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how many tropical fish can i stock my tank with2007-11-24 23:34:45

i have a 180ltr tank and have currently have 51 fish. about half of these are small fish such as neons plattys tetras and i have a few mollys some clown loaches rosy barbs a plec and 3 large golden gourami

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http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/beginn.

try this guide

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not sure but the bigger the tank the larger they grow - its a bad guess sorry

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The rule of thumb is supposed to be no more than 2 small per gallon.

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if there happy just leave them, if they fight then you need a bigger tank, or a new 1

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Do you have any obese fish?

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I know this isnt metric but maybe some one can find a conversion chart-the general rule for the average-shape, warm-water tank is one inch of fish per gallon of water. it seems like you have more fish than there ought to be though.

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The basic equation is on surface area. Work outthe surface area in cms and deivde by 30, this will give you the total length of fish in cms you can have.

There is a good book called you and your aquarium by dick mills which describes this and a lot more , its worth getting, it has helped me save my fish a few times

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2-3 small fish per gallon or 1 large per gallon. If you crowd it, you will build up ammonia and then you will have 0 fish.

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I heard that fish grow to fit in the tank, so if you have loads of small fish they stay small , where if you only have half the amount the grow bigger. I would do what look nice to you.

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If you can convert this to gallons, the rule of thumb is 1 inch of fish per gallon of water. I think it is something like 4.2 litres equals a gallon (equates to a 40 gallon tank?).