Tang Police were right!

[lfsmarineguy]

Now that I have your attention, this is for all of the "My 8 tangs are fine in their 75gal..." set. Now there's real science behind the "Tang Police" argument.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blo...ive-in-reduced-environments-a-new-study-finds

In the great words of almost Sean Connery "Suck it Trebek!"

 

[LatinP]

So you're saying I can't keep an Achilles Tang in my 10g?

/sarcasm

On topic though in the aquarium hobby we've known this for a while now, less space more aggression.

 

[SaltyFlip]

I must say it's obvious and almost applies to any animal. Shove 5 people in a 20x20 room for their entire lives and it'll get hostile. The thing with fish is that most people do not place them in a higher standard, unlike a puppy or a kitty, and it is perhaps because they don't blink and one can't be affectionate with them. A statement that some aquarists know to be false.

 

[Jzhou]

I remember on myspace 6 years ago when I was attacked by some Biatch, lets call her kim, for keeping a powder blue in a 29gallon for qt. No matter how many times I mentioned that this was just qt before i set it loose and risk infecting my 220, she would not shut up for her life.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

You would think it would be obvious, but some people ignore the obvious for the reasons you stated. I don't think most people are being malicious when they stock smaller tanks with larger fish but I think it's more like selective ignorance.

I did have a few cortez stingrays at one point that would take turns resting on my palm when I stuck my hand in the tank, even when there was no food. I'm pretty sure they loved me but I had no way to prove it lol.