tomtom14
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Hi guys and gals I was thinking of upgrading to a 400litre tank. I was looking at the stocking for my tank.
I was using the general rule of 1inch of fish per every 4 gallons. After using this I worked out that with a 400litre tank/88 gallons I could have 22 inches worth of fish.
However I have looked at several stockings for other 400litre tanks and some peoples where way overstocked according to this rule.
Most people where way over twice this rule and some even three times the amount of fish to volume. A lot of people said this was fine and some said they could have more fish.
Is this rule totally wrong? As the people keeping this many fish to volume didn't say anything about their tank-mates being aggressive because of cramped conditions.
I also wanted to know if my stock would be ok for a 400litre tank or if this rule is true and I need to shorten my stock.
I would like:
Coral beauty
Kole yellow eye tang
Royal gramma
Longnose hawkfish
Flasher wrasse
Copperband butterflyfish
Shrimp and goby pair
Thank you for taking your time to read this and thank you for any replys.
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I was using the general rule of 1inch of fish per every 4 gallons. After using this I worked out that with a 400litre tank/88 gallons I could have 22 inches worth of fish.
However I have looked at several stockings for other 400litre tanks and some peoples where way overstocked according to this rule.
Most people where way over twice this rule and some even three times the amount of fish to volume. A lot of people said this was fine and some said they could have more fish.
Is this rule totally wrong? As the people keeping this many fish to volume didn't say anything about their tank-mates being aggressive because of cramped conditions.
I also wanted to know if my stock would be ok for a 400litre tank or if this rule is true and I need to shorten my stock.
I would like:
Coral beauty
Kole yellow eye tang
Royal gramma
Longnose hawkfish
Flasher wrasse
Copperband butterflyfish
Shrimp and goby pair
Thank you for taking your time to read this and thank you for any replys.
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