Overcrowding

[Air]

how will we newbie knows when our tank is OC?

any guidelines?

[maxifire]

I think that would very much depend on what kind of LS you're stocking. Perhaps you can tell us what LS are you intending to keep?

[Air]

i konow i am very over crowded liao but when i upgrade i need to know mah

me is 2 ft

2 X clown, butterfly, cleaner wrasse, 2 X cleaner shrimp, banded shrimp, turbo snail, anemone , bubble, hammer, blue devil, black n white damsel, strawberry dottyback.....etc

[seamonkee]

ok.. that's a lot for a two feet...

How much is too much? That depends on many factors; the size and shape of the system, filtration, aeration. maintenance, the kind of livestock, it's size, feeding, temperature, and a whole lot more.

As a real good rule of thumb I'll say five gallons per cubic inch of livestock is about right. This is a very general measure, purposely vague, and with a larger-than-most margin for error; but it will do for almost all circumstances...

If yours is a standard 24' x 12' x 12'... u only have 15 gallons...

[metals99]

i think with that domension can only keep 5 normal clowns mostly(example).. with some corals n C.W.O (refering to shrimps, snails etc,)

[Air]

i am using a big canister with under gravel filtration. i always buy the smallest fish of the breed cos i know my tank is small...even the shrimp also small 1 but......it grew to twice the initial size =.="

[Air]

i miss out my favourite boxfish ^^

[Air]

i miss out my favourite boxfish ^^

[FuEl]

There's a devil hiding below your sandbed. Notice the horns?

Anyway...You can always get a 50 gallon sump tank for your 2 footer?

[metals99]

2 feet tank 15 gallon roughly

sump 50 gallon??

u must be joking

hehe

[Matt06]

Haha, must as well use the sump as a display...

But it will be good, the bigger the sump, the more LS the main tank can support...

[FuEl]

Next time i get my own house...make sure my sump bigger than my display tank! Sumps can be interesting. Can keep weird things in there that you will not be able to keep in the display tank?

[coralreef]

Next time i get my own house...make sure my sump bigger than my display tank! Sumps can be interesting. Can keep weird things in there that you will not be able to keep in the display tank?

true...i keep my koran angelfish there....eating my pods etc...

[Air]

over or not over crowding....it depends on the volume i have or the space the fish have to swim??