Fish Tank Size

[steve]

I solved my other problem with the green/brown water (rotting Plants). At
the moment I have 3 tanks. 1 2ft with 2 rice paddy frogs. 1 3ft with 2
fantail goldfish 2 silvertip tetras and 3 unknown tetra size fish. and
another 3 ft with 1 queen pleco, 3 black tetras, 5 neon tetras, 2 adult
female guppies, seven 2 month old guppies and 6 2 week old guppies.

The question is am I overstocked and should I change any of the fish around
and what if any could I add to these set ups. I am going to remove the
goldfish into a separate 2 foot tank of there own as they grow or build a
small pond (undecided).

also!!!!

I want to keep 3-5 bala sharks and 3 - 5 clown loaches what size tank would
I need. Please can you give dimensions as I cant visualise 40, 50 60 gallon
etc. (intellectually challenged) :)

Many Thanks in advance

Steve

[Dinky]

"steve" > wrote in message
...
| I solved my other problem with the green/brown water (rotting
Plants). At
| the moment I have 3 tanks. 1 2ft with 2 rice paddy frogs. 1 3ft
with 2
| fantail goldfish 2 silvertip tetras and 3 unknown tetra size fish.
and
| another 3 ft with 1 queen pleco, 3 black tetras, 5 neon tetras, 2
adult
| female guppies, seven 2 month old guppies and 6 2 week old guppies.
|
| The question is am I overstocked and should I change any of the
fish around
| and what if any could I add to these set ups. I am going to
remove the
| goldfish into a separate 2 foot tank of there own as they grow or
build a
| small pond (undecided).
|
| also!!!!
|
| I want to keep 3-5 bala sharks and 3 - 5 clown loaches what size
tank would
| I need. Please can you give dimensions as I cant visualise 40, 50
60 gallon
| etc. (intellectually challenged) :)
|

If *you* could provide some dimensions as well, that would be
helpful. I have 3 tanks that are 2 feet long, and they all hold a
different volume of water, which is the really important part of this
equation. The length and width of every 2 foot tank in the world is
not the same.<g>

FWIW, clown loaches will eventually reach a foot long under best
conditions, and bala's are rumoured to reach even larger sizes. Plan
accordingly.

billy


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[Sue]

Think in terms of a five foot x two foot x two foot as a minimum sized grow
out tank with an eight footer in the future.
I've seen Bala sharks of 14" ( not counting the tail) and owned clowns over
ten inches.

> | I want to keep 3-5 bala sharks and 3 - 5 clown loaches what size
> tank would
> | I need. Please can you give dimensions as I cant visualise 40, 50
> 60 gallon
> | etc. (intellectually challenged) :)
> |
>

[Geezer From The Freezer]

Also goldfish shoudn't be mixed with tropicals.

[The Outcaste]

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 07:43:33 +0000 (UTC), "Sue"
> bubbled forth the following:

>Think in terms of a five foot x two foot x two foot as a minimum sized grow
>out tank with an eight footer in the future.
>I've seen Bala sharks of 14" ( not counting the tail) and owned clowns over
>ten inches.
>
>> | I want to keep 3-5 bala sharks and 3 - 5 clown loaches what size
>> tank would
>> | I need. Please can you give dimensions as I cant visualise 40, 50
>> 60 gallon
>> | etc. (intellectually challenged) :)
>> |
>>
>

and to tie the size to gallons (rounded), five foot x two foot x two
foot is 150 gallons, eight foot x two foot x two foot is 240. For an
even 300 gallons go eight foot x two and one-half foot x two foot.

Jerry