40G turns out to be 30G

[CarlDeller]

Hi all.

I purchased a 40G tank back in december and after a few months of it running i just realized i got duped.

The online ad said 40G tank for sale, everything included please contact. It had a huge blood parrot in there with a lot of that green Algea(Spinach lookalike).

I was on my aquaria page and was putting in the measurements when i realized it said 33.7 US Gallons.... I remeasured it a few times and still come up with the same numbers.... even other sources give me 30G... that's not even including all the decorations i have plus the sand....

I have 11 Banjo Cats

Bunocephalus coracoideus

, 1 clown pleco

Panaqolus maccus

, 1 synodontis

Synodontis eupterus

, 5 Blue-eye Rainbow Forktails And like.....60 guppies(started with 12).
I also had 6 Sterbai

Corydoras sterbai

and 8 Paleatus

Corydoras paleatus

there but i moved them to a 10 gallon to breed.... planning to move them back after i see some eggs.

I'm running a Emperor 280 and usually do water changes every week.

I'm really pissed....all the dosage i've been using was for a 40G and now months later i find out

i'm probably going to get rid of all my guppies...they breed none stop and require a lot of food (feed them 5 cubes of bloodworms last night....in an attempt to feed my Banjos some...less than half a cube got to my banjos)

Ideally i'd like to keep in that tank. My 6 Sterbai,My 8 Paleatus,My 11 banjos, a pair of plecos, 10 Otocinclus and a few middle swimming fish(Guppies,Blue-eyed Rainbows)

[Marine590622]

To be charitable, it may have been they did not know any better then you. For the guppies, you just need a tank with an oscar in it.

[CarlDeller]

To be charitable, it may have been they did not know any better then you. For the guppies, you just need a tank with an oscar in it.

Would the oscar attack my other fish ? like

Corydoras paleatus

corydoras sterbai

Panaqolus maccus

,Pseudomugil furcatus and

Bunocephalus coracoideus

[magdalo]

Once they start fitting into the Oscar's mouth, they are all considered meals.

[CarlDeller]

Once they start fitting into the Oscar's mouth, they are all considered meals.

would

Hypancistrus zebra

or

Hypancistrus debilittera

or any carnivorous pleco eat small guppies and leave the adults alone ?

[magdalo]

They are not predators.

[CarlDeller]

They are not predators.

thank you. I figured since they eat bloodworms and that baby guppies or that size.... Oh well now i know.

[Matt30]

Once they start fitting into the Oscar's mouth, they are all considered meals.

would

Hypancistrus zebra

or

Hypancistrus debilittera

or any carnivorous pleco eat small guppies and leave the adults alone ?

Careful, some small Carnivorous Catfish are predatory,although not a pleco, I Know someone who made a mistake of putting a Pseudomystus siamensis in the wrong tank those things are eating machines.

[CarlDeller]

Thanks guys. I'm probably going to buy a new tank this summer and use this one to breed or grow out plants. maybe a koi tank

I'm just wondering what size to go with.

[Marine590622]

To be charitable, it may have been they did not know any better then you. For the guppies, you just need a tank with an oscar in it.

Would the oscar attack my other fish ? like

Corydoras paleatus

corydoras sterbai

Panaqolus maccus

,Pseudomugil furcatus and

Bunocephalus coracoideus

I suppose a better way to have put that is. Excess guppies are not a problem when you have a fish like an oscar in one of your tanks. I keep multiple tanks. When a tank is otherwise empty, I put guppies in the tank to keep the biological filtration going. When it is time to use the tank I net the guppies out and put them in with the oscar. For some reason the issue of too many guppies has not arisen.