Problems keeping Gold Rams alive

sorry, don't get too offended at my post. After reading it, it sounds much
more harsh than I meant it to be ;o0

Just as an example of what I consider very heavily stocked I will give my 75
gallon which is actually about 80 gallons with the water included in my 20
gallon sump.

13 cardinal tetras - 1"
3 oto's - 1.5"
3 golden chinese algae eaters - 1.5
3 juhlii cory's - 1.5"
3 panda cory's - 1"
2 clown plecos - 1"
4 discus - 2"

thats 39.5" of fish in 80 gallons of water, and that is VERY crowded in my
opinion. But I do have very good filtration and do 50% water changes at
least once a week.

Plus, what are the internal dimensions of your tank? I have yet to see a
tank that actually has the capacity that is advertised. All of the tanks I
see go by the outer dimensions of the tank. The internal capacity is
usually several gallons less, then you have to consider the displacement of
the gravel and decorations.

by my calculations with the fish list you gave I would say you have at least
35-40" of fish in probably less than 50 us gallons of water. This is all
opinion of course. Your platy's and neons I would not count as any smaller
than 1" even if they are.

fish stocking is not an exact science.

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