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Current setup...Overstocked? Understocked?

1010 Views 5 Replies 4 Participants Last post by  fishscale
Here's my current setup:

120gal 4x2x2 tank
208wt T5HO lighting
pressurized CO2
Eheim 2028

Current stocking:
8 julii corydora
6 green corydora
4 bandit corydora
3 bosemani rainbows
2 celebes rainbows
5 roseline sharks
25-30 cardinal tetras
5 pristella tetras
5 guyana tetras
4 rummynose tetras
3 florida flag fish
7 zebra danios
3 siamese algae eaters
11 glass cats
4-8 otocinclus
2 guppies
1 apistogramma pandura
1 rubberlip pleco
1 bristlenose pleco
1 red-tailed shark
1 black ghost knife

Save time adding, roughly 102-111 fish in there. Most numbers are pretty accurate, though it's hard to have an exact count of cardinals when there are so many places to hide. Also, for example, I started with 10 celebes rainbows, I've only seen 2 for a month now - never found bodies either.

Here's a pic of the tank:


So, am I stocked? Overstocked? Understocked?

I'm really not interested in comments like "well, remove these fish, and add more of these" as it is damn near impossible to catch anything in there. Other comments welcome though.
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I think you are stocked fine in terms of fish load, but with a black ghost knife in the tank, you will probably be understocked pretty soon. Remember, they grow to almost 2 feet, and are predatory.
Yeh, I'm aware. I had purchased 10 guppies and in a couple days only had the 2 left...
I think you are stocked fine in terms of fish load, but with a black ghost knife in the tank, you will probably be understocked pretty soon. Remember, they grow to almost 2 feet, and are predatory.

X2!

Tommy
to me I think your overstocked
you have too wide array of different types of fish.
bigger groups of fish is better.
a large group of the same corys or algae eaters
etc... with the middle and upper water fishes
eg
3 or 4 diff algae eaters
3 or 4 diff corys
I'd be more worried about your cardinals, guppies are cheap. Sooner or later, you may have to choose between the BGK and the smaller fish.
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