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The way I see it is 1 inch of fish per five gals. 2 percs, ywg and a lmb already maxes out the new tank. The 20 is already overstocked and the flame probably died of an ammonia spike.
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I don't agree with that at all.
The "per inch" thing is very rough, some fish are long and skinny and eat very little, some are short and fat and eat like pigs.
It also depends on how much you feed the fish, because fish make waste in proportion to how much you feed them.
Also it depends on the tank and the equipment. With a good amount of live rock and sand for bacteria to grow on, and a good skimmer, you can go WAY over that and not experience an ammonia spike. I had a 50g up for a year with 13 fish totalling about 20-25inches, and never lost a single fish.