Saltair
Aquarium Advice Freak
Due to some unexpected procreation I have more fish than I should. I have a guppy who was in isolation for 10 weeks and dropped fry two days after being put in a display tank.
Anyway right now I have a 16gal with a aquaclear30 stocked with 3 adult Platy, 2 baby Platy, 3 guppies, 2 cory and 2 Ghost Shrimp. This is a low light low tech planted tank. Understanding that the babies are going to grow up I dont think this tank is in too bad a shape.
The Problem tank is a 10gal in my boys room with a Quite Flow 10 filter that has 4 guppies, 5 neon tetras, 2 swordtails, and a clown pleco. The pleco was a newbie mistake on my part, and has found a place inside a shipwreck decoration that makes him impossible to monitor. All but one of these guppies is still in the fry stage, but mom, we'll call her Mary
, looks like she might drop again. This tank is grossly over stocked and under filtered I think.
After playing around with aq advisor I am thinking of putting the clown pleco in the 16gal, and ungrading the 10gal filter to a quiteflow 20. I have read that plecos can be rough on planted tanks. My wife will flip if I tell her I need a bigger tank so not an option. I have a science teacher friend who is thinking about starting a tank in her room which would solve my problem, but until then... what do you all think?
Anyway right now I have a 16gal with a aquaclear30 stocked with 3 adult Platy, 2 baby Platy, 3 guppies, 2 cory and 2 Ghost Shrimp. This is a low light low tech planted tank. Understanding that the babies are going to grow up I dont think this tank is in too bad a shape.
The Problem tank is a 10gal in my boys room with a Quite Flow 10 filter that has 4 guppies, 5 neon tetras, 2 swordtails, and a clown pleco. The pleco was a newbie mistake on my part, and has found a place inside a shipwreck decoration that makes him impossible to monitor. All but one of these guppies is still in the fry stage, but mom, we'll call her Mary
, looks like she might drop again. This tank is grossly over stocked and under filtered I think.After playing around with aq advisor I am thinking of putting the clown pleco in the 16gal, and ungrading the 10gal filter to a quiteflow 20. I have read that plecos can be rough on planted tanks. My wife will flip if I tell her I need a bigger tank so not an option. I have a science teacher friend who is thinking about starting a tank in her room which would solve my problem, but until then... what do you all think?
