26 gallon Stocking

[Astex]

I have a fully planted 26 bowfront currently stocked with:
9 pygmy cories
2 threadfin rainbows
10 Emereld eye rasboras
5 or 6 Ottos
3 Amano Shrimp & numerious Cherry shrimp

I am currently growing out two L144 plecos in a 10g tank. To simply my tank collection I would like to move the plecos into the 26 to finish getting bigger.

Would that be too much of a bio load? I normally understock my tanks (i.e. where are the fish...) so am not really sure.

Thanks!

[TaTeR ToT]

i think it will be fine, what filtration are you running on the 26g?

im running an Eheim Ecco 2234 Canister on my 10g planted tank, i have 5 assasin snails, and very little bioload, but i plan on heavily planting it with a large bioload, i have read and heard from many planted tank people that planted tanks need to be very heavily filtered.

so i would say for your 26g i would do like 1x eheim 2217 and 1x eheim 2213.

[Mzungu]

I, too, think they will be fine in there. The fish you already have in there are pretty tiny.

I don't think I've ever heard that about filtration and planted tanks, though, Tater. Where'd you hear that?

[Roujin]

I think that will be fine too for the bio load. Planted tanks shouldnt require too much filteration unless you need a lot of water movement to recreate a biotope. Plants should take care of the chemical filtration.

[cichlid1409]

I, too, think they will be fine in there. The fish you already have in there are pretty tiny.

I don't think I've ever heard that about filtration and planted tanks, though, Tater. Where'd you hear that?

+1 :confused:

[Astex]

I thought it would be ok, but always feel better when majority vote goes that way.

I am currently running a Magnum HOT filter on it, mostly for water flow and particle filtration. I had no filter on it for awhile and it did great but with winter, I needed the circulation to keep the temperature at an even keel.

Thanks all!

[wesleydnunder]

I agree with MB, you'll probably be fine adding the plecos. I also am unsure where the over-filtration info comes from in Tater's post. Plants do some of the biofiltration for the tank, some plants using ammonia directly, others sucking up the nitrates from the biofiltration. The magnum should move enough water, but I'd add some filter media; pads, sponges, etc. to act as surface area for nitrifying bacteria.

Mark

[TaTeR ToT]

ive read it regarding the water movement and particle filtration of a planted tank, maybe im just losing my mind

[Astex]

Stupid question of the day, is a pH difference of .2 between tanks enough to worry about having to acclimate the fish to the new tank? All other levels are either zero or equivalent, including the temperature.

Am I worrying over nothing?

[Mzungu]

Not a stupid question at all!

If it were me, I'd probably still acclimate for about 30 minutes or an hour. But that's because I also tend to worry. But if pH is only a .2 difference, and all other levels that you can test for are about the same, I would at least not worry as much about them, but would still acclimate. :)