Overstocking

[Fishywishy333]

Ah right, that's not the one I saw, the other one was much different but I couldn't find the one you were on about. Seems very sketchy for 800LPH from an internal filter, especially for that price.

Is that a bad thing?

 

[thebritishbloke]

Is that a bad thing?

Anything that's too good to be true, is usually not true. You have to think, why would an £8 filter be able to achieve 800LPH, but a very popular, well known brand filter can only achieve that at £80.

 

[molliwopp]

Youre over stocked with 11 rummys, infact rums should be in a 20gallon ideally for swimming space adding more fish isnt a good idea. Is it because youre bored with your stocking?

The filters you mention i can believe they could probably pump 800lph for 8quid or 13bucks 2 of them is going to make your tank a whirlpool with 1600lph in a 60litre tank is alittle ridiculous IMO. 800lph only refers to how much water it is able to pump and has no real meaning on filtration capabilty of these filters, they look ok though supprisingly and would be interested in knowing about this filter actually because its thats Cheap! noise and efficientcy and if the media was interchangable with different biomedia would be awesome to know.

 

[Fishywishy333]

Youre over stocked with 11 rummys, infact rums should be in a 20gallon ideally for swimming space adding more fish isnt a good idea. Is it because youre bored with your stocking?

The filters you mention i can believe they could probably pump 800lph for 8quid or 13bucks 2 of them is going to make your tank a whirlpool with 1600lph in a 60litre tank is alittle ridiculous IMO. 800lph only refers to how much water it is able to pump and has no real meaning on filtration capabilty of these filters, they look ok though supprisingly and would be interested in knowing about this filter actually because its thats Cheap! noise and efficientcy and if the media was interchangable with different biomedia would be awesome to know.

Thanks for the post, I don't think I am overstocked already though. I think I am just fine bioload wise, I know they would ideally have a bigger tank but unfortunately this is the best I can give them right now. I have decided to go for 1 800lph filter and not adding anymore fish. I might change my mind along the way though, so it's not final.

 

[thebritishbloke]

Doesnt matter about your bioload. A 12" turtle could be in a 30 litre tank and it could handle the bioload, but its very cruel to keep a turtle that size in a tank that small as theres no room to swim.

 

[Polkadots]

Overstocking is not a good idea. That would be more work for you and stressed-out fish.

I like to use this website to see if I am overstocked and more: AqAdvisor - Intelligent Freshwater Tropical Fish Aquarium Stocking Calculator and Aquarium Tank/Filter Advisor

Good luck and happy fishkeeping!