I used to think I was a visionary in the world of glass boxes and bubbling water. I in fact did. I spent hours browsing local fish tank size calculator stores, picking out the most blooming fins and the most unusual bottom-dwellers. My buzzing room was a shrine to neon lights and plastic plants. But looking back, I was less of a visionary and more of a ticking period bomb. I made a massive error. It is a mistake that haunts many beginners. I ignored the math. I relied upon my gut. before I stumbled upon a trustworthy aquarium stocking calculator, I on wiped out three total aquatic communities.

Lets be honest for a second. The goings-on is addictive. You see a vivid literary of Harlequin Rasboras and you desire them. after that you look a grumpy-looking Bristlenose Pleco and you have to have him. Somewhere in the urge on of your mind, a tiny voice says, "Is this too many?" But after that you remember that old, dusty bit of advice: the one inch per gallon rule. I followed that pronounce later than it was written in stone on a mountain top. I thought if I had a 20-gallon tank, I could fit 20 inches of fish. It sounds logical, right? Wrong. It is arguably the most risky fragment of misinformation in the archives of the aquarium hobby.

That consider is a trap.