Bruce,
Ok, so then so for a 4 inch rainbow fish,
there is 10 adult rainbow fish,
in a 40 gallon tank seems crowded to me.
I would put 4 rainbows in a 40 gallon tank
Best regards
Ed Romana
~~~
At 06:47 AM 10/9/2000 +1000, you wrote:
>G'day Dennis
>
>The old golden rule I was taught when I first started keeping fish as a 10
>year old when even airstones were uncommon here in Australia was formulated
>for the keeping of goldfish.
>
>It said that you could generally keep one inch of fish per gallon of water.
>Obviously there are a lot of other variables and factors to consider and you
>will still need to practice good fish-keeping techniques such as water
>changes and maintenance of water quality.
>
>Regards,
>Bruce Hansen
>president at angfa.org.au
>Please visit us at http://www.angfa.org.au
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dennis Holmes" <dhdesign at onthenet.com.au>
>To: <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
>Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 9:23 PM
>Subject: [RML] How many fish?
>
>
> > Hi,
> > I've got a tank that holds 180 litres.
> > How many fish can I put in without filtration or air stones?
> >
> >