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Soooo cute, and what a great mix. You have years of love and fun ahead of you. :)

thank you! :) they're my kiddos lol

My dogs Zeus and Gypsy, kitten Piper, and her brother Edison. My babies :)

We have a julii cory named Fred! :P

Us too! Only for the fish we can tell apart though, lol.

Such awesome names you've given your menagerie! :)

Well I think the reason fish stores are able to do that is partially bc the fish come and go so quickly. But you do have a lot more equipment than most hobbyists. Is it a cichlid tank?

Thank you for the advice but like I said in my original post, we will not be getting more glofish. This guy has had from 3-5 friends in the past but they've all passed on from old age at this point. I expect he isn't too far behind but for now he's happily playing with the rasboras and following...

WOW, what kind of fish? You must do water changes every day lol.

We are currently in the process of setting up a 30 gallon tall tank that is an upgrade to our 20 long. Current stocking in the 20 gallon: 5 glass catfish 7 harlequin rasboras 1 long-fin albino BN 1 male swordtail 1 glofish 3 otos Planned to add once upgraded: 3 rasboras 2 otos We're...

No you explained it perfectly. This is exactly the kind of in-depth advice I was hoping for, thanks!

So what determines bioload? Common sense tells me type and amount of food eaten and amount of waste generated (but how is that measured?), are there other factors?

Experienced aquarists, when you're planning how to stock a tank, what do you take into consideration to determine if it's fully stocked? Obviously fish have to be compatible tempermentally and with the water parameters. But how do you know how many fish are not enough, too much, or just right...

I would actually say one is plenty for algae. We have one young BN in our 55g with high lighting and he keeps it extremely clean.

That inch rule isn't all that accurate, though. For example, 4" glass catfish is MUCH different than a 4" BN in terms of bioload. It may be good as a jumping off point, but I would never consider stocking on that rule alone.