Overstocked?

after being in the pred fish game for a while you tend to see a lot of asian tanks that look very overstocked and although i dont personally think its right due to space quite a few people in asia keep overstocked tanks.]
from experience and through going to forums for some years and conversing with fish keepers from all over the world some of these fish keepers really do look after the water these fish live in to the extreme.
i amnot sure if this is the case but i am sure there are tanks like that in the US and the UK.
its some thing that we can not stop but we can educate.
this is why i left this open.
 
I was able to count 32 blood parrots, 3 ahli cichlids, 5 clown loaches, a senegal bichir, and one other cichlid which I couldn't immediately identify. Considering that clown loaches are among the fish which possess very, very small scales, they are usually more susceptible to water conditions, medications, etc. Just basing off of that, I'm going to guess that the owner at least attempts to take care of this tank, and probably spends a lot of time on it. I'm not one to condone that many fish in such a tank, especially fish which get so large, but I guess that if he is keeping them alive and healthy, I can't really be one to judge. At least it is something for people new to the fish keeping community to look at and realize that if they attempt to do that with their tank, they will not have the same results. (especially if they try to put that many fish into an uncycled tank) I checked some of the later posts and he's running 2 eheim filters on that tank, but he did not make mention of his water change schedule.
 
Why are you not one to judge? To judge others is an essential part of being human. Everyone makes judgments every day. Why should we not judge someone who is keeping their fish in inhumane conditions?

Clown loaches do not have scales at all. This is why they are extremely sensitive to water quality. Many believe that poor water quality is reason why so many clown loaches never reach there full potential in aquariums. There is no way possible that clown loaches will be able to grow properly in those conditions.

A good aquarist does a lot of research and s/he will try to do what is best for their fish. I do not believe that someone with a tank like that is doing the best they can for their fish.
 
i dont believe the thread should be locked but i would like the owner of the tank to post a 2 year follow up pic to show folks why this shouldnt be done.
sorry for the lack of punctuation im a bit lazy today.
 
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