the more experienced a fish keeper is the more rules they can break and get away with
it. Not that it doesnt catch up with even the best. Rules are for newbies, they are
for people who got less than perfect water, for people with other problems. Even
newbies can get away with breaking a lot of rules too... for a while. Ingrid

(AfricanCichlid Addict) wrote:
i have a 125 gallon tank with a 25 watt U.V.
sterilizer, two fluval 404's, an underground filter system with two
powerheads.
my problem is that i have 13 fancy goldfish in this tank and they are
doing great. the water is sparkling clean, the fish are healthy and all
my water parameters are perfect.
should i get rid on one of my goldfish since i am exceeding my one fish
for 10 gallon rule?? how do i decide which fish must go??? this tank
has been running for two years and there has never been a loss of life.
also should i remove my gravel (in almost 40 years of keeping fish i
have NEVER had one choke on gravel nor have i had toxic outbreaks). i
vacuum every other week and do 30% water changes every other week. i
can't imagine how pretty my tank will be without gravel.....the fish
love sifting through it and it does look nice.
any advice would be appreciated.
thanks,
overstocked in phoenix



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