I have an over stocked tank to start out with; here is a list:
2 Zebras
3 Gold Gouriamis (SP)
1 Gray Gouriamis (SP)
1 Fire Fox
1 Plocostimus (SP)
1 brown plocostimus (SP)
3 Green barbs
3 Albino barbs
3 tiger barbs
1 Dragon gobie
1 cat fish (forgot the name because I never see him he is always in the gravel)
I most likely forgot 1 - 2 fish. Thats in a 29 gallon. I'm running Compact florescent (65 watt) 50/50 bulb 10,000k and 65000k bulb. 1 penguin 170 and 1 aqua clear 200. I'm probably running 300GPH at the least. PH=6-8 (hard water around here and getting good water just costs way to much) My GH and KH is also high. It's well water from Wisconsin :? . I had a time where my nitrates were perfect, but now I do so much water changes and my nitrates are still 20-40 ppm. I know my tank is overstocked but the fish I have in there all get along and every time I go there someones battling someone for a mate or all the barbs are schooling. Its awsome. How can I stablise my nitrates with out decreasing fish in the tank. There has to be a way.
Also are dragon gobies carnivorous? I was wondering if I should just buy some feeder guppy and see if he eats them, because the barbs tend to eat everything in a minute tops. [/quote]
2 Zebras
3 Gold Gouriamis (SP)
1 Gray Gouriamis (SP)
1 Fire Fox
1 Plocostimus (SP)
1 brown plocostimus (SP)
3 Green barbs
3 Albino barbs
3 tiger barbs
1 Dragon gobie
1 cat fish (forgot the name because I never see him he is always in the gravel)
I most likely forgot 1 - 2 fish. Thats in a 29 gallon. I'm running Compact florescent (65 watt) 50/50 bulb 10,000k and 65000k bulb. 1 penguin 170 and 1 aqua clear 200. I'm probably running 300GPH at the least. PH=6-8 (hard water around here and getting good water just costs way to much) My GH and KH is also high. It's well water from Wisconsin :? . I had a time where my nitrates were perfect, but now I do so much water changes and my nitrates are still 20-40 ppm. I know my tank is overstocked but the fish I have in there all get along and every time I go there someones battling someone for a mate or all the barbs are schooling. Its awsome. How can I stablise my nitrates with out decreasing fish in the tank. There has to be a way.
Also are dragon gobies carnivorous? I was wondering if I should just buy some feeder guppy and see if he eats them, because the barbs tend to eat everything in a minute tops. [/quote]