Am i overstocked in my 90Litre

[Monette]

Hi everyone,

i was just looking for opinions on my stocking levels in my aquarium. Im wondering whether i can add anything else or if im fully stocked

I have a 90Litre (60cmx40cmx40cm) scaper aquarium with a superfish 200 hang on back filter and a sponge filter.

There is a large piece of tall driftwood in there, a long swim through cave type ornament, 1 artificial tall plant and 2 real plants, 1 is a lobelia and another long green stem type plant.

I currently have:

6 male guppies
6 neon tetra
5 neon green rasbora
5 copper harlequin rasbora
3 julii corys
1 yellow honey gourami
1 powder blue dwarf gourami

and then an amano shrimp and an assassin snail but i dont think they really count do they in terms of bioload.

I was wanting to get 1 more Gourami? Either 1 more honey or 1 more Dwarf of the opposite sex, but i was looking for opinions 1st on my current stocking levels?

thanks

 

[ProudPapa]

Hello,

It sounds like the tank is pretty full. If it was mine I'd take the dwarf gourami back to the store and then get one or two more honey gouramis. Having a dwarf gourami in a community tank might work out, but there's a very good chance it won't due to their frequent health and aggression issues. (See My thoughts on Dwarf Gourami/Trichogaster Lalius. It was written by jinjerJOSH22, one of our resident gourami experts.)

 

[Youthquaker]

Agree with ProudPapa, at some stage the dwarf gourami is likely to cause problems and a second one would likely only speed that up irrespective of the sex. If you are not able to rehome the DG or have the space/correct circumstances to set up a second tank I would stick with what you have.
If you were to get anything extra I would probably look to add more live plants, including some floating plants and up the number of rasboras a little bit but in an ideal world I would stick with what you have.

 

[MonsterGar]

You are currently at about max stocking. However, if there are no visible issues in regards to bio-load, I don't see how adding one more gourami could hurt. There are of course the issues stated above. It is possible that you could run into some problems with your gourami later on, although not a guarantee. I would add another honey gourami and then watch the dwarf gourami closely. If you see the DG showing any aggressive behavior towards your other fish, you need to remove it.