So first, I’m going to preface this as research only question and that overstocking a tank is not reccomended and can lead to poor health of your fish.
With that said, I noticed with freshwater cichlids, if you overstock them in a tank (provided sufficient filtration), agression is decreased as they are not able to set up territories. Does anyone know if the same holds true for damsels? Like say you put 20 in a 40 gallon tank with adequate filtration (I know too small for full grown but just for example purposes), due to the shear quantity would aggression be reduced because they couldn’t set up territories?
Kind of like the fish in “Tanked” aquariums or even Public Aquariums (always seem overstocked)
With that said, I noticed with freshwater cichlids, if you overstock them in a tank (provided sufficient filtration), agression is decreased as they are not able to set up territories. Does anyone know if the same holds true for damsels? Like say you put 20 in a 40 gallon tank with adequate filtration (I know too small for full grown but just for example purposes), due to the shear quantity would aggression be reduced because they couldn’t set up territories?
Kind of like the fish in “Tanked” aquariums or even Public Aquariums (always seem overstocked)