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Re: fish-load example
On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Zach K. wrote:
> I'd appreciate some input-
> I wanted to get a sense of my tanks' fish load compared to others and
> haven't been able to from my archive searching. I know it's difficult to
> generalize, but how heavy of a load is this?
<snip some details>
> r/o source water
Hmmm. Do you reconstitute the R/O or use it directly? If you don't
reconstitute the water and this is your tank with the cyanobacteria
problem then you might not need to look much further for a factor
promoting the cyanobacteria growth.
> 7 med. Rummy Nose Tetras- 1 1/4" - 1 3/4" (tip to tail)
> 5 med. Glo-Lite tetras- 1 1/4"
I'd call that a light fish load.
> I've seen more examples of Amano tanks than any others,and he keeps much
> heavier loads under his specific conditions. But I suspect that most keep
> their fish load below that.
I think of Amano's fish (+shrimp) loads as moderate. I suspect lots of us
on the list keep higher loads than Amano does.
Roger Miller