Lonely fish...

[Tinnerito]

It's a long story, but basically, I can't add any new livestock or coral etc for 4 more months in one of my tanks, and the tank has nothing but sand, rock, a single clownfish, and a caulerpa plant which he treats like an anemome and nudges and bobs all day. But the sound of doing that all day, every day for what about a year in total it's going to be is pretty sad. During this time it also won't be getting any kind of interaction from people, other than a once a day feeding. Should I be concerned about it getting "lonely" or "depressed"? May this cause aggression when I restock the tank at the end of this time period?

 

[KrisReef]

As long as you keep up with food and water needs that fish only has you to keep it company.

My experience is that when we take care of a fish it looks to us. We don’t take up swimming space or steal food and generally a fish can thrive without the aggregation of a tank mate in our aquariums.

It’s like renting the diplomat suite in a nice hotel. Room service, bed changes and freedom to not be pestered