overstocked???

[gypsy3]

hi all...just some opinions please. a friend of mine( i swear it's not me! :) ) has a 6x2x2 tank.in it he has - 18 discus, 6 german blue rams, about 10 cories, 3 small clown loaches and about 6 catfish- oh, and i think it's 3 otos as well. i reckon that's too many fish, but he hasn't had any problems with fish loss etc. he reckons that doing 2 60% water changes per week and having good filtration allows this many fish, or even more, which he's thinking of getting. what do people here think? its also a heavily planted tank.

[ILLUSN]

if his tank is propperly balanced and hes doing all the work theres no reason he cant have 18 adult discus in a 6x2x2, the other small fish dont really count while tehy're small and at discus temps some wont reach adult size.

Dad has 8 adult discus in a 160L all 5-9 years old, each grown up from a 50c size.

With excellent husbandry you can overstock and over feed, with excellent results but you NEED to put in the work, and its ALOT of work.

[gypsy3]

oh, ok....still don't think i'd go that high, but i could probably go a few more in my tank then

[ILLUSN]

It's ALOT of work, dads is a very thin layer of gravel and he does BIG changes with rainwater. he also has 2 eheim 2217s on that tank.