135 gallon stocking questions ???

EDIT: Maybe about 65% full.....I dunno. Lots of platys haha.

Seahorse8383 said:

I have a 135 gallon tank that is heavly planted with fake, live, floating plants and lots of caves with plenty of open swimming space.

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Seems like you can house just about any community fish in this tank...

Seahorse8383 said:

I currently have 6 cory catfish, 3 large angelfish, 1 albino bristlenose pleco, 3 neon tetras, 6 red fin tetras, 9 female bettas, 7 male platies, 14 female platies and 3 gold gouramis.

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The tetras (neon & red fin) would probably do better in larger schools. I suggest like 20 for the neons and probably a solid 10-12 for the red fins depending on their size and temperament. That would bring total stocking to... 53 active mid-top level fish (tetras & platies), 7 bottom level fish(cories & pleco), 3 large centerpiece fish (angelfish), and 12 top level fish (gouramis & betta). If you chose to fill out the schools I think that would be a fully stocked tank, with the possible addition of some more bottom dwelling fish (probably cories).

Seahorse8383 said:

How far am I from being fully stocked??? If you read this I wanna hear your opinion. Thanks

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If you have above-average filtration you could probably get away with a decent size increase in stock. Maybe by a third? That said, the platies WILL have babies, and you WILL miss some of them... so leave space for the platy schools to double or even triple.

EDIT: Just want to say, I always overfilter & therefore tend to overstock a bit haha. Maybe only 15 neons and 8 red fins... :grinyes:

Yeah, I think you've got quite a bit of room left. But, it depends on what you have in mind. If you are wanting to up your schools….absolutely! If you are wanting to add an oscar…no way! I would up that school of cories….they are so much fun in large groups!

My 2 cents: Start a journal if you don't have one already. Test your water levels. Stick to your maintenance schedule. As long as the water is stable and clean with your cleaning schedule, slowly add fish until something changes.

You could not change water for a year if you kept 6 neons in a tank that size. You could keep 200 fish in that tank if you changed the water every other day and had a 100 gallon sump. It is all based on water quality and the amount of water changes you like. You can have more fish the larger your filters and the more often you change your water.

if you took out the red fins the you could do maybe 25-35 neons. a school that size will look great but make sure you don't get them too small or they will be your angelfish's sushi lunch