Overstocked?

[jackson123]

Is a 110 gallon with an oscar, black belt, jd, green terror, jewel, 2 convicts, a Senegal bichir and a pleco overstocked? The tank has 1270 gph and filters a total of 315 gallons.

 

[mikem691]

foot print of the tank?

 

[jackson123]

It's an oceanic 60x18x24

 

[mikem691]

Is a 110 gallon with an oscar, black belt, jd, green terror, jewel, 2 convicts, a Senegal bichir and a pleco overstocked? The tank has 1270 gph and filters a total of 315 gallons.

I dont know but if anything I would not add anything. if not over you are close.

 

[severum mama]

Is a 110 gallon with an oscar, black belt, jd, green terror, jewel, 2 convicts, a Senegal bichir and a pleco overstocked? The tank has 1270 gph and filters a total of 315 gallons.

I think you will have big problems with this list in the future, although as juveniles they will probably be fine. Once they start to mature, though, you'll see a lot more aggression. Even if you are able to keep up on water quality, a 5 foot tank simply does not provide adequate space for all these fish to claim territories.

If the pleco is a common pleco, it will eventually get huge. Even if you can house it (which is iffy IMO), you will be fighting an uphill battle for water quality with that one.

 

[jackson123]

What if I got rid of the jewel and the 2 convicts?

 

[JRT83]

What if I got rid of the jewel and the 2 convicts?

You'd still be overstocked but it's possible you could get the right mix since you don't have any of the real aggressive cichlid species (amphilophus, parachromis, etc). Since you're already overstocked, u might as well just leave it for now and just pull out the aggressive or weak fish when necessary.

 

[jackson123]

Ok thanks

 

[jackson123]

What could I get rid of to make it not overstocked?

 

[JRT83]

What could I get rid of to make it not overstocked?

It's a toss up... if you don't have any aggression right now, removing 1 fish could throw everything off and you'll be left worse off than u already are. Take into account that 1 full grown Oscar needs 75 gallons to himself minimum and you're not left with room for much else. Convicts don't get nearly as big so u could try them with 1 of your other cichlids but even then you never know how it's going to work, especially if u got a male/female. Some people are able to get their tanks to work overstocked like yours, I've never been able to...

 

[Ian14]

I'd get rid of convicts and green terror for sure

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[jackson123]

I think I will get rid of the jewel the green terror and maybe the convicts because they are my least favorite.