20 Gallon Long stock Newbie

[Coloradokid13]

A month ago I got a 20 gallon Long tank and already have some fish in it
1 Dwarf Gourami
2 Dalmatian Mollies
2 Platinum Lyretail Mollies
3 Ottos Cats

Original I had 2 Gouramis but both were males and didn't get along and fought the other is back at the pet store and the one in the tank is a lot happier. All the mollies are Female.I am wondering what fish if I can add anymore would fit in with the ones I have.

Any advice would be good ,am new to the forum so it all helps. Thanks

 

[smallfry53]

Did you cycle the tank?

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Sounds like its pretty full. I would class its as slightly overstocked with all those mollies.

 

[Coloradokid13]

Yes did cycle it with fish out and I've been using aqadvisor.com and it says it's only 70% stock

 

[smallfry53]

Ok just making sure. Must have cycled quickly.

 

[Coloradokid13]

Ya didn't do a full week only a couple days because parents divorced didn't want to might another week my impatience got the best of me

 

[ErinMcG]

Wow! I've never tried AqAdvisor.... I plugged in my plans for fish and it suggested I was way understocked, but I'd have thought my plans were going to fill it. I'm too new at fish keeping to assess it, but it makes me slightly nervous.

 

[smallfry53]

Cycling usually takes at least a month. It took me 5 weeks I think. You can't cycle a tank in a few days unless you get a lot of seeded material or something. Have you been testing the ammonia, nitrite, etc.?

 

[smallfry53]

Wow! I've never tried AqAdvisor.... I plugged in my plans for fish and it suggested I was way understocked, but I'd have thought my plans were going to fill it. I'm too new at fish keeping to assess it, but it makes me slightly nervous.

I don't think there is such a thing as being understocked. Not having your tank maxed out isn't a bad thing.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Cycling usually takes at least a month. It took me 5 weeks I think. You can't cycle a tank in a few days unless you get a lot of seeded material or something. Have you been testing the ammonia, nitrite, etc.?

+1
Letting a tank sit with the filter running will not cycle it. It needs an ammonia source either from bottled ammonia or fish.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/artic...-to-Starting-a-Freshwater-Aquarium/Page1.html
Please read this.
As for AqAdviser it's a fun toy but that's about it. It doesn't take a lot of things into consideration.

 

[ErinMcG]

I don't think there is such a thing as being understocked. Not having your tank maxed out isn't a bad thing.

I should clarify... I am not nervous about being under stocked. I would rather that! It is AqAdvisor that makes me nervous. I have a 29 gallon and i filled in my dimensions, filtration, etc and what I planned to put in (6 panda cories, 8 blue-eyed rainbows, 10 ember tetras and a handful of cherry shrimp = about 24 gallons of fish, I would think). It told me that I was at about 50% stocked. It seems to me that it could lead people to over stock their tanks if they trust it too much.