Schooling Fish

Jbuck · 07-05-2012, 09:32 AM

I am looking to get a school of nice fish minimum of 12. My short list at the moment is rummy nose tetra, lemon tetra and marbled hatchet fish (maybe). I know that fish only tend to school when threatened but I would like a tight schooling group. Does anyone know f another nice looking schooler. I was thinking of celestial pearl danios but I don't know how well they school. Suggestions welcomed. Thanks in advance

chjo · 07-05-2012, 09:35 AM

celestial pearl danios don't really school. Are you looking for something interesting? Or do just want fish that school? I know that you have a lot of tetras...but I really think that green neon tetras are unbeatable. How big is your tank? You can have quite a lot of them because of their small size...

Jbuck · 07-05-2012, 09:38 AM

I am after something interesting. I have a 180l tank. Was maybe thinking a smaller rainbow as well. I will only be getting one kind of school just can't decide

pandamonium · 07-05-2012, 09:48 AM

i have lemons and hatchets now. the lemons school most of the time and the hatchets, its dependent. maybe pencilfishes? they are a good schooling fish, especially if you are tired of tetras. that happened to me

reddhawkk · 07-05-2012, 03:46 PM

+1 on the Lemon Tetras. Mine are always schooling.

LB79 · 07-05-2012, 05:39 PM

Black neon, lemon, neon, green neon, head-and-tail light, black skirt, cardinal, and rummynose tetras; harlequine, narrow-wedge, and lambchop rasboras; the various forktail rainbows; hatchetfish.... lots of options. That said, all the rasboras and the cardinal and rummynose tetras seem to be the consistently best schoolers.

pandamonium · 07-05-2012, 06:35 PM

another fish i just picked up that was really nice was espe rasboras. they look like harlequins but the orange sheen extends much farther up. i know they are hard to find but there was a wholesaler near me thta had them for a day. i picked up a few and they are doing great and look nice too

**mitchfish9** · 07-05-2012, 06:49 PM

my pristella and bloodfin tetras both school really well

**Big O** · 07-05-2012, 07:12 PM

+1 rummy's!

Willamette · 07-05-2012, 08:12 PM

Rummys always seem to school tight. Need room though.

Luis138 · 07-05-2012, 08:26 PM

I want to get rummys. I am setting up a 60 gallon tank. What is the minimum amount of rummys needed for a nice school?

Luis

**JoeGREEEN** · 07-05-2012, 08:49 PM

+1 on the bloodFins, they school well and are very active throughout my 40B, underated lil' fish

07-05-2012, 09:32 AM	#1
Jbuck Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Uk Posts: 57	Schooling Fish I am looking to get a school of nice fish minimum of 12. My short list at the moment is rummy nose tetra, lemon tetra and marbled hatchet fish (maybe). I know that fish only tend to school when threatened but I would like a tight schooling group. Does anyone know f another nice looking schooler. I was thinking of celestial pearl danios but I don't know how well they school. Suggestions welcomed. Thanks in advance

07-05-2012, 09:48 AM	#4
pandamonium Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (24/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 1,015	i have lemons and hatchets now. the lemons school most of the time and the hatchets, its dependent. maybe pencilfishes? they are a good schooling fish, especially if you are tired of tetras. that happened to me __________________ SFBAAPS 12G Long Shrimp Tank\|40G Breeder Amazon Biotope DIY ADA Style Stand\|DIY Eheim Jager 150W Inline Heater RAOK Club #72

07-05-2012, 03:46 PM	#5
reddhawkk Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (12/100%) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Windsor Locks, CT Posts: 282	+1 on the Lemon Tetras. Mine are always schooling. __________________ RAOK Club #55

07-05-2012, 05:39 PM	#6
LB79 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: South-central Washington State, USA Posts: 1,784	Black neon, lemon, neon, green neon, head-and-tail light, black skirt, cardinal, and rummynose tetras; harlequine, narrow-wedge, and lambchop rasboras; the various forktail rainbows; hatchetfish.... lots of options. That said, all the rasboras and the cardinal and rummynose tetras seem to be the consistently best schoolers. __________________ "It's not who you are that makes you great; it's what you do." –Batman Begins

07-05-2012, 06:35 PM	#7
pandamonium Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (24/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 1,015	another fish i just picked up that was really nice was espe rasboras. they look like harlequins but the orange sheen extends much farther up. i know they are hard to find but there was a wholesaler near me thta had them for a day. i picked up a few and they are doing great and look nice too __________________ SFBAAPS 12G Long Shrimp Tank\|40G Breeder Amazon Biotope DIY ADA Style Stand\|DIY Eheim Jager 150W Inline Heater RAOK Club #72

07-05-2012, 09:35 AM	#2
chjo Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 13	celestial pearl danios don't really school. Are you looking for something interesting? Or do just want fish that school? I know that you have a lot of tetras...but I really think that green neon tetras are unbeatable. How big is your tank? You can have quite a lot of them because of their small size...

07-05-2012, 09:38 AM	#3
Jbuck Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Uk Posts: 57	I am after something interesting. I have a 180l tank. Was maybe thinking a smaller rainbow as well. I will only be getting one kind of school just can't decide

07-05-2012, 06:49 PM	#8
mitchfish9 Planted Tank Nation (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Oak Park, IL Posts: 874	my pristella and bloodfin tetras both school really well

07-05-2012, 07:12 PM	#9
Big O Raider for life (View User Tanks) PTrader: (22/100%) Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: KCMO Posts: 506	+1 rummy's!

07-05-2012, 08:12 PM	#10
Willamette Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Corvallis, OR Posts: 180	Rummys always seem to school tight. Need room though.

07-05-2012, 08:26 PM	#11
Luis138 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Downey, CA Posts: 167	I want to get rummys. I am setting up a 60 gallon tank. What is the minimum amount of rummys needed for a nice school? Luis

07-05-2012, 08:49 PM	#12
JoeGREEEN Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 217	+1 on the bloodFins, they school well and are very active throughout my 40B, underated lil' fish

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