[APD] Re: Fish Stocking Level

[Andrew McLeod <thefish at theabyssalplain_freeserve.co.uk>]

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:44:37 -0500, <Billinet at aol_com> wrote:

> > PS what sort of a stocking level (light, medium, heavy or overstocked) 
> > would people say 15 cardinal tetras, 6 otocinclus and 2 angelfish in a 
> > > 30"x15"x18" about 30 gallon tank is? <
>
> Andrew,
>
> It would depend very much on the size of the fish.  Angels and otos can 
> get quite large and at that point the aquarium would be seriously 
> overstocked.  Some say that even two fully grown angels would be enough.
>
> I think the angels would eat the cardinals, unless they had been raised 
> together, and even then it would be risky.  They seem to look as good to 
> the angels as they do to us, although in a different context.
>
> Bill

What happened to nice happy friendly community angelfish? The Internet 
lies...
Also I thought Oto's only got 2 inches long.

--
Andrew McLeod
thefish at theabyssalplain_freeserve.co.uk

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