Is your tank overstocked, are you setting up a tank, check this out everybody!

[Satan's Goldfish]

Ack, looks like I broke that feature again... Thanks for reporting.
Oh and by the way, that field is not for flow rate, it is to specify the filtration capacity as quoted by the manufacturer. Flow rate alone is not enough to calculate the filtration capacities.

Ok thanks for the heads up on that, that makes a lot more sense! Will now have to try and work out what my filter can actually handle as it's home made

 

[yhbae01]

how would i put my info in there. i have a 825 gallon tank and i have a pump and filter that does 5200 gallon per hour and is recommended for a 7500 gallon pond so im intrigued to see what it would say as far as water changes go. i have a 20 rtc a 16 hybrid rtc a 15 inch orange catfish (2) 14 inch marble cats. since i have so much over kill i wasnt planning on doing much water changes as it is a huge body of water and taking water and adding water to it is a pain in the ass. here is a link to check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmLlyFjl95U

Nice tank.

You can put 7500 for the filtration capacity in AqAdvisor. But this won't help you do less water changes since having more filtration means it will convert more ammonia faster to nitrates. You will still need to do WC to remove nitrates. Larger volume of water will help reduce water change frequency but you still have to take out the same amount of nitrogen chemicals out over the same time span regardless of the tank size or filtration capacity.

 

[yhbae01]

Another fish that could be added...just because I need to factor it in. LOL
Dwarf Green Pike Cichlid Crenicichla compressiceps

Will add that to the wishlist. Thanks.

 

[yhbae01]

Warning: Dourada is not recommended for your tank - it may eventually outgrow your tank space, potentially reaching up to 74.8 inches.
Warning: Dourada requires a tank with more height.
Note: Red Bellied Pacu likes to shoal in a group when they are juveniles.
Warning: Red Tailed Catfish is not recommended for your tank - it may eventually outgrow your tank space, potentially reaching up to 60 inches.
Warning: Tiger Shovelnose Catfish is not recommended for your tank - it may eventually outgrow your tank space, potentially reaching up to 41.3 inches.
Warning: Iridescent Shark is not recommended for your tank - it may eventually outgrow your tank space, potentially reaching up to 36 inches.
Note: Adonis Pleco needs driftwood.
Note: Common Pleco needs driftwood.
Warning: Your selected species may eventually require 554% of your aquarium space. You may need to deal with territorial aggressions later on. Try removing some of (Piaractus brachypomus, Phractocephalus hemioliopterus, Platystoma tigrinum, Acanthicus adonis, Pterygoplichthys pardalis) or get a larger aquarium tank.

Recommended temperature range: 24 - 26 C. [SIZE=-1][Display in Farenheit][/SIZE]
Recommended pH range: 6 - 6.8.
Recommended hardness range: 5 - 15 dH.


Your aquarium filtration capacity for above selected species is 0%.
Recommended water change schedule: 74% per week. (You might want to split this water change schedule to two separate 49% per week)
Your aquarium stocking level is 270%.[SIZE=-1] [Generate Image][/SIZE]
Your tank is seriously overstocked. Unless this setup is temporary, you should consider a larger tank.




Question: First i'd like to point out this is not an actual, it's a theoretical tank! Was just using the dimensions of the 1000gal to work out what i'd require for if the fish were fully grown. First it's saying i'll require 554% of the aquarium space currently input, but then it's saying i'm only 270% over stocked (which is the same thing isn't it?) So why are the 2 numbers different?

Sorry if you've already covered this on a previous post.

That's cool - I do need to make this more clear in the app.

The first % is still experimental. I've made an attempt to calculate % of physical aquarium space needed by the species mainly due to their aggressive territorial nature. In theory, you can run out of this space before bioload capacity of the tank. I believe there's plenty of room for refinement here.

The second % is the one most people will use. It actually gives you % of the bioload capacity used by your species.

