I originally had these platies in a much smaller tank and was advised that they would be fine in that tank. Looking at that tank now it was bad advise. I have 3 males and 3 females and want to get at least 3 more females to give the girls a bit of a break from the harrassing males. I also am going ot get a Bristlenose catfish to help with the cleaning and maintaince of the tank. This tank was a present and my partner and I have plans for a much bigger tank in the next 12months max. I have 2 smaller tanks one set up so when my pregnant females give birth I can remove them to another tank to give them a chance at life. Can anyone give helpful advise?
2007-08-18 17:11:25 · 5 answers · asked by fairyandrocket 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Sorry mm.
2007-08-18 17:31:29 · update #1
Ok as it seems I'm not quite talking in the same metric as all of you. Being from Australia I'm using mm but here I will convert so everyone can understand.
12in deep x 16in high x 30.4in wide
works out to be 91 lltrs or approx 25 gallon tank. (if my maths serves me right)
2007-08-18 18:08:24 · update #2
it's a 25 us gallon or 95 litres
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/converter/volume-calculator.php
You've lots of more space for more fish in there actually
you have right now only 6 platy's in there, and you want to add 3 more, so that makes only 9
you could get yourself at least 5-8 more pairs if you want to keep only platies, as well as 3-5 catfish
Sounds great that you have a seperate spawning tank
My recommendation for that tank is to get a spongefilter (that way the babies can't get sucked in) and a heater and have it cycled when your female is ready to give birth
Here is also a link with some helpful info
http://fishlesscycling.com/forum/index.php?topic=252.0
hope that helps
Good luck
EB
2007-08-18 18:24:06 · answer #1 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Courtney, you're lacking experience. Anyone who follows the outdated "rule of thumb" doesn't know crap about keeping fish.
Did you add an extra 0 to those numbers, or forget a decimal point? If you did and its in cm, I'm guessing you have a 25-30 gallon tank. Let us know!
2007-08-18 17:37:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The general rule of thumb is to have 1 fish per 1 gallon of water. I don't know how many gallons your tank is, but just follow that and you'll be safe.
As a side note, deffinatly get those other females in there soon or the males will stress the females to death!!
Good Luck! Platies are my favorite fish!
2007-08-18 17:32:43 · answer #3 · answered by Courtney M 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Is the tank measured in inches, cm what??? Thats just a little important!!!!
2007-08-18 17:17:29 · answer #4 · answered by Kyle S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here, try this:
Base times Height times Width (IN INCHES!)
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(Divided By)
231 = Gallons
A 10 gallon can comfortably hold 5 or 6 pairs of platies.
Or, you can do 1 inch of fish = 1 gallon of water.
2007-08-18 17:39:36 · answer #5 · answered by Sliver W 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