Go Back   Brooklyn Aquarium Society - Public Forum > Freshwater > General Discussion

General Discussion General Freshwater Aquaria Discussion.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old October 14th, 2012, 03:52 PM   #1
john fox
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: bklyn
Posts: 331
Rep Power: 30 john fox is an unknown quantity at this point
Talking Overcrowding

I was just reading the saltwater discussion with Rossi and was wondering if I'm overcrowded as I bought some more fish at the auction I'm running a 55 and here's the line up /2 purple mbuna 8 red mbuna most fish are about 2/3 inches oh and a striped Rafael 5 yellow tails 1 adult yellow labs 4/ juvies SOUNDS LIKE overcrowded 1 large pleco and 2 convicts 🐠🐠that's about 24 fish can I maintain this tank of fish by doing water changes and how often
john fox is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 14th, 2012, 06:39 PM   #2
stevem
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Brooklyn
Posts: 687
Rep Power: 34 stevem is an unknown quantity at this point
Default overcrowding

that's alot of fish, and they are going to get big.
Although fresh is not as bad as salt in that manner, that is still too many fish.
You should probably do weekly 25% wc as of now.
When they start to grow you will have to get rid of some.
What happen when you put too many fish is the levels begin to rise slowly untill they reach a deadly level.
that's when tanks bomb out, and we get asked the question I don't know what I did wrong
Cleaning both filters at the same time make matters worse, by killing off to much bacteria.
When there is to much of a load and not enough bacteria, that is an accident waiting to happen
stevem is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 14th, 2012, 06:39 PM   #3
stevem
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Brooklyn
Posts: 687
Rep Power: 34 stevem is an unknown quantity at this point
Default overcrowding

that's alot of fish, and they are going to get big.
Although fresh is not as bad as salt in that manner, that is still too many fish.
You should probably do weekly 25% wc as of now.
When they start to grow you will have to get rid of some.
What happen when you put too many fish is the levels begin to rise slowly untill they reach a deadly level.
that's when tanks bomb out, and we get asked the question I don't know what I did wrong
Cleaning both filters at the same time make matters worse, by killing off to much bacteria.
When there is to much of a load and not enough bacteria, that is an accident waiting to happen
stevem is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Page generated in 0.04461 seconds with 13 queries