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Old July 29th, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

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
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

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?
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

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
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

huh? i thought you were from n.ireland?
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

yeah i am from northern ireland but thats what the conversion is in2 US gallons
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

Oh, thanks. but means nothing to me!! im a bit closer to home than that!!! LOLZ
South england
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

63litres in2 US gallons is like 16.7 gallons
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

do u just go buy litres?? i think its like 3 cm of fish per every litre
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

do u not have 2 keep the clown loaches in a bigger tank? will they b all right in my 1??
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

The Pleco will not work. They need at LEAST a 55 gallon tank because they can grow at least 18".
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Old July 30th, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

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
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Old July 30th, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

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
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Old July 30th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

Craig. mate. thats like saying do you go by euros in northern ireland! NO weve got the same measurements!!!!!
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Old July 30th, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

lol yeah POUNDS £ all the way
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Old July 30th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

Craig. mate. thats like saying do you go by euros in northern ireland! NO weve got the same measurements!!!!!
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Old July 30th, 2005  
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Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

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
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Old July 30th, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

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
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Old July 30th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

I really am not trying to discourage you, but my Plecos grow quite fast. My Little Monster was maybe 2-3" when I got him about 7 weeks ago. I'd have to say he's close to 5" now. I kid you not. And the Monster, he was about 6-7"" or so when I got him and he's maybe 9-10" now. Just letting you know
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Old July 31st, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

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.
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Old July 31st, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

im hopefully gettin mine on friday cant wait !!!
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Old July 31st, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

im startin my platy revolution on friday in stead of gettin the clown loaches im goin 2 start with 2 mickey mouse platies
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Old July 31st, 2005  
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Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
Do you feed him the algea wafers? My 2 Plecos get 2 wafers a night. Maybe that's why they're so darn big! They're happy, so I'm not messing with a thing
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Old July 31st, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

i feed my fish every other day ! as much they can eat in 2 minutes or so
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Old August 1st, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

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
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Old August 1st, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: OVERSTOCKED OR NOT??

Thanks - I thought so myself
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