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 #1826898


Zck0500
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 Fish per gallon

is it true you can have one inch of fish per gallon
08/11/08  10:50am

 #1826949


Barker
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   Message To: Zck0500   In reference to Message Id: 1826898


 Fish per gallon

It depends on the fish. And you have to remember that they will get bigger as they mature. We only have 4 fish in a 75 gallon tank. But they are 3 oscars and a shovelnosed catfish. It depends on how ’messy’ the fish are.

Randi
08/11/08  11:55am

 #1826970


Zck0500
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   Message To: Barker   In reference to Message Id: 1826949


 Fish per gallon

what about 3 platies in a 6 gallon tank
08/11/08  12:19pm

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Sean369
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   Message To: Zck0500   In reference to Message Id: 1826970


 Fish per gallon

Can you keep a 12" fish in a 12gallon?

There are too many variables for a rule like this including sizes of fish, tank dimentions, agression level (how much territory does one fish need...)

It works abit for small fish, but it wont work for larger fish. Best option is to research about the fish you want, find out how big it gets then plan accordingly



08/11/08  11:33pm

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Mr Aquarium
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   Message To: Sean369   In reference to Message Id: 1827782


 Fish per gallon

if you keep up the water changes, you could get away with 2 platties in a 6g.......just don’t get male female, get both of one or the other.


Also.....correct me if I am wrong, but don’t shovel nose cats get between 2 and 5 feet in length?



08/12/08  09:48am

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Zck0500
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   Message To: Mr Aquarium   In reference to Message Id: 1828123


 Fish per gallon

i want a male and a female so i can breed. we have an extra 10 gallon tank that i can keep the babies in. because i want to sell them to stores and in papers.



08/12/08  10:36am

 #1828381


Barker
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   Message To: Mr Aquarium   In reference to Message Id: 1828123


 Fish per gallon

Yes they do. We didn’t know that when we bought him. Store guy told us they stayed 9" and eat the stuff on the bottom. Well he is now around a foot. Lol Imagine that a pet store employee was wrong. We will be digging an outdoor heated pond in a few years. Until then we are going to upgrade to a 210g for the catfish and three Oscars.

Randi

Sorry bout jacking your thread. You can have it back now.
08/12/08  01:45pm

 #1828642


Zck0500
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   Message To: Barker   In reference to Message Id: 1828381


 Fish per gallon

i want to put a male and 2 females, or a male and a female and breed them. then put the fry in a 10gallon aquarium.
08/12/08  05:27pm

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   Message To: Zck0500   In reference to Message Id: 1828642


 Fish per gallon

Why don’t you use the 10g for breeding and put the fry in the 6g?
08/12/08  07:24pm

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Zck0500
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   Message To: Saucier   In reference to Message Id: 1828796


 Fish per gallon

cause the 6 gallons a good tank. the 10gallon is used for every thing



08/12/08  10:01pm

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Mr Aquarium
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   Message To: Zck0500   In reference to Message Id: 1828977


 Fish per gallon

Yard sales, you can find good size tanks at them for cheap.
I knew a guy that’s g/f calle dhim one day said she needed him to pick up a 55g she just bought at one for 10 bucks.....
soon we pulled up tot he curbe I new the guy that had the sale wan;t real bight, it was 75g....and it came with that big sqaure roman collum deco thing that was 65 bucks new..... how much did this guy suck getting that for 10 bucks...........

But, you can get a 10g tank at walmart for 9.98 or something like that and cheapo top for it for 6 something..... breeder sponge filter they sell for a few bucks and your good to go
08/13/08  01:42am

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Zck0500
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   Message To: Mr Aquarium   In reference to Message Id: 1829177


 Fish per gallon

thnks
08/13/08  09:33am

 #2047326


Jlecabwit
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   Message To: Zck0500   In reference to Message Id: 1826898


 Fish per gallon

How many fish can you have in a 29 gallon tank?

I have three goldfish, one is about 3-4 inches long and the other two are small but meduim, then i got one swordfish, and two danio zebras.

Three albino frogs and i want to put more but i do not know how much i can add.



07/29/09  02:17pm

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   Message To: Jlecabwit   In reference to Message Id: 2047326


 Fish per gallon

The one inch per gallon rule only applys when the fish will grow to be 1 inch and no bigger. Most glodfish varietys get to be 7+plus, so IMO a 29gallon is not acceptable for 3 goldfish and the others. You might want to think about rehoming some of the goldfish so you can set up a community talk and then the frogs will do much better.



07/31/09  11:57am

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   Message To: Bellle_foudre   In reference to Message Id: 2048634


 Fish per gallon

I have to agree with Bellle. Mixing goldfish with other fish usually isn’t the best idea, especially in a tank so small.
08/07/09  09:58am


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