new2discus Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Tank size 4ft x 2ft x 2ft, currently stocked with 8 discus (7-8cm), 20 harlequin rasboras, 6 small clown loaches, 6 sterbai corys and a pair of GBA's, running 2 x 404's. Am wondering how many plecs i can put in (smaller growing sp.) or if i should remove either the cory's or clown loaches before adding any other plecs. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 2? That tank sounds fairly well stocked already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Test your Nitrate levels, thats what will really determine if you can keep more fish. Doesn't really matter if they are bottom dwellers or not, it's the total bioload on the tank that counts. Discus need very good water conditions to grow well, you may not want to stuff that up with too many poop machine plecos :roll: If the tank is well filtered and you are happy you can keep the nitrate level down without doing excessive water changes, then you can probably sneak a few more fish in, but remember the ones you have should be growing fast. In six month the tank might be overstocked even if you add no extra fish Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2discus Posted October 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 thanks for that Ianab, will do just that i think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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