Stocking question on 65G

[ghart999]

Hi all. Do you think I could do the following in my tank without overkill in Bioload? I have some nice rocks and driftwood in the tank along with many plastic plants. Filtration is Rena XP3 and XP2. Here are the fish and estimated size at full length that I found. I come up with about 85 inches of fish. Would this be OK considering I have a lot of filtration? I would plan on 40% water change each week. Tank dimensions are 36x18x24. Thanks all.

6-8 cories (2.5")
1 bristlenose pleco (5")
10-12 leapard danios (1.5")
10-12 glowlight tetras (1.5")
10-12 serpae tetras (2.2")
1 betta (3")
1 dwarf gouramis (3")

 

[jm1212]

dont put a betta with a dwarf gourami they WILL fight to the death. i would skip both and get a pearl gourami for your size of tank. if you want a dwarf gourami, i would go with him instead of the betta because they are less territorial.

searpe tetras are also pretty nippy fish, so i would not put them with gouramis or a betta, so go with the danios and the glolites. three schools of 10 is OS for a 65 gallon along with 8 corydoras, a pleco, and a gourami.

 

[ghart999]

dont put a betta with a dwarf gourami they WILL fight to the death. i would skip both and get a pearl gourami for your size of tank. if you want a dwarf gourami, i would go with him instead of the betta because they are less territorial.

searpe tetras are also pretty nippy fish, so i would not put them with gouramis or a betta, so go with the danios and the glolites. three schools of 10 is OS for a 65 gallon along with 8 corydoras, a pleco, and a gourami.

thanks for the help. BUt what does OS mean? overstocked?

 

[liv2padl]

OS = overstocked