Is my tank over crowded?

[NewFishKeeper97]

Hi, so I have a 10 gallon tank with a betta, black skirt tetra, 3 zebra danios and today I purchased three guppies. Is my tank okay? Or is it now overcrowded? I have been having a hard time with this tank. I’ve lost many fish. But my 20 gallon I haven’t lost any so maybe there used to be too many? But I don’t want to loose any more. I also got some more fake plants too.

 

[myo]

Probably on the overstocked side in my opinion. However I think it would come down to filtration capability.

 

[NewFishKeeper97]

How can I tell the filtration capability? Should I move some to the other tank? I have goldfish in there and those fish are small I wouldn’t want them to get eaten.

 

[myo]

It should say L/PH on the filter.

I’d say multiple goldfish in a 20 gal is more of an issue than your 10 gal.

 

[NewFishKeeper97]

It should say L/PH on the filter.

I’d say multiple goldfish in a 20 gal is more of an issue than your 10 gal.

I didn’t know that at the time when I got them, I’m working on getting 75 gallon. I’ll have to look and see if that’s on the filter.

 

[King Fisher]

You should have around 10x the gallons per hour out of your filter than what your tank capacity is. Example: 10g tank=100g per hour. Your filter should tell you how many gph it runs at.

 

[myo]

You should have around 10x the gallons per hour out of your filter than what your tank capacity is. Example: 10g tank=100g per hour. Your filter should tell you how many gph it runs at.

Ahaha I just realised I dropped back into litres instead of gallons..oops.

 

[King Fisher]

I generally run around 15x

 

[myo]

I generally run around 15x

Same, I’m at 14.8 times filtration in my 250L tank

 

[Mulch05]

I have a 200ltr tank and I run a EF2 from all pond solutions which is a 1400ltrs per hour filter which is capable of going up to a 600 ltr tank so I'm three times the size of the tank lol. Just for safety lol [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[King Fisher]

I have a 200ltr tank and I run a EF2 from all pond solutions which is a 1400ltrs per hour filter which is capable of going up to a 600 ltr tank so I'm three times the size of the tank lol. Just for safety lol [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

So your at 7x

 

[Bettythebetta]

Black skirt tetras need a lot more space than that, you are slightly overcrowded.