Unbelievable stocking list

[zackish]

Some of you may not believe this but I was at an old friends yesturday and he still has his fish from 4 years ago.
It is only a 10 gallon tank and listen to what he has in it:
4 Blackskirt tetras
2 red-eye tetras
1 angel
1 clown loach

Pretty heavy for a 10 gallon tank eh? I just figured I would post it to see your guys reactions. Those fish must be stressed as hell. The angel can't even move it's about 4 inches long.
4 years!!! however the angel is only about a year old

[dev]

Quite obviously the angel and the clown loach have nothing to do in that tank, unless they are very small. And the loach must feel very lonely.
I expect you told him that :)

As for the total amount of fish I'm less concerned with that as long as the filter can handle it, the oxygen level is ok and the fish don't stress eachother.

[gm72]

Sorry to hear that stocking list. Your old friend knows little about fish keeping, sorry to say.

[cocoa_pleco]

my works tank is way overstocked. i used to know a girl about 3 years ago, and she knew alot about fish. she donated the tank to my work. she knew TONS about fish and everything. the tanks a 15g sparsely planted and started with 2 fullgrown black angels, a large killie, and 2 6" hoplo catfish. i thought that was bad. now, the girl i knew added 6 red platys and 2 neons. and the filtration is a aquaclear mini

[gm72]

Sorry to hear that one, too. Not good for happy fish.

[crackatinny]

Yes, that is overstocked and that clown mut be very bored, heres your chance to pass on some of your knowlege, maybe you could adopt some of his fish?

[gm72]

That's a great idea, take some unhappy fish home and make them happy again!

[cocoa_pleco]

take the clown loach and angel off his hands and tell him to get some more tetras!

[2manyfish]

Or, you could persuade your friend into buying them a bigger tank! :c3:

[gm72]

I don't know, if he was willing to have stocking to that measure a larger tank could be more of the same!

[cocoa_pleco]

a 20g would work for a longer time, but a 33g for his current stock is best

[dev]

I reccomend nothing less than a tall 50g for keeping adult P. Scalare. I also believe Clown loaches are happier kept in groups in a 65 gallon or larger tank. Since my largest tank is only 50g I don't keep any.

Though it is quite possible that my demands are higher than those of others ;)

[gm72]

I think it goes beyond tank size though. A single clown loach can not possibly be happy.

[zackish]

I know it's crazy and bad and everyone would say that is way overstocked...my point was they have been living for 4 years haha. And all he has is the crappy 10 gal HOB filter. It's crazy.