Aggression??

[Chago09]

would adding more fish to a tank to slightly overstock on purpose be a good method of keeping aggression lower???

 

[Cross127]

With africans yes, but with C/As you need to overstock it alot because the big boys are about 20 times more aggressive than the Africans.

 

[DarthV]

Not really, there are some crazy aggressive african species, but you can overcrowd a 75gal aquarium with 12-18 6" fish. To do the same aggression spreading for the big CA cichlids, you'd need a 240g or larger (much larger in some cases), but it can be done. There are plenty of videos of people with monster tanks with pretty high numbers of large & aggressive cichlids. It's just not possible for most people to have the space or the money to own such a tank.

 

[CTU2fan]

Ya there was that craigslist tank, 100 or 125 with like 20 midas...I think the thread was in General Aquaria.

 

[Yakuza-Irezumi]

Yeah,somthing along the lines of Japanese style keeping.

 

[bolty]

over stocking can work see
I cant remember whos tank this is but its some1 from hear, wery nice FULL tank of fish