juvenile stocking density

[Kathy55g]

With my latest success at getting larvae past meta, I am wondering about the size of my newly expanded system. I've recently doubled my water volume, but, through no fault of my own, I've tripled my survival rate. Now I think my volume may be too small, even though I just finished the overhaul.

I have been laboring under the rule of 10 juveniles per gallon. Is this what you experienced breeders maintain?

 

[Baalz]

You can go very high on the load as long as you keep water quality in control. Larger skimmer, good filter, and water changes would allow 50+ per gallon.

 

[David M]

I reduce the concentration as they grow but I keep as many as 700 3/8" oc's in a 5-1/2 gallon tank ( part of a 100 gallon "early growout" system). After 60 days they move to "final growout",
200+ in 8 or 10 gallon sections of the syetem. That system volume is 375 gallons. 175 of it is sump/ filter with a large wet/ dry tower and a G-5 skimmer. 1500 gph pump ( less head loss) recirculating the 8 25 gallon sectional tanks.

I guess what I am saying is I am way beyond ten 10/gallon at smaller sizes but well under it by marketable size. I just can't see 3750 grown juvies in my growout system, BUT they won't all be grown at the same time, so yeah, I can see 4-5000 in there total.