Paired fish question for multiple pairs

[Kasrift]

I have a general question I've been mulling on. Often times male species of fish have a really good color display when paired, such as wrasses, or a fun display of fins like mandarin gobies. I know fish get more territorial when mating, would it generally be a bad idea to always have multiple mated pairs of different species?

Ignore the idea of space, just curious if you were to stock a tank with only pairs in order to see some of nature's displays of colors and antics for pairs would that be problematic. For example, I love my starry blenny and heard males turn white on display during mating. They are already kind of jerks, would having mated pairs of clowns, blennies, wrasses, mandarins, etc cause for a never ending turf war in an aquarium?

I'd kind of like my next tank to always have a Noah's ark of fish so they have friends. My individual fish seem lonelier.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have a general question I've been mulling on. Often times male species of fish have a really good color display when paired, such as wrasses, or a fun display of fins like mandarin gobies. I know fish get more territorial when mating, would it generally be a bad idea to always have multiple mated pairs of different species?

Ignore the idea of space, just curious if you were to stock a tank with only pairs in order to see some of nature's displays of colors and antics for pairs would that be problematic. For example, I love my starry blenny and heard males turn white on display during mating. They are already kind of jerks, would having mated pairs of clowns, blennies, wrasses, mandarins, etc cause for a never ending turf war in an aquarium?

I'd kind of like my next tank to always have a Noah's ark of fish so they have friends. My individual fish seem lonelier.

Perhaps so as paired fish are generally territorial especially clowns, blennies and damsels.

 

[Kasrift]

Perhaps so as paired fish are generally territorial especially clowns, blennies and damsels.

Wondering if people have success with several mated pairs and how that affects size of tank necessary.

 

[Tamberav]

I have a general question I've been mulling on. Often times male species of fish have a really good color display when paired, such as wrasses, or a fun display of fins like mandarin gobies. I know fish get more territorial when mating, would it generally be a bad idea to always have multiple mated pairs of different species?

Ignore the idea of space, just curious if you were to stock a tank with only pairs in order to see some of nature's displays of colors and antics for pairs would that be problematic. For example, I love my starry blenny and heard males turn white on display during mating. They are already kind of jerks, would having mated pairs of clowns, blennies, wrasses, mandarins, etc cause for a never ending turf war in an aquarium?

I'd kind of like my next tank to always have a Noah's ark of fish so they have friends. My individual fish seem lonelier.

Many wrasses often turn male even when another male is present and this can end in death. Wrasses also don't really 'pair' like clowns do. They live in a harem.

Here is a great resource that goes more in depth:

The Wrasse Guy - "Pairing" Wrasse

It is something I read often: “Where can I buy a female for my male ____ wrasse?” Or: “I want to buy another ____ wrasse and pair them up!” Wait! Time out for a minute! First, we really need some understanding of how wrasses interact and live in their natural environment. In the ocean, most

www.thewrasseguy.com

but yes, many types of fish can be paired, cardinals, gobies, jawfish, have seen angelfish harems, etc.