have my fish got enough room?

[Joviella]

hello....just been sitting here wondering if you think my stocking levels are ok. i have a juwel trigon 190 and my fish are.....4 pim pictus,4 silver sharks,3 red line barbs,1 golden wonder panchax,3 rainbow panchax,1 bristlenose,1 gold nugget,1 gold ram,1 syno eupterus,1 botia dario and 1 botia striata.........your views would be helpful.....thank you.....

 

[heresmike]

The general rule of thumb for stocking a tank is 1" of fish per gallon. However this really only applies to small fish (3" and under) and larger fish should be more like 1" per 5 gallons. Some may disagree on that! It also depends on the fish, because some fish produce more waste than others (like plecos).

Are your fish juveniles or full-grown? I didn't do the math and am not sure of the adult size of some of those fish. I do know that silver sharks can get quite large... like 14" or more. IMO, if your fish are juvies, they may be OK for now but will eventually need more room.

 

[Joviella]

my fish are still youngsters....know that silver sharks grow large.I will be getting a 400 l tank at some point hopefully soon.

 

[Pointy_kitty]

hello....just been sitting here wondering if you think my stocking levels are ok. i have a juwel trigon 190 and my fish are.....4 pim pictus,4 silver sharks,3 red line barbs,1 golden wonder panchax,3 rainbow panchax,1 bristlenose,1 gold nugget,1 gold ram,1 syno eupterus,1 botia dario and 1 botia striata.........your views would be helpful.....thank you.....

how big is your tank?
from what i can see you will eventually have about 126" of fish

- (pimidella?) pictus catfish get about 6"-7" each
- silver sharks get 8"
- red line barbs (would that be the red lined torpedo barbs?) get 6"
- i beleive that golden wonder panchax get to be about 4"
- rainbow panchax get to be between 3.75-4"
- bristlenose get 5" (depending on exact species, although some have gotten up to 9")
- gold nugget plecos get 8"
- rams get about 3"
- syno eupterus get 6" (i'm jelous by the way! ) )
- your queen loach (botia dario) will get 6"
- and your botia striata will only get 4"

 

[Nina7777]

It appears to be overstocked, however as long as you are prepared to get a larger tank than it should be fine.

 

[Joviella]

we kinda knew that our tank would be overstocked if the fish were at full size but as we know we are getting a bigger tank we supposed it didn't matter for a short while.......gotta say that my tank is stunning at the m oment

 

[Pointy_kitty]

holy cow!
I am unfarmiliar with the juwel trigon 190
and i though it was in gallons but i searched it and it came up in litres
so its like a 50 gallon?
holy smokes!
yeah your tank will be ok now but the 400l is a VERY good idea unless you want some eaten fishies

have fun
(i want your fish!)

 

[Joviella]

juwel trigon is a corner tank that is very pleasing to the eye. i adore my fish and my man is so insistent on getting a bigger one that i have no worries!!
one of these days i will work out how to use my camera and will post u all some pictures.xx.