Over Stocking - Rule of Thumb???

Is there a rule of thumb for the amount of fish in a tank?
i.e.Total length of fish per volume of tank - cm/lt or in/gal

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Guy Smith
Great Missenden, Bucks, England.
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Always used to be 1 inch of fish, excluding tail, to 24sq in or surface.
Probably reduce that for aerated water.

Have things changed?



David


"Guy Smith" wrote in message
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Is there a rule of thumb for the amount of fish in a tank?
i.e.Total length of fish per volume of tank - cm/lt or in/gal

--
Guy Smith
Great Missenden, Bucks, England.
Web Pages: http://www.smith.dsl.pipex.com

Depnding on what type of fish.. My Af Cic's I go about an inch to every US
gallon.. My GF and Koi I try to stick with 1 inch to every 2 US gallon..
Unfortunantly since my fish have growen quite a bit I find myself about 80
inch of fish in both 55 USG tanks.. The GF and Koi are signifigantly over
filtered ( I believe I am closeing into enough filtration for a 250 G on the
55g for the koi and gf...)

Timmer...



"david" wrote in message
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Always used to be 1 inch of fish, excluding tail, to 24sq in or surface.
Probably reduce that for aerated water.

Have things changed?



David


"Guy Smith" wrote in message
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Is there a rule of thumb for the amount of fish in a tank?
i.e.Total length of fish per volume of tank - cm/lt or in/gal

--
Guy Smith
Great Missenden, Bucks, England.
Web Pages: http://www.smith.dsl.pipex.com

Timmer,

Rule of thumb for goldfish, 10 gallons per every fish!

Geezer From The Freezer wrote:

Timmer,

Rule of thumb for goldfish, 10 gallons per every fish!

Or 3 gallon per inch, depending on which is higher.
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in article , Guy Smith at
wrote on 11/3/03 3:11 AM:

Is there a rule of thumb for the amount of fish in a tank?
1" of fish per gallon of water. 10 gal tank = 10" fish.

Subject: Over Stocking - Rule of Thumb???
From: Geezer From The Freezer
Date: 11/3/2003 8:48 AM Central Standard Time
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Timmer,

Rule of thumb for goldfish, 10 gallons per every fish!

Yes, this I agree on...even a little more than 10g depending on the type.
A commet can reach about 16 inches in legnth. A 10g is how many inches wide?
It's been so long since I've had a 10g....

Subject: Over Stocking - Rule of Thumb???
From: Barry McKnight
Date: 11/3/2003 12:09 PM Central Standard Time
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in article , Guy Smith at
wrote on 11/3/03 3:11 AM:

Is there a rule of thumb for the amount of fish in a tank?
1" of fish per gallon of water. 10 gal tank = 10" fish.


So, what you're saying is that I can keep a 10" Oscar in a 10g tank?
Wow..
(snicker)

"TYNK 7" wrote in message
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Subject: Over Stocking - Rule of Thumb???
From: Geezer From The Freezer
Date: 11/3/2003 8:48 AM Central Standard Time
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Timmer,

Rule of thumb for goldfish, 10 gallons per every fish!

Yes, this I agree on...even a little more than 10g depending on the
type.
A commet can reach about 16 inches in legnth. A 10g is how many inches
wide?
It's been so long since I've had a 10g....

So, what you're saying is that I can keep a 10" Comet in a 10g tank?
Wow..
(snicker) ;~)

I think 10g tanks are about 22"x10"x11". Probably safe to say 3g per
inch or 10g per fish (whatever is the higher number). I'll admit that
once I'm over about 40g, I use the 3g/inch rule for the filtration and
give the GF less than 3g/inch. They are not a species which suffers from
a bit of crowding, but they do need strong filtration. These guidelines
are more for fantails than for Comets or *gulp* Koi. Comets really
should have long tanks, and Koi don't really belong in your typical
aquarium. JMO

NetMax

Subject: Over Stocking - Rule of Thumb???
From: "NetMax"
Date: 11/5/2003 8:18 AM Central Standard Time
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"TYNK 7" wrote in message
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Subject: Over Stocking - Rule of Thumb???
From: Geezer From The Freezer
Date: 11/3/2003 8:48 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id:


Timmer,

Rule of thumb for goldfish, 10 gallons per every fish!

Yes, this I agree on...even a little more than 10g depending on the
type.
A commet can reach about 16 inches in legnth. A 10g is how many inches
wide?
It's been so long since I've had a 10g....

So, what you're saying is that I can keep a 10" Comet in a 10g tank?
Wow..
(snicker) ;~)

LOL...no silly. That's why I said "even a little more than a 10g depending on
the type. A Commet can reach 16" in legnth. A 10g is how wide?"


These guidelines
are more for fantails than for Comets or *gulp* Koi. Comets really
should have long tanks, and Koi don't really belong in your typical
aquarium. JMO

Oh I agree totally here. Koi aren't for tanks.