This is the problem with these types of forums. Passionate people have a very anonymous and direct way to launch criticism at complete strangers without any need for accountability or fear of repercussion. It creates a very false and misguided sense of bravery. People will say things online that they would never have the guts to say to someone in person. And don't say you would. I guarantee you that if confronted with the same scenario in person, you would handle it completely differently. Anyone who says otherwise is dreaming.
You don't have all the information. I gave you a little snippet of what I have been building for the last 6 weeks and you quickly formed an opinion without all the facts. You didn't ask any questions or make further inquiries. Just a quick judgement statement that will affect the opinions of others who read it. Now suddenly thanks to you, I have committed the equivalent of first degree murder in the eyes of fish keepers all over the world.
I didn't tell you how many fish I had. Only what kinds. My tank is not fully stocked and I was satisfied that based on my research on fishless cycling that it could take on a larger population of fish initially. After dosing my tank to 4ppm for the last 6 weeks, a reasonable bioload is necessary to maintain the biofilter I worked so hard to create. This thing was chewing through 4ppm of ammonia and nitrite in 24 hours intervals. A dozen fish wasn't going to present any kind of challenge.
You can fairly criticize me for stocking otto cats. I knew that a new tank isn't the best situation for them, but neither is starving to death at the fish shop. The tank is full of diatoms, which I know will vanish eventually, but food can be supplemented (algae wafers, veg etc). Really no different than caring for a dog. Yeah I could let him roam the house without offering food, eventually he will get into something resembling food that will keep him from starvation, but dog food is just so much easier and much more humane......
You may enjoy this aspect of these forums. Quick judgements, feeling high and mighty, holding yourself supreme over other less experienced members. Thinking that I really care if you are "ok" with what I am doing or not. Not sure what that accomplishes other than driving people away. Is the forum here to help and attract newcomers, build and share knowledge to improve fish keeping skills, or identify weaknesses, common mistakes etc, and quickly attack, puff out your chest and feel like a man for a brief moment. I am sure that you go to sleep at night knowing you have served aquarists well. Congrats. I can see you've had lots of practice. You are probably really good at keeping/breeding fish. Good for you. You found a formula that works. Maybe you are more helpful and useful to the hobby if you offer advice rather than criticism. But what the **** do I know. Right? You probably aren't "ok" with that either.