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Originally Posted by browntrout  So the amount of fish I have seems high for a 75g tank? They are all tiny fish not one is longer than 1.5"
Maybee I mispoke I don't have a clam yet. Im just really thinking maybee my tank is still NEW. ---
I think Im gonna hook up my ro unit and try to do some 25 gallon water changes over the next couple days and reduce my feedings in half and make some notes and start in that direction.
---I see you are in CA where at? Im down in Hemet |
Hi,
Well overstocking is a relative term and everyone feels different about what is ideal. Really the only way to judge is for yourself, so I can't really qualify my own statement there. It's really how one feels for the balance of what is an acceptable level of maintenance (water changes) and what one feels is adequate water quality. Some say a few fish even is too much, while others never are bothered by lots of water changes or expense in equipment needed to keep denser population of fish. So as long as you can maintain the water and tank habitat nice for the fish, there are no reason to be saying it is stock too much or too little.
What I was getting at was more that fish population is rather large for a young tank... thus your presence of ammonia might have been related to your frequent addition to the system. So in time, the filter should take care of that if there are no other issues.
On the feeding, just reduce it for now a few days as a test...but don't starve them forever. I was just suggesting it so you can determine if the ammonia was created by lack of population of bacteria or if there was some other issue. Fish to need to eat and 1 block a day or more is fine...if the fish can consume it all in a few minutes and not leave it rotting.
I'm in Torrance, California by the way.
