NewTankGuy
Mostly New Member
I want to ask a tough question. How do you intentionally overstock your tank and keep everyone alive and healthy? Right now, by the 1 inch per gallon rule, I am at about 95% fully stocked, not counting my pleco, and calculating my angels at 10" full grown. At 12" full grown for my angels I am at 110% stocked, again without the pleco. If you count the common pleco (factored at 24" full grown) I am at 126% with angels at 10", and 143% at 12".
The dilemma is that I kinda love my common pleco, but hate how much tank percentage he will take up due to the excessive waste he will produce. So I wanted to know with the right filtration in place can I knowingly overstock my tank and be ok, and have everyone in there happy. Im going for looks with my tank, but an am animal lover so I dont want to hurt my fish just to have the fish I want to keep, because they where bought without knowing how much they need to be kept.
My Tank.
75 Gal (48" L x 24" H).
Filters -
SunSun HW-303B - 370GPH with UV Sterilizer, rated for up to 110 gal tank.
SunSun JP-023 Power Head - 270 GPH, with Hydro Sponge 5 sponge filter, rated for up to 70 gal tank.
Planted - 13 live plants, with appropriate supplements and substrate, 7 of witch are of Amazon Sward origin
Fish -
6 angelfish, no mated pairs
4 platys
1 dwarf gourami
1 Common Pleco
The dilemma is that I kinda love my common pleco, but hate how much tank percentage he will take up due to the excessive waste he will produce. So I wanted to know with the right filtration in place can I knowingly overstock my tank and be ok, and have everyone in there happy. Im going for looks with my tank, but an am animal lover so I dont want to hurt my fish just to have the fish I want to keep, because they where bought without knowing how much they need to be kept.
My Tank.
75 Gal (48" L x 24" H).
Filters -
SunSun HW-303B - 370GPH with UV Sterilizer, rated for up to 110 gal tank.
SunSun JP-023 Power Head - 270 GPH, with Hydro Sponge 5 sponge filter, rated for up to 70 gal tank.
Planted - 13 live plants, with appropriate supplements and substrate, 7 of witch are of Amazon Sward origin
Fish -
6 angelfish, no mated pairs
4 platys
1 dwarf gourami
1 Common Pleco