DB>Re: Re: New tank
DB>>      So let me get this right ... if I have a 29 gal tank ... I can only
DB>>      have cichlids in it?  How many should I start with ?
DB>If this is a brand new setup and never had fish in the tank before, I 
ould
DB>suggest 6 -10 until the tank is biologically sound(algae bloom) sound. 
after
DB>that you may add a few more everyweek until you reach as many inches of 
fish
DB>as gallons of water. For an example, you have a 29 gallon tank so yyou 
shoul
DB>not put more thaan 29 inches of fish in the tank.
   I have never heard of this way of calculating the # of fish in a
   tank, is that linar inches of fish ie in the above example 7 4 inch
   fish/I ahve a book (wich I cannat find at ths time)which uses a
   differnt calucation i do remember that the water surface size
   determines the amount of fish you can have
   I also never had circhlids either so i know nothing about this
   subject
   THanks George
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