overcrowded?

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Not sure if my tank is overcrowded or not, I'll list the fish here and maybe people can voice their opinions on whether this tank has reached its capacity or not.

75 gallon freshwater

2 young adult angelfish
6 glowlight tetras
2 apistogramma sp. (1.5-2 inches)
5 bronze corydoras

seems fairly sparse still to me, but how close am i to reaching capacity here? Assuming that most of these fish are juveniles and will grow somewhat.
 
I'd say you could add a few more fish if you wanted. Finding something that will fit in may be a bit of challenge, given the angels and apistos...You could bump up the size of the glowlight school. Or, maybe a trio of rainbows, maybe. What were you interested in?
 
Sorry i made a mistake when typing that list out. I have 6 head and tail light tetras in there... not sure what made me write glowlights. Don't know if that makes any difference.. i know head and tail light tetras get marginally larger.
 
Don't really have any ideas as to what to add at the present just wanted to get an idea of how close i am to topping out the stocking level. Eventually I'm sure i'll make some additions given there is enough room.
 
You're fine. In fact, I'd add 6 more head/tail light tetras to round out that school to a dozen. Even then you'd still have plenty of room.
 
I second the motion to increase the tetra school.

There is no such thing as "understocked", and you seem to have a good assortment of fish there without pushing any boundaries.
 
I forgot to mention I do have a solitary tetra in there as well. Sold to me as a "Gold FinTetra." I had bought 6 about two years back for another tank but at this point he is the only one remaining from that group. Not really sure on the species. Looks someone like maybe a gold morph of a flame tetra? Maybe i'll post a pic of him on another thread when i get a chance and people can give me some ideas of what they think he is. I'd like to get him some buddies but first i need to determine what he is. Never seen them sold again, but if i can find a regular color form for it.. i'll get some.
 
you've got a ton of room - you could add some nice fish to your tank - i would think your tank looks bare - i would bump up your current school by 6 or 7 and maybe get another group of small to medium fish and something else for the bottom maybe another group of different cories
 
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