how much they argue with each other over territory.
 
ok so this morning during water change i decided to remove all 18 glo-lights, they are now inhabiting the 20gallon i had spare. will have to decide what to do with them in the longrun but they seem happy enough as they are for now. the angels are all up and about, looking great. i hope i dont have too many issues when they reach maturity.
 
Time will tell.

the biggest issue when you add that many angels to a tank is territory.

odds are you will wind up with a breeding pair.
this is when you may run into tissues with your stock. more with the angels as the breeding pair will become very territorial when they spawn.

it is a large tank so that helps.
 
The general rule of thumb is 10 gallons per angel - you have 180 gallons (and the other fish) - so I would say you are close BUT if you are diligent on your water changes you can have more than the recommended amount in the tank. But, as Star Rider said, it will become more of a territorial issue when they pair up. I have 20 angels in my 95 - it is my potential breeder growout tank - and they are fine. I do a couple of w/c's a week in that tank and no problems w/the fish. I have had pairs form in this tank, lay eggs and actually get them to the wiggler stage before I took them out. The pair simply takes one end of the tank, the rest get the other end. In a 6 foot tank you have plenty of space for a pair to stake out a territorial claim and for the others to get out of the way. Once the spawn is over, things settle down. If you want to minimize the aggression (and you don't want the angel's spawn) remove the eggs after they are laid and they will settle down in a couple of days.

HTH,
 
sounds good, ye im not interested in the fry, ive put in some pieces of slate so hopefully if they do spawn they will make use of them and they will be easy to remove from the tank. i am very careful with my water changes, and i test a couple of times a week to check levels. thanks for the input everyone.
 
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