Craig

would my tank be overstocked if i had 2 guppies 1 red fire dwarf gourami 1 golden gourami 1 small pleco sucker fish and 2 small clown loaches?? i have a 17 gallon tank i need ur help once again guys!! im just wonderin cause thats what im hopin 2 get in but i would also like a cory catfish

help would b much appreciated guys as always and girls lol cheers C W

fletch

No not at all.your fine with that amount of fish. You should also get a group of corys rather than just one. 1" of fish to 1 gallon. Is that US gallons?

Craig

yeah it is its like 16-17 US gallons if they only grow 2 the size of my tank it will b great fletch my freind u r a legend lol

fletch

huh? i thought you were from n.ireland?

Craig

yeah i am from northern ireland but thats what the conversion is in2 US gallons

fletch

Oh, thanks. but means nothing to me!! im a bit closer to home than that!!! LOLZ
South england

Craig

63litres in2 US gallons is like 16.7 gallons

Craig

do u just go buy litres?? i think its like 3 cm of fish per every litre

Craig

do u not have 2 keep the clown loaches in a bigger tank? will they b all right in my 1??

FishFan

Craig

the thing about the pleco is when it outgrows my tank i can give it 2 my best m8 and then he'll sell it in the pet store or he'll keep it but they grow pretty slowly his pleco has grown about an inch in 8 or 9 months

Craig

im always in so early in here lol different time zones ah but anyway i did sum calculations the 4 fish i hav in my tank at the minute have taken up 6.6 gallons so plenty of room left guys fully grown its about 8 gallons so still room left im gettin my new batch next weekend probably friday up in G T's and Pets At Home < they have the smallest plecos ive ever seen lol so i'll tell u all how my new arrivals get on

thanks C W

fletch

Craig. mate. thats like saying do you go by euros in northern ireland! NO weve got the same measurements!!!!!

Craig

lol yeah POUNDS £ all the way

fletch

Craig. mate. thats like saying do you go by euros in northern ireland! NO weve got the same measurements!!!!!

AlphaOmega

i think the whole pleco thing is a bit over-rated...
they grow REALLY slowly, like REALLY!!!
i've got a six, maybe seven year old at 5". i know the whole 'fish dont grow bigger than the tank they're in' theory has been mostly dispelled, but some of the older fish i have that apparantly are supposed to be HUGE aren't!!! i assume mostly to do with the tank size, but then again..?! who knows but the fishes

Craig

i totally agree with u m8. My best m8s tank which he has had 4 a year or so his fish that he has in it r meant 2 b huge like the pleco and has only grown like an inch and abit it is very over rated i think as well

FishFan

Miss Mouse

Thats amazing!! Mine has also grown very slowly I've had him about 5 months and he's still the same size. I dont mind though - I've still got to set up my large tank for him.

Craig

im hopefully gettin mine on friday cant wait !!!

Craig

im startin my platy revolution on friday in stead of gettin the clown loaches im goin 2 start with 2 mickey mouse platies

FishFan

Craig

i feed my fish every other day ! as much they can eat in 2 minutes or so

Miss Mouse

Yeah mine gets algae wafers but only once or twice a week so I'll see if increasing them will make him grow more. I would like a larger one for the big tank so he doesn't look out of place I've been thinking about the theme for the new tank and we decided to get an artist friend of mine to paint a desert scene for the background with a few cacti and red and yellow sand dunes so it will look like the fish are flying through a desert heehee

Miss Mouse

Thanks - I thought so myself