How Many

[fozzy81]

Hi all im new hear and my first post just looking for a little help .

i bought a second hand tank to get me and the kids into tropical fish keeping got the tank up and running for about a week now with five neon tetras and 5 mollies and a pleco (lost just one of the neons though) all the rest happy as pigs in poo !! so my question i bought a 2 and half foot tank buy 11 inch and height is about 16 inch i did a calculation and roughly 110 litres of the wet stuff i was wondering how many fish could i fit in there so the fish still have space to play would like some gouramis fish like that

any help would be great thanks

 

[mattyeatsmatts]

Its sounds like you didn't know about cycling the tank prior to introducing fish(building up sufficient bacteria needed to break down fish waste).
I suggest you have a look here http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/277264-beginners-resource-center/ under the Fish-In Cycling

Sorry not to answer your question.

 

[TheJ0kerrr]

Was the tank operational when you bought it or was it dry/sitting unused? Cause if it's the latter, get ready for a rough time trying to keep that many fish alive for the first couple months...

Like matty says, make sure you read as much as you can about cycling a new tank with fish!!

Edit : To answer your question, I believe a general rule of thumb is about 1 inch of fish per gallon. 110L is about 25-30 gallon, so that gives you a rough approximate right there. But don't put them in all at once, you'll likely lose most of them if you do that!

 

[fozzy81]

Fish tank has been fully cycled for about three and half weeks . Are gourami a good fish to keep thanks