Number of fish for 60G..??

I got a question... i have a 60G long tank...

what's the "proper" amount of fish i can have without "over doing it"
let's say every fish i have is 3".... medium-ish size fish, no small...
how many is too many???

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For the basic fishstore answer I hear 1" per gallon of water....I have better luck with 1" per 3-5 gallons of water. If they are "dirty" fish like goldfish...eaters of feeders....some of the larger cichlids (oscars/jacks) I go with the 1:5 ratio smaller more community oriented well planted 1:3 ratio....As long as you stay on top of water changes and keep a constant eye on your ammonia/nitirite...you can stick a bunch

Hope this helps just my guidelines

if u put community u can put a lot of fish in it my 55 is well stocked at this point, but i do at least 3 waterchanges to it and one is to clean the sand as well. so it depends how much u want to clean and all

If the fish are going to stay around 3 inches, I'd say 15-20.

but with proper filtration and water changes.

Depends on you. I have 30 african cichlids in a 30 gallon that size with only a sponge filter running. I stock all my tanks this way. With that said I do 50 to 75 percent water changes twice a month. That makes a difference. When thinking about a number of fish you have to consider the amount of maintaince you are willing to put in and also the amount of filteration you are using. If you have a 60 gallon with 2 canister filters or a really big one like a fluval FX5 you can get away with less water changes. I would say with GOOD filteration and 1 water change a month 30 to 40 fish in the 3 inch size will be ok.

it's salt water... i'd say most fish are 3-4" in the tank... i have 3 so far but obviously looks empty... need more, but don't wanna over do it..
water changes every sat... about 1/3 of water... The filter i have is for a 75 G in a 60 G tank, with skimmer... water is always amazingly clear... so idk... i thought 10 was over doing it, but that should be cool i guess....

O I thought you were talkin about fresh water. Sorry that changes everything

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I have 10 in a 75gallon.

I have 13 on a 75gl and they do fine..

I saw BFinleys 60g stocked. He has A BUNCH. Various cichlids from really peaceful to Jack Demps. I think he has 40-50 fish. No aggression and a clean tank. He has pix somewhere on here. Every tank is different, as every fish is different. Just monitor the aggression and water levels.

i agree with nitty!!! just make sure you clean out the collection cup on the skimmer a and do water changes regularly!!! youll be good!!:)

I would not do more then ten. Depending on agrassive level and if they would school or not. Als depends on size of the fish and what type. Anything more might be pushing it.

my 75 has 2 yellow tangs, powder brown tang, vlamingi tang, lunare wrasse, pather grouper, tomato clown, niger and huma huma trigger and an elbli angel.

in """perfect""" harmony

i thought you had a lunare wrass in their too?

nitty wrote:

my 75 has 2 yellow tangs, powder brown tang, vlamingi tang, lunare wrasse, pather grouper, tomato clown, niger and huma huma trigger and an elbli angel.

in """perfect""" harmony

That is a pretty well stocked tank I like it! Consider though that the pather grouper, vlamingi tang and the huma huma trigger will out grow the tank quickly. The grouper can get to be almost near 2 feet.

nittys and expert at the SW stuff im sure he know:) lol

do you keep SW tanks deven?
if you do id love to see some pics
we need more SW pics on this site!

Yes as J*Hawk*83 said I had about 40-50 African and South/Central American cichlids in my 60g with no problems at all.At one point I even had Angelfish with my cichlids with no problems.Since yours is SW its a little different.My opinoin is that 10 fish would be ok that doesn't get over 4" and just watch your water levels and the fish aggression.Keep us apdated on what you decide and show some pics!Good luck!!

alkomist wrote:

nittys and expert at the SW stuff im sure he know:) lol

Yeah right after I posted it I relized he had a couple sw tanks. I still stand by what I said but I now know that he knows what he is doing. Yes do not have any FW tanks all SW. I am using my phone right now once I get to a computer I will start a new topic. Enough getting off topic. I agree with bfinley let's see pics even if its is empty I would like to follow your tank.

LOL

Deven wrote:

nitty wrote:

my 75 has 2 yellow tangs, powder brown tang, vlamingi tang, lunare wrasse, pather grouper, tomato clown, niger and huma huma trigger and an elbli angel.

in """perfect""" harmony

That is a pretty well stocked tank I like it! Consider though that the pather grouper, vlamingi tang and the huma huma trigger will out grow the tank quickly. The grouper can get to be almost near 2 feet.

The Vlamingi grew to 7" quick and will grow pretty slow from that.
The Huma will only get about 6" or so(9" in the wild). The Panther Grouper was bought a few months ago at 3" and is still 3". I plan on thinning it out way before it gets too crowded.
I'm still undecided about what I'm going to stock my 150 with.

1) SPS reef
2) LPS reef
3) Tropheus
4) Camen Croc

I just don't know...

What are the Dimensions on that 150?

alkomist wrote:

What are the Dimensions on that 150?

I think it's 72"x20"x28"

is that 28" tall or deep?
when are you gonna start this monster up??

tall

DaM!!! THATS A TALL TANK!!!!! lol
reef or predator tank? or FOWLR?