MartinBlank
Aquarium Advice Freak
Topic says it all.... just wondering what the opinions are out there concerning this.... prefer an add number of fish? even number? don't care?
Pure curiosity
Pure curiosity
It all depends on the type of fish your talking about. Some fish really are no good in even numbers and others are better in odd. depends on the fish
I've begun to think that fish like neons cardinals and most tetras and cories might do better in odd groups. It might be in my head, but I noticed when in small numbers (like in aquariums) like 6-8, the school tends to split down the middle and stays separate for alot of the time. If you have an odd number, then one group will always be bigger, and they'll recombine. I haven't tested this out totally yet, but I kind of got the idea with ants/bees. When choosing a new nest/hive, a single ant moving in one direction can change the location of the new hive. It may not be true, but it's what I like to think. When you get hundreds or thousands of these fish, these problems become really minute.
They're not big on math.
how can the eye tell the difference if there was 50 fish in one tank ant 51 in another?IMO odd numbers are better because that means things are never perfectly split or even. Odd numbers are also known to be more pleasing to the eye.