thumper

my LFS and other sites that i have been reading stuff on say the more mature a tank gets the more you can put in it even if you are a you 1" per gallon limit. is this true or a bunch of smoke being blow up the chimmey?

Lucy

Granted mature tanks probably have a healthier dose of beneficial bacteria than newly cycled tanks.
But fully stocked is fully stocked no matter how old the tank is.

thumper

why do they tell people that i am new to this and i new better than to be live that but there are alot of new fish keepers that would go oh really so you tell me that in like 6 months to a year that i can put even more in there

agabr123

unfortunately most of them are in business for one reason, and that is to make money, not make sure that the fish go to good homes and are cared for properly

thumper

this i know but you would think that they would give good advice so that the person would want to come back and do biz there. i mean i am just starting out here but i am not going to stop with just this tank i would love to gat a bigger one when i have more exp under my belt so to speak. but what there keep telling me make me not want to do biz with them any more if you know what i mean!

agabr123

believe me i know, and one day they might figure that out, but for now they basically depend on people being uninformed or misinformed, so that when they're fish die, they come in and buy another and maybe buy some chemicals to fix the problem

thumper

well i have a 55 gallon tank that i am cycling right now and whenit is ready for fh onscho t a tm itwill have 6-cherry barbs,6-black neon tetras,6-glowlight tetra 6-green neon tetas and 1-pleco. and my lfs said you can add more when your tank is more mature.and i say tha is aloadof horse dun!!!

agabr123

what kind of pleco?

thumper

it would be either a vampire L007b or a flash L204

agabr123

neat

thumper

ya they are both kool but i cant make up my mind which one to get! lol