Can i put in more fish?

Question

Right now i have 3 guppies (1 male, 2 female), 5 zebra danios, a pleco, a farlowella catfish, about 10 Giant Columbian Ramshorn snails, and 2 Golden Inca snails in a 29 gallon tank. (A lot of people think that the pleco is too large for the tank but i find him very versatile. Every time I upgrade the tank, he grows to fit it and stops. He is fine.) All of the fish get along fine with one and other, but i was wondering if i have enough space for more fish (probably more guppies) without overstocking it. Also, it is said that a farlowella catfish needs 30-35 gallons of living space. Does that mean 30-35 gallons just to him or just make sure he isn't crammed?

PS: The tank is unplanted, has a heater, a power filter, a sponge filter, and a large bubble wall. I don't have a test kit, i just use my own experience to understand what the tank is undergoing in its cycling process and I never lose any fish.

Answer 1

here is a formula for about how many fish you can have. it is about one gallon for every inch of fish.

Answer 2

The rule is one inch of fish per gallon of water. Depending on the size of the pleco and catfish, you may be toward the top of that range.

Snails have a very low waste output as far as I know, so they count for maybe 1/2 of their actual size (10 inch of snails = 5" of fish)

As for the catfish, it needs at least a 30g tank to be comfortable and be able to swim around. You can have other fish with it, but it shouldn't be in a tank smaller than 30g since it will outgrow the tank.

Answer 3

You could probly add some more fish. Just a few though. But as far as the catfish it's so that it doesn't get crammed.

Answer 4

he may stop growing on the outside but he keeps growin on the inside and this is damaging him internally

test the water no one can know wots going on in the tank for sure and no u cant put any more fish in as the tank is a bit on the overloaded side waste wise with the pleck

fish will grow to the size nature intended and not the size of the tank

they do get stunted i have seen many of them in a z shape

because their tank has been too small also they produce a lot of waste and plecks have a hard outer layer and u wont nornally see whitespot on them the same way as other fish

Answer 5

My rule of thumb as for how much water a fish should have goes like this: Take the length of the adult fish in inches minus the caudal fish and multiply that times the height of the adult fish in inches minus the fins to get in gallons the amount of water that a fish need minimal. There are same small fish that may be small but they need lots of space to swim such as neon tetras that should be in no less than a 20 gallops tank with several of them to be comfortable. Another way to look at my formula is to imagine if Oscars only got to be one inch long, ten of then would be able to fit in a ten gallon tank (as long as they did not kill one another) but put one ten inch Oscar in a ten gallon tank and you know that it is very much over crowded. Or keeping fish in to small a tank is like locking people in closets and feeding them there and not allowing them to go out of the closet, they might be able to live but they will not thrive and yo wish your fish to be in the best of health and live e a long and happy life don't you?

Answer 6

I think you have a little bit of room to grow.  The fish do grow to the size of what ever tank it is in, however not being able to grow to its proper size will stunt its growth and the fish will die prematurely.   I would add a few more guppies or a few platys perhaps...Mollies....