Does overcrowding reduce aggressiveness

[repair]

I don't think that it allways increases stress.

The fish in my 265 are happy and seem like they don't mind the extra tankmates.

 

[repair]

Yeah my african tank is crowded and it certainly reduced aggression from when it wasn't , the fish would all seem to pick on one fish at a time till they killed it but now they dont focus on certain fish they all seem to just chase each other now and then .

But as stated above i found it doesn't work at all with S.A tanks , Oscars and such will get more aggressive

it works good for me with CA/SA

 

[dbcb314]

ah HA... you were the guy I was talking about

how many fish are in there repair? And have you ever have any "act out" and had to be removed?

 

[repair]

I think I have 35 or so in there.

I have lost 3 or 4 in the last 10 months.... You never have to remove a trouble maker.... alive that is.

It's kinda funny that if one of the fish trys to cause too much trouble the others will gang up and kill it.

Most of the fish in this tank have been put in here because they were killing fish in the tanks that they were in.

 

[cichlid savage]

there are so many pros and cons to this debate. I only have a 125 that I am thing about doing this in. Maybe if I can find 3-6 large cichlids that I can afford at the same time I will give it a shot. Just see what happens. But I am going to have a cpl of spare tanks just incase someone gets owned and doesnt die.

 

[beex215]

beautiful tank repair.

and to the question is that so 1 fish doesnt only pick on 1 fish.its spread out on all equally.hope that made sense.read that here sum time ago

 

[Ozkar]

I have had instances where 1 bully fish does his harassment this way: The bully would pick one fish (usually the low man on the totem pole) and chase and harass it until he either killed it or you removed the beaten fish. Then the bully moved on the the next lowest fish on the list, and so on. Eventually, the bully would be the only fish in the tank.

This happened to me because the bully fish was my favorite, and I wanted to keep him in that tank setup. In situations like this, I realized that the only thing to do was remove the bully, not the other way around.

Just IME. Be advised, it could happen. Some fish are smart and sneaky this way.

Perhaps I would have had better luck with a lot more tank mates like Repair did ???

Good luck. I would like to know how it works out for you.

 

[loach43]

Hey Steve, ever have any probs with the buttikoferi in there? Just curious since they are such bad boys!

 

[Epic Fabrications]

man your water is crystal clear. It looks like your fish are laying back on the couch...

 

[Epic Fabrications]

Do you have any oxygenating accessories? whats your opinion on them? are they necessary? I have a long air stone and I'm debating removing it, because the blue shows right through and the pump, under any circumstance, is louder than the filters.