Actually, I won't say that...plantings and extra filtration and extra/larger water changes make it possible for more fish to be inserted in a tank of that size...I've kept more than 10" of fish in a 10 gallon tank, but I did more water changes than usual.
Overcrowding
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Here's the other part of it, though...the 1"/gallon rule really applies to full-grown lengths. It is a silly rule, IMHO, as it serves as a guideline for only a few types of fish.
Alright, so I have 0 full grown fish. I have 4 half grown fish. I do water changes as least once per week, instead of most people who do it once every 2 weeks or more. There are no live plants in the 10 gallon as I tried it for a couple of days once but the fish kept de-rooting it. In the 23 gallon, the filtration is so over-kill that I only did a siphoning after 2.5 months and the water I siphoned out into a bucket was crystal clear and had no dirt in it! It's also an undergravel filter with an over kill power head *shakes fist at sales person!* and I would estimate you could probably keep about 50" of fish (1-2 inch per fish) in there if you did water changes once a week! In my 30 gallon, I have 10 fish (1.5-2" in size) and they take up about 1/8th of the tank and I have a fluval 203, and live plants in that tank. I've done two water changes in that tank in the month that I have had it, but it really was not necessary. Anyway, home time now! bye!
Just so you know, I am not criticizing you...and I should clarify...the rule is for long-term care in a tank, but again it's not all that useful.
Pictures
http://www.geocities.com/dawnaurora19/fish/danios.html
I made this site just for those skeptics. Take a look, if you think it is over crowded I will actually go out and buy a new tank! lol! This view of the tank if from 1-2 feet away. You can probably see about 3-4 fish out of the 90.
http://www.geocities.com/dawnaurora19/fish/danios.html
I made this site just for those skeptics. Take a look, if you think it is over crowded I will actually go out and buy a new tank! lol! This view of the tank if from 1-2 feet away. You can probably see about 3-4 fish out of the 90.
That isn't overcrowded at all! Just keep in mind that it will get that way as they get bigger, but your tank specs seem to indicate that you already knew that.
My only question is - Is Dawn Aurora your real name? It's beautiful.
Cute teeny fishies. One piece of gravel looks like a boulder in comparison!
Cute teeny fishies. One piece of gravel looks like a boulder in comparison!
gregg go and post the 1 inch per gallon rule on other places in this site...or on most others and you will get shot down.
It is generally accepted as useless.
As to better ways...explain that fish need living space and cramming them in like sardines in infair to them aswell as unhealth and ensure a quick death for your fish making purchasing them a pointless endevour. Most people will listen when you tell them it will be a waste of money.
plus i think you are looking for a fight, the mods dont generally dont like trolls so dont get too inflamatory k
It is generally accepted as useless.
As to better ways...explain that fish need living space and cramming them in like sardines in infair to them aswell as unhealth and ensure a quick death for your fish making purchasing them a pointless endevour. Most people will listen when you tell them it will be a waste of money.
plus i think you are looking for a fight, the mods dont generally dont like trolls so dont get too inflamatory k
Not looking for a fight. Just looking for an answer from somebody who doesn't just say that it is a "silly rule," or that I should go post in other forums. That is completely avoiding the issue. If you are going to shoot down what somebody says at least have the evidence to back up what you are saying. Why exactly does this rule seem to bother people so much,?That's all I want to know. Since day one of purchasing my aquarium and ten different stores I have been told the same thing. After that it seemed to me that the "inch per gallon" was a generally accepted idea.
It bothers me because the application is so limited because of the variation in body shape of fishes, as well as the fact that people may do all sorts of things to their tanks to make them cleaner.
The behavioral nature of many fishes makes it impossible to use that rule as well.
In a 10g with a Paradisefish, you could conceivably put two Bronze Corys. But the P-fish will destroy the Cories and will most likely destroy anything in a community tank smaller than 50 gallons (Aquarium Fish Magazine article on Paradisefish).
Many people have come up with ways to deliver food to each and every inhabitant of packed tanks--spread the food throughout the tank rather than just set the food in one locale. There is, obviously, no guarantee that each fish will be fed, but each one will get a "fighting chance".
The behavioral nature of many fishes makes it impossible to use that rule as well.
In a 10g with a Paradisefish, you could conceivably put two Bronze Corys. But the P-fish will destroy the Cories and will most likely destroy anything in a community tank smaller than 50 gallons (Aquarium Fish Magazine article on Paradisefish).
Many people have come up with ways to deliver food to each and every inhabitant of packed tanks--spread the food throughout the tank rather than just set the food in one locale. There is, obviously, no guarantee that each fish will be fed, but each one will get a "fighting chance".
