how many fish can be put in a 50 gallon aquarium?

Question

tetras, goldfish, silver dollars, angel, and such

Answer 1

The inch per gallon rule only applies to slim fish, not big heavy-bodied fish like oscars and goldfish and catfish. If you want a tank full of community fish - tetras, corydoras, small cichlids such as rams or kribensis, then many fish.
If oscar, maybe 1, possibly with a pleco.
If goldfish then maybe 3. You have to figure on the adult size of the fish, not the pet store size.

You also have to look at the aggression factor. A dozen 3 inch peaceful fish is not the same as a dozen 3 inch cichlids (angelfish, oscar, rams, African, kribs are all cichlids)

It also depends on how much and how good filtration you have, and water changes and regular maintenance.

Answer 2

Depends on what kind of fish you want. Small tropicals of around an inch in size means you can have around 50, larger fish like oscars you can fit sometimes only 1 or 2.

All those fish would require a totally different amount of space, so you would have to look up how much space each fish needs. You wouldn't be able to keep all those fish in the tank together either, most you listed were tropical but the goldfish are cold water. You also would need to look up if all the fish you want would get a long with each other.

Answer 3

Theres no real answer, you have to do some math based on what kind of fish you get. Goldfish you must have 2 gallons of water for every inch of fish. Other fish you need 1 gallon of water for every inch of fish. Don't forget, fish grow, so if you don't plan to upgrade to a larger tank in the future, make sure to figure it with their max size. A lot of fish get really big. If you want a lot of little fish and don't want to upgrade. I would suggest going with tropical community fish. This includes tetras, guppies, mollies, and platies. They all stay about 2-4 inches and get along well.

Answer 4

I actual have a salt water tank and that i might shop a honest ratio of fish/gallon being 1fish/ each and every 4 gallons. I used this for my med sized tangs and smaller clowns. So i might say for a 50 gal tank you would be secure with approximately 7-12 fish, reckoning on length and climate or no longer they are teritorial. i think of inspite of the indisputable fact that that clean water fish run lots smaller, so it would desire to be lots extra. wish this helps! possibly you will possibly desire to confer with somebody in aquatics.

Answer 5

1 fish per gallon (depends on the size of the fish also) guppies there small you can put 2 to a gallon. let me know what fish you want to put in and my fiance will let you know how many you can put in

Answer 6

an inch per gallon in total including all fish.. just remember your fish will grow, so make sure you know how much each fish will grow up to that way you know how much fish to put in your tank....and silver dollars grow really big their related to Paco's and Piranhas so they will relate in size...it will also depend on your maintenance ..the more fish you have the more you have to keep up on cleaning it ...

Answer 7

They say one inch per gallon, so it depends on the size of your fish and if they will grow.

Answer 8

1 inch of fish for every gallon.

Answer 9

one per gallon , but you have to kept in mind it takes more work when you are a t a limit

Answer 10

depends on how big they are going to get just don't buy a pacu trust me. medium fish i say 15 or so is healthy, keep it clean!