Have you ever kept a solo wet pet?

[philipraposo1982]

I am curious to see how many of us here at MFK have kept a solo fish before. feel free to elaborate on your poll response and get some discussion going.

I personally have been introduced to this idea and so far I am really enjoying it. Not many people seem to do this though and I am curious as to why.

 

[twentyleagues]

I had an Oscar that killed his two roommates. I purchased 3 and two killed 1 and then those two fought alot but seemed relatively good with each other. I came home from school one day to find one of the two dead. It didnt ever seem to be that bad but I guess 1 just decided it was going to change. So I kept him solo for about 5 years was like a big water puppy.
Also at the end of my salt water stint I had an angler I kept after selling everything else off. I kept a tank a few soft corals and some equipment to keep him happy. I kept him for about 2 years alone also.

 

[islandguy11]

Any Flowerhorn I've kept previously (or currently in a 115g) has always been (happily) solo due to territorial/aggression issues. I have 2 X approx. 12" Arowanas each solo in their own 325 now. It's possible some day at least one of their tanks will get another couple of fish (Flagtail & Datnoid), but not in the near future, at this point I prefer they're solo.

 

[jwitty]

I really want to get a flowerhorn. I’m thinking about getting one next weekend.

 

[Belly up]

I had a huge Jaguar in a 125 for years. He was a beast and never bored me, piling gravel up to the top of his tank and threatening me all of the time. That is except when it was chow time. I had to fortify the heater for his own good. He was one crazy fish.

 

[Nilsafeller]

Always keep my flowerhorns separate unless I "try" to breed them... just to aggressive... but VERY fun to keep

 

[Fat Homer]

Puffers tend to be best kept solo but have tons of personality so makes up for the space needed for them...

 

[Steve_C]

I had a Jaguar as a solo wet pet for a your or two untill I lost him to some odd internal issue. Now for the past year I have had a 10"-11" Oscar as a solo wet pet due to his dislike for any tankmates. Wt pets are cool as long as you have other tanks with multiple fish in them to enjoy.

 

[MrsE88]

I had a 10g betta as a wet pet and have one green terror as a solo wet pet right now.
I the future I’d like to have a large wet pet.

 

[Lsey81]

My flowerhorn, silver and jardini aro are all in solo tanks...now to think of it...I haven't had a proper community tank in YEARS