well, i guess its not quite so overstocked now....only one barb survived...all the rest of the fish seem to be doing fine....the pleco is only about 3 inches long....and i cant post the amonia and nitrate and nitrite levels now....i dont have the money to buy the test strips right now...once i get them i will post the results though....thanks to everyone for your help....im kind of an idiot about fish....maybe i shouldnt buy any more seeing as how just about everything in the tank is wrong...