Is my planted tank overstocked?

[M Zaman]

Hi guys I have a 60L (15 gal aprox) cube aquarium that is a heavily planted jungle style. Doesn't really look too overstocked since its so heavily planted alot of the things have their own territories The exact model is a superfish cubic 60 and also has some floating plants. Just want your guys opinion on how overstocked it it. I'm willing to remove anything out for the health of the fish even though everything gets along fine at the moment. Here's what lives inside.

3 ottos

6 pygmy cory

2 dwarf frogs

2 badis

9 normans lampeyes

4 sparkling gourami

5 cpd

2 fancy guppy

1 dwarf gourami

1 pair australe killifish

2 tiny pom pom crabs

Few snails

 

[CassCats]

Unfortunately yes, many of those need a tank larger than 15 gallons, and a 15 gallon is limited on diversity you can add.


I'd correct it to:

1 pair of centerpiece (either the guppies, the killifish, or badis)
1 school of fish, your norman lampeyes or CPDs for example
1 school of pygmy cories for the bottom.


OR:

Group of Sparkling gourami
1 school of pygmy cories.


The frogs don't tend to do great with fish longterm due to their poor eyesight.

Otocinclus need shoals of 6+ and need much more space than what they have to enable them all to get the biofilm supply they need to thrive.

Sparkling gourami are fine in a 15g but ideally may need them species only since they can be spicy, could do them and perhaps the cories instead of the other fish.

Dwarf gouramis should be in a 20g+ as they get too large for a 15g.


Crabs may be alright, given they're filter feeders.

 

[M Zaman]

Unfortunately yes, many of those need a tank larger than 15 gallons, and a 15 gallon is limited on diversity you can add.


I'd correct it to:

1 pair of centerpiece (either the guppies, the killifish, or badis)
1 school of fish, your norman lampeyes or CPDs for example
1 school of pygmy cories for the bottom.


OR:

Group of Sparkling gourami
1 school of pygmy cories.


The frogs don't tend to do great with fish longterm due to their poor eyesight.

Otocinclus need shoals of 6+ and need much more space than what they have to enable them all to get the biofilm supply they need to thrive.

Sparkling gourami are fine in a 15g but ideally may need them species only since they can be spicy, could do them and perhaps the cories instead of the other fish.

Dwarf gouramis should be in a 20g+ as they get too large for a 15g.


Crabs may be alright, given they're filter feeders.

Thanks for the reply. I'm lucky in the sense where i have an outlet to give the fish to so I can get down to the correct numbers. Thankfully before any deaths or illness

 

[CassCats]

That's a good solution, or get multiple tanks

 

[M Zaman]

That's a good solution, or get multiple tanks

Oh I feel like I'm gonna end up falling down that rabbit hole the more research I do

 

[fishorama]

That's why many of us have several tanks, lol.