Overstocked 55?

[madchild24]

im getting a 55 gallon would theses fish be over stocked?
8 Bloodfin tetras
8 Rummynoses
8 Neon Tetras
8 Pristella Tetras
4 Peppered Cory Cats
1 Clown Pleco
1 Albino Bristlenose Pleco
1 dwarf gourami
would that be over stocked?

 

[mr86mister]

well following the 1" per gallon rule then yes, but if you keep up on the maintenance and pwc's i dont think that would be too bad

IMO i would take out the bloodfin tetras

great combination though!!

 

[TomK2]

Hmmm. I don't think it would be too much, with regular maintenance and good filtration. Look at my signature, I am not that far off what you want, excluding the gourami and the clown pleco. I really don't know how big those two get, but I bet its doable. Stock slowly and watch for problems.

 

[Guest]

I don't think thats overstocked at all. Its about 30 fish, at maybe 2" per fish (some less some more) thats about 60" of fish in a 55 gallon. I think you would be perfectly ok as long as you do regular maintenance. HTH and GL

 

[RoK]

Just make sure you get driftwood for the pleco(s) (I know clown's need it, not sure about BN's though).