corys

[hellstorm]

hello, my 15 gal: 8 cardinal, 6 rummy, 1 pengiun tetra, 2 blue rams, all those fish arent at full size... is it overstocked? i want to get 2 corys to combat the tank pollution, so would the corys eat wastes from other fish? would they eat their own wastes? so if i get 2 corys for my tank, would it be still overstocked since the corys will eat all the wastes? would it make the tank less overstocked? less waste?

 

[StiX]

No fish will eat fish waste, and yes the tank is slightly overstocked, unless u have a really good filter and do regular water changes

 

[cryosi]

cories eat food, not waste they will scavenge for food only on the bottom i take when u said waste u meant the waste from fish and not food waste. If so then no....15gal ummmm dont know how big blue rams get ( stix beat me to the overstocking comment lol) nope just because you get rid of waste like a filter does it not mean less stock it the fish size that determines the fish stocking levels they need so many cubic inches/ square inches per inch of the size of fish i think it is.....(anyone!)

 

[StiX]

10 square inch of surface area per 1" of adult fish!

As i dont know the exact tank dimensions, my comment was just a rought idea

 

[cryosi]

15gal about 24x15x12 iam guessing where the chart william had lol!

 

[hellstorm]

lol, i have always thought that corys eat wastes

 

[Danny - the lost soul---]

YUK ! I do not think there are poop eating fish... LOLOL Alot of hobbiest make that mistake though. Sometimes plecos are also mistaken for doo, doo, eaters.

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