"Add Homonym" wrote in message
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Guayni; SAHS wrote:


Adding new fish to any tank is always stressful to both the resident and
the newcomer.
I disagree with those expressing preference to do it with the lights out.
Just imagine yourself thrown in a dark room full of enemies. Where are
you going to hide? can't see!
There will always be fights even in compatible fish.

1. Keeping the livestock to an inch of fish per gallon is my rule of
thumb.

?!?!?! INCH PER GALLON? I have always heard more like an inch per 3-4
gallons. 55 inches of fish total in a 55 gal tank?!?!
Is not that much...
To put 55 inches of fish in a 55gal tank is not correct.
You have to subtract from that volume all the water displaced by liverock
and other things that occupy space.
Once you have all that subtracted you'll end up with less than 50% of your
55 gallons.
25 inches of fish will include your inverts!
In a 55gal you will only be able to keep like 15 inches of benthonic and
nektonic fish. It will all go down to 4 or 5 fish averaging 3 inches.
Is that a lot?