 

[Ash]

Suggestion: Minimum recommend male to female ratio for Frontosa is 1:4 (M:F). You will less likely to experience problem if you get even more females.
Warning: Frontosa is not recommended to be with Featherfin Catfish - lake Tanganyika species should not be mixed with other groups.</B>

Recommended temperature range: 24 - 26 C. [SIZE=-1][Display in Farenheit][/SIZE]
Warning: Water pH requirements are not fully compatible between all selected species.
=> 7.6 - 9: Frontosa
=> 5.6 - 7.5: Featherfin Catfish
Recommended hardness range: 10 - 30 dH.

You have plenty of aquarium filtration capacity.

Your aquarium filtration capacity for above selected species is 175%.
Recommended water change schedule: 11% per week.
Your aquarium stocking level is 53%.


15x frontosa (f1 kigoma) (I used Juvie mode as they are Juvies)
1x Synodontis eupeterus (Used adult for him)

For the record... my synodontis has done fine and is doing fine (for the last 4 years =] ).

As for filtration I have an ehiem 2028 canister for right now.

As the fronts get bigger I will sell off all but my best 2 males and trade them out.

 

[Satan's Goldfish]

That's cool - I do need to make this more clear in the app.

The first % is still experimental. I've made an attempt to calculate % of physical aquarium space needed by the species mainly due to their aggressive territorial nature. In theory, you can run out of this space before bioload capacity of the tank. I believe there's plenty of room for refinement here.

The second % is the one most people will use. It actually gives you % of the bioload capacity used by your species.

That's a good idea, definately makes more sense with that explained (I was wondering why when i took out the 3 channel cats from how my pond is currently and added the theoretical huge Dourada and 3 more pangasius why the space for the selected species went down!) So working towards the physical requirement percentage rather than the bioload percentage would be a wiser move as it would decrease the bioload even further and the fish would be less aggresive towards each other. Which is always a plus!

 

[Gobrian44]

Love the addition of the juvenile and adult settings...Keep it up its one of my fave sites to help me set up a tank

 

[yhbae01]

Suggestion: Minimum recommend male to female ratio for Frontosa is 1:4 (M:F). You will less likely to experience problem if you get even more females.
Warning: Frontosa is not recommended to be with Featherfin Catfish - lake Tanganyika species should not be mixed with other groups.</B>

Recommended temperature range: 24 - 26 C. [SIZE=-1][Display in Farenheit][/SIZE]
Warning: Water pH requirements are not fully compatible between all selected species.
=> 7.6 - 9: Frontosa
=> 5.6 - 7.5: Featherfin Catfish
Recommended hardness range: 10 - 30 dH.

You have plenty of aquarium filtration capacity.

Your aquarium filtration capacity for above selected species is 175%.
Recommended water change schedule: 11% per week.
Your aquarium stocking level is 53%.


15x frontosa (f1 kigoma) (I used Juvie mode as they are Juvies)
1x Synodontis eupeterus (Used adult for him)

For the record... my synodontis has done fine and is doing fine (for the last 4 years =] ).

I should change this. According to most profile sites, pH for this syno usually stops at around 7.5 or so but I also see recommendations that they do great with malawi and tang species... May be I can pump up to 8 or so.

As for filtration I have an ehiem 2028 canister for right now.

As the fronts get bigger I will sell off all but my best 2 males and trade them out.

Sounds good.

 

[yhbae01]

That's a good idea, definately makes more sense with that explained (I was wondering why when i took out the 3 channel cats from how my pond is currently and added the theoretical huge Dourada and 3 more pangasius why the space for the selected species went down!) So working towards the physical requirement percentage rather than the bioload percentage would be a wiser move as it would decrease the bioload even further and the fish would be less aggresive towards each other. Which is always a plus!

Yes that's in theory. But it appears that calculating required physical space is pretty challenging! Oh well, I'll just keep try and see what people say about it.

 

[yhbae01]

Love the addition of the juvenile and adult settings...Keep it up its one of my fave sites to help me set up a tank

Thanks!