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	Can I add more fish?
Ferox Enthusiast Posts: 219 Kudos: 187 Votes: 28 Registered: 19-Dec-2003	I currently have a standard 4ft tank (about 40 or so gallons i think) and want to add some different sorts of fish. Current stock: 3 pearl gourami 16 WCMM 1 CAE I know there could be problems with the CAE, but he's already big and all he molests are my plants. I'd like to add a trio of mollies, or a school of black skirt tetras, or a school of glassfish if i can find any that aren't painted. Would adding one of these options overstock my tank? <Vet in Training> Blog under development: http://www.nearlydrferox.blogging4life.com/
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	How planted is the tank IMO, adding the black skirts wouldn't overstock, as they stay on the small side and arent' all that active. I'd worry with the mollies unless you were to get all males. Glasscats I'd worry about because of their size ^_^ [hr width='40%'] "And I said What about Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Do you know the height of your tank? The most common 4ft tank here is a 55g. I've never seen a 40g. 40g long, 45g long and 55g all have 13"depth/width. A 55g is 21" tall and a 40 is only 17" tall. I don't know if you could fit another school in the midlevel since all you have are mid-top level fish. You could add something like cories or loaches to a 55g. My concern with the cae wouldn't just be agression but that they can get almost a foot in length which is a bit tight for any of those tanks.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55


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