Aquarium Housing

[mattyblueice]

Morning I recently adopted five cory pandas and a Golden Mystery snail to my current tank and I am concerned that I have too much in the tank. I have a 9 Gallon Fluval Flex aquarium with an additional sponge filter:


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In my tank I now have:

• 7 Cory Pandas
• 1 golden snail
• 2 Rabbit snails
• 2 Racer snails
• 3 Ramshorn snails

Is the aquarium ok with the additional filter or should I upgrade and if so to what size?

Thanks for the help!
Matt

 

[Aiken Drum]

I would say purely from a bioload PoV you are fine. It will support the bioload.

My concern would be is, does a 9g flex tank have enough floor area to support a small group of panda corys. Probably. Just.

A 20g tank will give more floor space and open up options to keep some fish that occupy the mid to high levels of the aquarium also.

 

[mattyblueice]

Thanks for the feedback, I have been looking at different aquariums and most larger ones (from 10g-20g) give about 4 inches length wise and minimal additional space width. However the Waterbox aquariums I have found, although pricey give adequate space both length and in width. Thanks for the feedback, just trying to be a good fish dad