"steve" wrote in message
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Gill Passman wrote:
Hi Steve,

I'm just curious as to what point you think that this tank is
overstocked.?..With the exception of the larger clown loaches (2 x
3"0) and
the Gouramis, the fish are pretty small. So if you are looking at
inches per
square surface area I've actually been quite good.

The current stock is:-

6 Platy's plus one baby growing well - max size I/2 inch
5 Guppies - max size approx 1/4 inch
4 Blue Spot Gouramis - max size 1.5 inches
6 Platys - max size 1/2 inch
6 mixed clown loaches - 2 are approx 3 inches the rest around 3/4
inch max
mainly 1/2 inch
8 to 9 Neon tetras - max size is 1/8 inch


I guess I measure fish inches different than you do. I measure their
length, not their width. So, without seeing your fish, I estimated
them to be:

6 platys at 1.5 inch each, 9 inches
5 gups at 1 inch each 5 inches
4 gourmis at 2 inch each 8 inches
6 clowns at 3 inches 18 inches
8 neons at 1 inch 8 inches

I get 48 fish inches. That's about right for a heavily stocked 55 US
gallon aquarium.

steve


If I was looking at width with the figures I gave I'd have some pretty fat
fish :-)

Excluding tails:-

6 platys 0.5 inches - 3 inches
5 gups at 0.25 inches - 1.25 inches
4 gouramis at 1.5 inches - 6 inches
2 clowns at 3 inches - 6 inches
4 clowns at 0.75 inches - 3 inches
8 neons at lets say 0.5 inches - 4 inches

That gives me say 24 fish inches. If you count tails in this then yes it is
more.

Also bear in mind UK gallons are more than US gallons - just did a UK to US
gallon conversion and my tank is 57 US gallons.

Gill