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  • Re: Freshwater Tank Capac

    From Gary@1:278/230 to All on Tue Nov 9 21:59:00 2004
    Hello again,

    Reading a book called:
    "Aquarium Fish", a Collins publication, author is Kathy Jinkings.

    It says to work out how many inch of fish you can house, use the following equation:

    x = inches width
    y - inches height

    (X * Y) / 12

    Which with my tank with these dimensions:
    (32"(L) * 14"(W) ) / 12 = 37 INCH OF FISH.


    Am I correct? Other people say 1 inch per Gallon or 21 inch of fish for my tank. A huge difference!

    Gary.
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  • From Big Daddy@1:278/230 to All on Wed Nov 10 17:26:00 2004
    Hey,

    New to the group. The wife and I have been disscussing this for days
    now. We have a 20 gallon freshwater. We have 2 - 2" Gourami 1 - 12" Placatomous, 3 - 2"Danio's. The Plac. is the only source of discontent
    in our disscussion. I say he counts as far as the total inch count in
    the tank. She says no that the guy at the LFS says bottom feeders don't
    count. I say that they do becuase they still pee and poop in the tank.
    Other thoughts.

    "Gary" <g@g.com> wrote in
    news:fnakd.10814$up1.7084@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk:

    Hello,

    I have a 96 litre Juwel Rekord 96 aquarium with the internal filter as
    well as an external canister.
    I have well rinsed sand as the substrate and have three medium sized
    pieces of bog wood.

    I would * like* to stock the following:

    3 / 4 Clown Loach
    2 / 3 Khulie Loach
    5 neon tetra

    Am I pushing it? I have a feeling this may be overstocking, I will
    not buy if this is the case, my preference is in the order I have
    listed, Clown Loach are by far my favourite Freshwater fish, followed
    by the Khuli and Neons!

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  • From Andy Hill@1:278/230 to All on Thu Nov 11 17:41:00 2004
    "Gary" <g@g.com> wrote:
    I have a 96 litre Juwel Rekord 96 aquarium with the internal filter as well >as an external canister.
    I have well rinsed sand as the substrate and have three medium sized pieces >of bog wood.

    I would * like* to stock the following:

    3 / 4 Clown Loach
    2 / 3 Khulie Loach
    5 neon tetra

    Am I pushing it? I have a feeling this may be overstocking, I will not buy >if this is the case, my preference is in the order I have listed, Clown
    Loach are by far my favourite Freshwater fish, followed by the Khuli and >Neons!

    The Khuilis and Neons aren't a problem -- they're pretty small fish, even at adult size. Long-term, the Clowns will be a problem -- they get around 10" if their growth isn't stunted.

    The conservative rule of thumb is an inch of fish per gallon -- in your case, about 25 inches of fish. To go higher than that, you have to be a lot fussier
    with your maintenance, and the whole system has a lot less leeway for error than
    an aquarium stocked at the inch-per-gallon level. I wouldn't recommend pushing above this until you have a year or two of experience under your belt. ---
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  • From Dr Engelbert Buxbaum@1:278/230 to All on Sun Nov 14 17:20:00 2004
    Gary wrote:

    Hello,

    I have a 96 litre Juwel Rekord 96 aquarium with the internal filter as well as an external canister.
    I have well rinsed sand as the substrate and have three medium sized pieces of bog wood.

    I would * like* to stock the following:

    3 / 4 Clown Loach
    2 / 3 Khulie Loach
    5 neon tetra

    Assuming your loaches to be about 5 cm each (which is the size often
    found in shops) your 13 loaches would be about 65 cm, requiring approx.
    130 l of water, your neons would increase that to about 150 or so.

    In due course (that is over 30 years or so, they are very long-lived),
    clown loaches get to 20-25 cm, so two of them would fill your present
    tank.

    So for your fishes you should get a 200 l tank to begin with, and then
    after a couple of years either sell some of the loaches (they become
    quite valuable as they grow) or get additional tanks for them.
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  • From Mbuna@1:278/230 to All on Sun Nov 14 17:20:00 2004
    Big Daddywrote:
    Hey,

    New to the group. The wife and I have been disscussing this for
    days
    now. We have a 20 gallon freshwater. We have 2 - 2" Gourami 1 -
    12"
    Placatomous, 3 - 2"Danio's. The Plac. is the only source of
    discontent
    in our disscussion. I say he counts as far as the total inch count
    in
    the tank. She says no that the guy at the LFS says bottom feeders
    don't
    count. I say that they do becuase they still pee and poop in the
    tank.
    Other thoughts.

    You are correct. He DOES count for the exact reasons you mentioned.
    In addition a 12" pleco is way too big for a 20 gallon tank anyway.
    A minimum of 55 gallons is needed for a pleco that size. __________________________________________________
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  • From Gary@1:278/230 to All on Sun Nov 14 17:20:00 2004
    "Dr Engelbert Buxbaum" <engelbert_buxbaum@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:cn7ncg$lcj$02$1@news.t-online.com...>
    Assuming your loaches to be about 5 cm each (which is the size often
    found in shops) your 13 loaches would be about 65 cm, requiring approx.
    130 l of water, your neons would increase that to about 150 or so.



    I only said 3 Clown Loaches IIRC...


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