Am I overstocked

Avenolpey

Avenolpey

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Hello all,

I'm new to the forum. I recently jumped from a 29 gallon glass to a 50 gallon uniquarium. The fish are in a space 36X20X11 with 4 inches in the back for the wet/dry.

I have:

2 medium and 1 med/large tinfoil barb
1 large placostomous
10 small tiger barbs
1 sm/medium bala shark
3 sm/medium angels
2 small gourami's
2 small cats
2 small black tipped sharks
2 clown loaches

I am pumping about 650 gallons per hour While it might not be a problem now, when they start growing I might need to move some out. They seem to be varacious eaters.

Any thoughts.
 
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Yes, you are greatly overstocked.

2 medium and 1 med/large tinfoil barb - Needs 75 gallons at least
1 large placostomous - Needs 75 gallons at least
10 small tiger barbs - They are fine
1 sm/medium bala shark - Needs 75 gallons at least
3 sm/medium angels - They are fine
2 small gourami's - They are fine
2 small cats - What kind?
2 small black tipped sharks - They need brackish water and a much larger tank.
 
I'm afraid you are overstocked, or at least you will be when your fish start getting into the upper-medium to larger sizes.

Oddball's assessment is pretty accurate, but it would help more if you knew what type of fish you have. Small gouramis could be dwarf gouramis, or small osphronemus monsters (giant gourami). "2 small cats" could be anything, cories, to channel cats.

On a side note, balas are a schooling fish. I have 4 in my 180. I think a minimum of 3 should be kept together.


HTH,
Serg
 
Some of your fish may outgrow your tank!

Do some research on the sizes and determine which will grow too big.
 
Also, I don't know what a uniquarium is, it that makes up for the size difference, but a way to calculate the number of gallons you have is
L x W x H / 231. According to that your tank is actually 35 gallons, which reduces your options even more!
OOPs, and oddball forgot to mention the clown loaches, they too like to be in groups and can get up to a foot long, you would want at LEAST 75g+ for a few of them.
Your best bet is to return the fish that grow large now (unless you will make a LARGE upgrade in the future~at least 150+gallons). When they get too big, most stores will not take them back because they will not be able to get rid of them :hang:
 
50 gallon tank not 50 gallons

Thanks for the responses. Holly, the uniquarium is an acrylic tank that has a spong and wet/dry system in the back. It is sold as a 50 gallon tank but does not seem to calculate out to 50 gallons even with a 15 inch depth it only comes to 46 gallons. I just assumed the manufacturer was honest. And considering that in the back of the tank the wet/dry side is only half full I probably only have 42 gallons of water total. Not sure how they get away calling this a 50 gallon tank. Thanks for the info.
 
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