Speakerman
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I have a 55g tank I bought from Wal-Mart a while back. It's been set up for about a month. I don't have any live plant because my fish eat them. I have 2 Green Terror's under 2", 1 Green Terror 5", 2 Oscars 4", 1 Jack Dempsey 5", 1 Pink Convict under 2", Common Placo 5", and 2 Blood Parrot's 2."
I realize this is a massive overstocking...But i've done my best to compensate.
I've aquired several of the fish through adoption at Petco. I'm going to get a much larger tank in the future, but for now I want to know if pumping up the filtration can compensate for having too many fish.
Again, I am fully aware of how large all of these fish get and the tension that will be sustained between them once they reach adult size. I plan on seperating some of these fish and putting the bigger fish (oscars) in about 100 gallons.
Right now I have a Rena Star xP3 that I just put in and an Aqua-Tech 20-40 with strictly carbon and zeolite blend where the filter cartridge should be.
I have 2 30-60 Aqua-tech filters I can put in the tank, but for some reason I don't think they do that great of a job. I don't like them very much.
Last time I looked at the water quality the stats were pH 7, N <20ppm, Amonia- 0....But that was after I did a substantial water change.
All beer cans were emptied and washed thouroughly with extremely hot ass water. heh
I realize this is a massive overstocking...But i've done my best to compensate.
I've aquired several of the fish through adoption at Petco. I'm going to get a much larger tank in the future, but for now I want to know if pumping up the filtration can compensate for having too many fish.
Again, I am fully aware of how large all of these fish get and the tension that will be sustained between them once they reach adult size. I plan on seperating some of these fish and putting the bigger fish (oscars) in about 100 gallons.
Right now I have a Rena Star xP3 that I just put in and an Aqua-Tech 20-40 with strictly carbon and zeolite blend where the filter cartridge should be.
I have 2 30-60 Aqua-tech filters I can put in the tank, but for some reason I don't think they do that great of a job. I don't like them very much.
Last time I looked at the water quality the stats were pH 7, N <20ppm, Amonia- 0....But that was after I did a substantial water change.
All beer cans were emptied and washed thouroughly with extremely hot ass water. heh