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i have a tank that is quite overstocked, my levels are very good. i change my water every friday 35%. there is lots of plants and 14x filteration. all of the fish are very rich in colour, no signs of stress that i know about.

is there anything else i should watch out for or do to help keep everything undercontrol?

its been a long time since ive overstocked and i might be pushing it. but everything has stayed level and stress-free for the last two weeks.

You didn't say what kind of fish you have, but watch out for territorial aggression...

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tigerbarbs, clown loaches, neons, blackneons, glowlights, rasboras, wild pleco, bn pleco, frogs, m&f gouramis and upside catfish.

so far they seem to get along very well.

any chasing/fighting seems to be within schools.

I'm glad everything seems to be going well so far. What size tank do you have them in?

You should probably check your water parameters on a regular basis (something that isn't required with most tanks). You'll want to watch out for high nitrates and/or a drop in pH mostly.

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ok so for now im perfect

thanks

what is the tank size, i would probably want to move the fish when the loaches get big, but they are slow growers so it should be done the road.

Can you tell us the tank size, please?.
So we can see if you're overstocked or not.



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As you can see it would really help if we knew the tank size

Going by the fish listed in your profile I would hope it's a large tank. You have quite a few fish...your gouramis and especially your clown loaches aren't small fish. I couldn't find much info on the L147, when I Googled it the only result was your profile here


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There is water at the bottom of the ocean

o its very overstocked.
its a 29bow tank

with
6 neons
6 rasboras
5 glowlights
5 black neons
5 tiger barbs
4 frogs
3 young clown loaches (not staying in that tank for too long)
2 dwarf gouramis ( male and female emerald)
1 L147 pleco (6 inches and fully grown imported from columbia)
1 young bn pleco
1 upside down catfish

Yes you are definitely overstocked.

Watch the tiger barbs...make sure they don't go after the gouramis fins. They are very nippy, especially in smaller groups and a slow moving gourami (or two) would be a great target.
You may want to move one of the plecos out. They produce alot of waste. My BN in my 55g keeps me cleaning as he is constantly nastying(is that a word?) up the bottom of the tank. I couldn't imagine having a BN and another 6 inch pleco in a 29g.

Question: do your glowlights, neons, and black neons school together? I have 8 neons in my 29g and can't decide on black neons or glowlights to add...so I may do both.

*Kristin*

the glowlights and the neons school together but the black neons school with the rasboras if any fish

o and the tiger barbs did go after the gouramis when he first was introduced into the tank. but he set them straight now they dont go anywhere near him or her.

Good...then just keep checking water parameters and doing water changes and you should be fine.

*Kristin*

I know this question is based on a lot of factors but how many fish are o.k. for a 29 gallon. I am trying to decide on what I want in the tank.

a tank twice as big as yours would be fully stocked! and im the one worried about being overstocked with only 40in of fish in my 35g

Just did the weekly water change and testing

I tested the water before i changed it

ph 7.5
Am 0
NO2 0
NO3 0 (i retested and the real level is 30)
temp 80F

fish are very vibrant in colour. no fighting outside schools. everyone is alive. plants are growing at a very fast rate, even though there is no CO2 or ferts being put in the water right now (havnt had time to go get another dose).

That's impossible. Even in a well-stocked tank, nitrites will be present. If you do not have any, this will mean your tank has yet to cycle and will start producing highly toxic ammonia instead of no3.

the tank has already cycled, this is not a new tank its been running for about a year now. it was overstocked before, while i was preparing the other fish tanks.
I cant see it cycling again for no reason.

No3 is the only thing that i thought was wierd. I do not know much about the traits of No3 other then most tanks have it and mine doesnt. i think i was told that plants abosorb it as a form of ferts, maybe explaining why my plants are growing so fast. just a theory

ok sorry i lied, didnt mean to though, lol. after writing that last post i really did think about that test. i wasnt the one who administered the test just compared the results, so i thought i would do it again myself. the other results stay the same however

the No3 is 30 not 0