Conflicting Instructions - overcrowding a 90.

[Dexterlab]

Hey -

Used to keep Africans then moved over to reef tanks - moved the tank twice and swore off keeping anything.

Well - man plans and God laughs...I've just set up a 90 and plan to keep Malawi's in it. So many things have changed since I left this part of the hobby -

Here's the one question I can't get a consistent answer to - in an overstocked tank - how many fish should I have (assume haps and peacocks primarily) in a 90gal using a fluval X5 2 baskets of bio i basket carbon and polish filter - 30% water changes weekly?

I've been told from 15 on the low end to 50 on the high end.

Any advice would be appreciated -

[geoff_tropheus]

In a tank this size and with the filtration and water change regime you have listed, I would go 20-25 mlawai haps like fish.

[Gene D]

BTW Welcome to the Box!

[armthehomeless]

In a tank this size and with the filtration and water change regime you have listed, I would go 20-25 mlawai haps like fish.

Agreed.

[Dexterlab]

Thanks! I'm looking forward to getting back in the hobby!

[billansor]

Another idea or suggestion.... would be to add some water movers (powerheads) in the bottom of the tank as to get maximum water circulation... It seems like every time I had another water mover into a tank, the fish improve rather dramatically.

Just an idea...

Bill

[supadave]

Another idea or suggestion.... would be to add some water movers (powerheads) in the bottom of the tank as to get maximum water circulation... It seems like every time I had another water mover into a tank, the fish improve rather dramatically.

Just an idea...

Bill

+1

I never used a powerhead the first 1 1/2 years of fish keeping.........but now I wouldn't start up a tank without one .