a fish tank's maximum capacity can be measured by lining up all the fish tail to mouth. If the line of fishes excedes 1/4 of the tank's lenght, it is over stocked!
how about this:
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OK so i going to ask my fish if they can stand in a straight line so i can measure them. I hope i don't interupt them in there daily activities.
its an interesting idea hans. It would probably be more effective for larger fish though, dont you think? You could 100 neons and not take up moch length of the tank, haha
Nope, won't work. Look at kuhli loaches--according to that, they are the same bio-mass as ram. Or, my spiny eel, which is about 8 inches right now, is the same as an 8-inch oscar?
When dealing with complex systems, there is not a simple way to calculate the load.
When dealing with complex systems, there is not a simple way to calculate the load.
Refer to this Sticky in the newbie forum.
Its not just size that determines what kind of fish can go into your tank, its a whole bunch of factors (behaviour, filtration, etc. etc.) that determines what can go into your tank.
It'd be great if someone could come up with some sorta formula... it'd make things for everyone so much easier, but thats just not gonna happen. For instances, what if I had a bare tank that has a dimension... oh say, 96"x24"x24". If I went by your suggested stocking, I could stick a jardini arowana and a bunch of guppies into the tank. Well... it doesn't take a very experienced person to tell you that it just isn't gonna work.
HTH
-Richer
Its not just size that determines what kind of fish can go into your tank, its a whole bunch of factors (behaviour, filtration, etc. etc.) that determines what can go into your tank.
It'd be great if someone could come up with some sorta formula... it'd make things for everyone so much easier, but thats just not gonna happen. For instances, what if I had a bare tank that has a dimension... oh say, 96"x24"x24". If I went by your suggested stocking, I could stick a jardini arowana and a bunch of guppies into the tank. Well... it doesn't take a very experienced person to tell you that it just isn't gonna work.
HTH
-Richer
hans .... there are days i am afraid to open your posts....
i don't know if you are serious or are bored and want some activity on the board
that measuring from head to tail would never work ...with sooooo many different fish ....
and what if you have a really tall tank that is not exceptionally wide ...or a hexagon tank????
i don't know if you are serious or are bored and want some activity on the board
that measuring from head to tail would never work ...with sooooo many different fish ....
and what if you have a really tall tank that is not exceptionally wide ...or a hexagon tank????
i guess it would work better for the humane reasons, not bio load. for example, sure it might be mean to put a fish in a small tank, but not if the fish is only half an inch long!
So in a 55, I can keep 2 full-grown Fahaka puffers plus 1 immature?
Back to the drawing boad on that one I'm afraid.
Back to the drawing boad on that one I'm afraid.