tropical fish tank

[oxo]

Hi, it,s me again.Thanks for the answer to my previous question,now can anyone tell me roughly how many fish can i keep in my aquarium-48"z15"x18"

[hammerman]

Depends on what fish you want to keep and what size they are.

I'd probably only keep one Oscar in a tank that size but i might go for over 100 guppies.

The secret is balance....i had a tank exactly the same size as that and i had 5 clown loach, 6 corydorus catfish, 30 rummynose tetras, 20 harliquins, 4 angelfish, 2 pearl gouramies, 3 plecos, 1 RTB shark and 4 swordtails.

That gave me a balance of colours, a couple of nice shoals, some bottom feeders and a few "feature" fish. There was 75 odd fish in there but it didn't look over crowded. The tank was very heavily planted too.

A good aquarium forum i've used for the past 5 years is http://www.uk-aquarist.com/index.php?&act=idx it's well worth subscribing and asking on there.

Good luck

[B00]

Whilst I really really respect Hammerman's advice (hello there!) I'd be concerned about putting 100 guppies in- before you know it you'll have thousands of the little beggers in there, they breed like wildfire.

[hammerman]

Yeah...it was probably a poor example (but it was just an example). 100 cardinal tetras or harliquins or lemon tetras or white clouds etc...you know

[andrea81]

Just to add, some fish i.e. guppies are prone to being attacked, so be careful putting those types of fish in with i.e. tetras as they are a bit more aggresive!

[pjm007]

http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/ has got a great little community creator on it, just put in the dimensions of your tank and then choose what fish you want, it will throw up any incompatabilities or size restrictions for you.