Under stocked vs over stocked...

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This sounds terrible, but that fourth one is obviously overstocked looking at the species, but aesthetically it looks good to me...............
probably bcuz it has some plants, substrate, color contrast & more fish with streamlined body shape.
 
probably bcuz it has some plants, substrate, color contrast & more fish with streamlined body shape.

That's part of it, that it has decorations and such, but that's not the point I was going for. I was saying that we associate on some level a group of fish in a "school" with being happy and healthy regardless of the reason they are packed together i.e. because they have no choice in a tank..
 
That's part of it, that it has decorations and such, but that's not the point I was going for. I was saying that we associate on some level a group of fish in a "school" with being happy and healthy regardless of the reason they are packed together i.e. because they have no choice in a tank..
SO those are "schooling" fish??
 
Thank You Alex.

Some ( most ) of those tanks really surpass the admissible. ( I admit that I was a bit forgotten ).

I still maintain that to keep a tank like that requires a ton of effort and maintenance skill at the disposal of rather few and qualified, keepers ( does any fish look unhealthy?).

But the examples shown ( albeit one of them I do not agree that it should be a part of this example ) are, in fact, examples of hoarding.

I will end, however, with 2 observations: (i) by maintaining that those skilled keepers , they were doing it for themselves, not for status; (ii) the tanks i mentioned and the old timers I mentioned in the other thread did not have so crowded tanks.

It was a period. s yopu youirself stated, there is no sense in bashing and decrying, but to see that there might be other ways to do it.

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Love how people assume they have mass die offs n just replace them. Is there any proof were a keeper is replacing g fish on a daily? Weekly? Monthly? Basis
This is a hobby and people enjoy there hobbies diffrently.
 
Love how people assume they have mass die offs n just replace them. Is there any proof were a keeper is replacing g fish on a daily? Weekly? Monthly? Basis
This is a hobby and people enjoy there hobbies diffrently.

Yes, and it's only a matter of time before certain members on this site get called out...And rightfully so.

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Depends on your financial status, don't buy /\/\0NSTER fish if you can't afford /\/\0NSTER tanks!

I'm one for understocking but in the past at times i had no choice!

A lot of people buy fish on impulse, and most lfs workers give inadequate info regarding tank size and compatiblity!

I have a 2.5" rhom in a 90 all by himself just because he's very active and I think its awesome, but then I have a 125 with 5 adult red belly Piranha which I consider just a tad overstocked when they get bigger.


I'd much rather see under stocked tanks with healthy and active fish with no aggression issues. That's just me.

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I still maintain that to keep a tank like that requires a ton of effort and maintenance skill at the disposal of rather few and qualified, keepers ( does any fish look unhealthy?).

No doubt that it would take a lot of effort to try and maintain a tank like those pictured...

But i personally at least cant see the appeal of cramming as many fish into a tank as possible...




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