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Erich Plondke <usenet+junkmail@erich.wreck.org> wrote:
> Nathan Greer <gte381f@prism.gatech.edu> verily spake, saying:

> : i have 7 swimming in a 2 gallon tank. 

> Gads!  That's not healthy *at all* for those fish, unless you have a huge
> sump or change 50% of the water every 6 hours, or they are tiny, tiny fish.

> Typically, unless you do some rather drastic filtration you should have no
> more than one inch of fish per gallon of tank liquid (counting from nose
> to base of the tail).

well, they've been living there since about march, so for the most
part they're doing ok. a couple have died off, but i suppose that's
just darwin. or maybe the tank. at any rate, i have a stable group
in there now. they are fairly small... not neon tetra size, though.
4 mainly silver tetra (forgot that name), 1 of another type of tetra,
and 2 mollies.

as for filtering, it's an eclipse tank with the "bio-wheel" filtering
of which everyone seemed to speak highly. hmm, upon review of the
manual, it seems to suggest approx 6" of fish, after roughly averaging
their medium- and large-size suggestions. i guess i'm a tad over.
however, i change the filter fairly often and suction most of the gunk
out of the gravel.

if anyone would like 2 silver tetra, i suppose i could part with 2
to drop the load on the tank.