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About how many more can i add?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:24 pm
by poeticpyro
i have a 6' tank (125 gallon) and it houses the following...
* 9 tiger barbs
* 1 gold-nugget pleco
* 1 snowball pleco
* 1 bristlenose pleco
* 5 clown loaches
* 3 yo-yo loaches
* 2 pearl gouamis
* 1 opaline gourami

i want to know if i can add 1-2 more clown loaches and/or 2 more yo-yos. i also want to know if i should increase the tiger barb school.

filtration is 1 eheim 2217, but i'm already out to buy a second. all fish are small ... everything is under 4" (at the moment)
thanks!

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:42 pm
by Mark in Vancouver
Adding more yoyos would be no problem, and one or two clowns could fit. Just make sure you're adding very healthy fish - AFTER a quarantine period.

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:25 am
by angelfish83
Ya get that other 2217 on there one isn't much flow for a big tank like that

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:45 pm
by poeticpyro
thanks.
yeah i ALWAYS QT them... had issues with ich before and i learned the hard way, but at least i learned. so... only two more yo-yos, that's cool. there are baby ones at my lfs for $3. i'm excited and they have been there (no losses) for four weeks.