Is my aquarium overstocked?

[M Zaman]

Hi guys new here. I have a planted juwel lido 200 with a decent amount of plants that are growing bigger. Just want to know if the aquarium is overstocked? And if I should remove some. Fyi everything gets along in there just fine. And I have upgraded the filter media so it's better than original. Please go easy on me guys as I'm new to the hobby but will immediately rectify anything wrong I have going on with my tank.

X14 neon tetras
X1 peacock gudgeon
X1empire gudgeon youngster
x7 p luminatus
X1 dwarf frog
x2 pom pom crabs (small and very peaceful)
Pair of apisto Agazzizii fire red
X1Dwarf gourami
X2 badis
X3 snails (rabbit, blueberry and nerite)
X1 Bloodred swordtail
X1 electric blue ram
X1 red whiptail catfish
X1 baby blue phantom plec
X4 Cory's half bronze half albino
X4 kuhli loach small

 

[10 Tanks]

Hello. Is this a 55 gallon tank? Guess that would be a bit over 200 liters in your measurement. Actually, it doesn't matter if you're overstocked or not. You have the fish, frogs, snails, crabs and whatever else in the tank. So, the question is: " How do I best take care of all of it?". The water is the most important piece of the system, so you need to remove and replace at least half the tank water every few days and feed a variety of foods since you have so many different species. Changing half the water a couple of times weekly isn't too much. But, you also have to control the amount you feed. Most things that live in nature don't get to eat every day, so you don't need to feed every day. Even if you have fry in the tank, you still don't need to feed very often. They'll grow up just fine. Just follow this post and don't skip a water change. You must keep the dissolving waste material out of the tank water if you want all these tank inhabitants to be healthy.

10 Tanks (Now 11)

 

[M Zaman]

I feed every 2 days and change the water once a week but I could most definitely fit a nother water change in there if I have to. Done a API master test yesterday and amonia nitrates and nitrites all read 0

 

[Colin_T]

What are the tank dimensions (length x width x height)?

What is the GH (general hardness), KH (carbonate hardness) and pH of your water supply?
This information can usually be obtained from your water supply company's website (Water Analysis Report) or by telephoning them. If they can't help you, take a glass full of tap water to the local pet shop and get them to test it for you. Write the results down (in numbers) when they do the tests. And ask them what the results are in (eg: ppm, dGH, or something else).

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You need to get rid of the empire gudgeon, crabs and frog because they will eat the other fish.
Empire gudgeons grow to 6 inches and eat small fish.

Crabs are nocturnal scavengers/ predators that will catch and eat fish at night.

Frogs will eat anything that fits in their mouth. If the fish ever get sick, any medication used to treat the tank will probably kill the frog.

 

[simonas]

Sounds like a lovely set up but as others have said its not the now you need to think of its the future

I always overstock but I do a lot of water changes and keep my water decent. You can tell when its not as the fish will tell you with their appearance or demeanour in my opinion

As others have said you have a potential issue with crabs and frogs as they can eat your fish and a gudgeon will eat your fish

Your blue phantom will be a lovely fish but will grow a fair size too but it sounds like a lovely active set up

 

[Essjay]

What are the tank dimensions (length x width x height)?

From Juwel's website, in cm

 

[M Zaman]

I will remove the Gudgeons. And the frogs but I heard African drawf frogs are peaceful and won't go after fish it's the African CLAWED frogs that will. As far as the crabs pom pom crabs are tiny and completely peaceful. Iv had them for a month and not a single issue but will still remove them anyway

 

[M Zaman]

Thanks guys for the suggestion any other advice would be appreciated as I want the best health for my fish

 

[Colin_T]

Due to the aquariums size (length), it is not suitable for 2 species of bottom dwelling cichlids so either keep the Apistogrammas or the blue ram but not both. It the Apistogrammas breed, they will go after the ram.

The blue phantom pleco needs to go as well because it grows too big for that tank. They can reach 6 inches and that is much too large for a 71cm tank.

 

[M Zaman]

Okay will do. Good thing I have local breeders near me. Thanks for the info.

 

[Lcc86]

I will remove the Gudgeons. And the frogs but I heard African drawf frogs are peaceful and won't go after fish it's the African CLAWED frogs that will. As far as the crabs pom pom crabs are tiny and completely peaceful. Iv had them for a month and not a single issue but will still remove them anyway

ADF's are definitely more peaceful than the clawed ones, I'm not sure if people are getting the two mixed up, clawed ones will literally eat everything in your tank, dwarf frogs are much less likely to do so but could still take an opportunity to grab one if it fits in their mouth. I'd be more worried about the crab eating something than the frog. They do prefer to live in groups though.

Cories also need bigger numbers but if you're removing some other fish then you should have room to increase those.

 

[Essjay]

The main thing with ADFs is that they are almost blind and rely on smell to find their food. By the time they find it, the fish could well have eaten it all. It is not unknown for ADFs to starve to death in a tank with fish.

Colin mentioned that fish medications can kill frogs.

There's also a potential issue with the height of this tank. ADFs need to breath air and 60 cm/24 inches is a long way for a small frog to swim upwards to breath.

 

[Lcc86]

The main thing with ADFs is that they are almost blind and rely on smell to find their food. By the time they find it, the fish could well have eaten it all. It is not unknown for ADFs to starve to death in a tank with fish.

Colin mentioned that fish medications can kill frogs.

There's also a potential issue with the height of this tank. ADFs need to breath air and 60 cm/24 inches is a long way for a small frog to swim upwards to breath.

Agree with all of this.

 

[M Zaman]

Thanks for the info will remove them. Lesson learned to do even more research. Good thing nothing has died so I will remove everything that has been advised to me.

 

[Sanityassassin]

Done a API master test yesterday and amonia nitrates and nitrites all read 0

I'd be a little concerned with your nitrate reading. A mature tank, especially a heavily stocked one as in your case, should always have a positive nitrate reading, NEVER 0ppm.

Plants can help reduce nitrate, and you have plants, but I'd be very very surprised, given your stocking levels, if the plants alone were sucking every bit of nitrate from your water.

And a huge water change, pretty much 100% will also reduce your nitrate to 0ppm, for a short while. But you don't do huge water changes!

I'd recheck it if I was you.