To Small For Sterbai?

[fattikins]

I was wondering if a standard 10 gallon (38L) would be too small for 5 Corydoras sterbai? If I overfiltered would it be okay? The tank would also be used as a water lettuce tank (My other tanks are full of it) so I would think that a lot of the excess nutrients would be absorbed by the water lettuce.

Thanks

 

[JenCliBee]

I was wondering if a standard 10 gallon (38L) would be too small for 5 Corydoras sterbai? If I overfiltered would it be okay? The tank would also be used as a water lettuce tank (My other tanks are full of it) so I would think that a lot of the excess nutrients would be absorbed by the water lettuce.

Thanks

IMO no its 2 small would say min 60l (2 foot tank) for 5 but others will prob say diff lol

 

[Truck]

depends on the foot print really, what is the foot print?

 

[OldMan47]

I think JenCliBee has the right answer. A sterbai is a fairly large Corydoras and needs some room. Over filtering is a nice way to clean up solids but does nothing in terms of how many fish you can keep. All it does is make the tank look a little neater to people. The ammonia processing is not enhanced one iota by high flows. It will also not give the fish any more saturated water in terms of oxygen or any less saturated water in terms of CO2. If you have adequate flow near the surface of a tank, that is pretty well taken care of and can't really be improved.

 

[rocknurworld2006]

I was wondering if a standard 10 gallon (38L) would be too small for 5 Corydoras sterbai? If I overfiltered would it be okay? The tank would also be used as a water lettuce tank (My other tanks are full of it) so I would think that a lot of the excess nutrients would be absorbed by the water lettuce.

Thanks

yes i wud say to small for sterbai.

try summit like pygmy corys or habrosus

 

[fattikins]

truckasauras123 - The dimmesions of the tank are 20"Lx12"Hx10"W

OldMan47 - I don't know where you get your information from, but over-filtering does enhance the processing of ammonia. With extra surface area for biological filtration to occur, larger amounts of nitrogenous compounds can be broken down. In addition to the extra biological filtration, A good portion of the surface will be covered with Water Lettuce. In my tanks, this plant sucks up nutrients almost as fast as the tank inhabitants create them. I don't use my filters to add extra oxygen to my water as I don't believe my water has abnormally low amounts of oxygen.

 

[Truck]

IMO that would be big enough, but others may disagree

 

[fattikins]

Bump.

 

[rocknurworld2006]

wat other fish are in tank?