SittingDuck
Aquarium Advice Regular
The recommended size of fish is an inch per gallon when stocking a tank. Does this take into account decorations that take up volume in the tank? I just put in a large log that looks takes up...probably a gallon or two in volume...is this going to affect the overall fish that I can safely put in the aquarium? What about a heavily planted tank? Should that be taken into consideration also? I've got a 130 gallon tank right now, and have 22 fish in there all a little over an inch in size. My betta is about 2 inches, but the rest are about an inch...Should I be worrying more about how "Comfortable" they look rather than going by the "inch per gallon" measurement?
Right now, they look very happy with lots of room to swim. But I don't want to be doubling my stock, or quadrupling my stock if it's going to start to get cramped in there.
Right now, they look very happy with lots of room to swim. But I don't want to be doubling my stock, or quadrupling my stock if it's going to start to get cramped in there.