Single Fish Tanks VS. Multiple Fish Tanks

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Aquatik said:
Its not crule at the least! I would say keeping in a small enviorment with other cichlids having to always watch there back and be constally stressed is very much more crule! Like NWatson mentioned you would need a super large tank to house theae big guys comfortably!
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+1. If it were cruel then my Trimac would be happy to have a new tankmate, but instead he will ruthlessly try to kill anything I put in there. Lol
I have both actually. I like to keep a community but some fish I will keep alone for certain reasons(for growth or because of aggression issues).


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BOTH. My Fahaka just doesn't accept ANY tankmates into his 150.. so he's all alone. My planted tank has a community of fish in it.
 
Ive had solo wet pets and Ive had community set ups. I have to say the community has always been my favorite. Not easy to get the right mix of fish at times but once you do it is so much fun to watch the interaction between different fish types.
 
In my set up which is technically not a solo fish tank. But the centerpiece fish interact with me more than his tankmates and would follow me and flare his gills like a wet pet. He is a giant in a tank of dwarfs and the size different can be a 10 to 1 by length and 500 to 1 by weight. But the giant is not always in the upperhand. When the Julies are raising babies, they would take gurella warfare and attacked the giant and retreated back to the caves and there is nothing the giant can do.
 
MTBjake said:
+1. If it were cruel then my Trimac would be happy to have a new tankmate, but instead he will ruthlessly try to kill anything I put in there. Lol
I have both actually. I like to keep a community but some fish I will keep alone for certain reasons(for growth or because of aggression issues).


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I agree, I moved my oscar from a 40b to a 75 and expected to be able to put a friend in with him. Turns out he believed fish arent friends, they're food.
 
I like both and have a community tank plus a solo wet pet tank.

I think there are keys to success with both. Getting a cichlid community right can be frustrating, and a lot of trial and error, plus a load of experience, a good piece of luck and a spare tank space for emergencies are all needed.

For a solo wet pet, it's pretty key to choose a confident, people-interactive fish, and then it's also important to place the tank in a place with relatively high people movement past it.
This keeps the fish confident, and provides lots of interest and interaction for the fish, which is obviously not getting any from tankmates.

Can't say how much enjoyment I get from my flowehorn who is, as I type, staring at me from 2 feet away. His tank is right in the "epicentre" of the house. Everyone loves him and he clearly loves life (and food !). He also instantly attempts to kill and living thing (apart from my arm) entering his tank.

My SA community around the corner, by the TV, is just as enjoyable. Watching the interaction between the fish is great, with contrasting colours and shapes. They are also quite people-orientated as the tank is still in a medium people-movement area. I find many, many speces of fish do not cope well with very exposed tank positions and high people movement and it's just as important to match the tank position with teh species as it is to match species within a tank. Ah well, I'm rambling now....
 
I couldnt agree with you more on this comment Hamfist.

"For a solo wet pet, it's pretty key to choose a confident, people-interactive fish, and then it's also important to place the tank in a place with relatively high people movement past it.
This keeps the fish confident, and provides lots of interest and interaction for the fish, which is obviously not getting any from tankmates."

I think thats where I went wrong. I had and interactives solo Trimac that was used to being on the main floor of my old house to the basement of my new house where the only action he gets is from the cats staring at him near the tank. He just wasnt the same after I moved him to a more quiet place.
 
I like solo fish beacause I like having the "big boys". If i had a monster tank i would go community though.
 
I have boths situations.

All my FH are solo and all are authentic wet pets and glass bangers.

I have qn Amphilphus community tank with seven big males and a coiple of other males.

my experience tells me that, given space, an all male tank tends to work out.

As for solos, all Amphilophus are great and I see no cruelty in keeping them solo.

M
 
I'd rather have a mix. If it's a huge tank such as 400+ I would never "waste" it on one fish. That's just my personal opinion. I've always liked groups of fish more than a wet pet. Only thing I'd get alone in a tank, would definitely have to be in a tank that's under 300 gallons.

-Andrew
 
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