a good schooling fish

[briscott]

i am looking to get a good schooling fish i have a few ideas on which are schooling fish but looking for more info

 

[Gooli]

blue\green chromis...6 or more

 

[briscott]

are they a hardy fish or more delicate?

 

[sunfishh]

How about some cardinals?

 

[c. dawg]

I hear Threadfin Cardinals are better "schoolers" than chromis.

 

[goldscarf]

Chromis are pretty hardy, but seriously go buy a book or two. It will save you a ton of money in the long run!

 

[All Delight]

I'd go with the green chromis

 

[Teremei]

everything I've heard about chromis is that after they mature they will kill off all but a single pair. I had 4 successfully for 6 months, but that wasn't long enough for them to mature. Now someone else has them. .

I've heard the same thing about most cardinals too.

 

[luvtolean]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6683301#post6683301 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by c. dawg
I hear Threadfin Cardinals are better "schoolers" than chromis.

I really liked my little school of threadifn cardinals.

They had a really stressful existence (I had a very smal damsel go on a rampage) so I lost them early, but they're great to watch. They'll definately be done in my next tank.

I've seen schools of "old" threadfins in other tanks, so it can be done.

 

[Kimo]

When the cardinals start to spawn they can get very aggressive and start killing each other off.

Check out the PK magazine article on Copps' tank of the month. He had some cardinals that went on a rampage once they started spawning.

 

[The Reefer91]

i'd suggest captive-bred bangaii cardinals

 

[luvtolean]

Eddie at Tropical Paradise had a school of threadfins in his beautiful surge SPS tank that led to me buying the little school I had.

He had them for years (still might, dunno), no idea if they spawned or not, but they were big and healthy.

 

[RichConley]

Bangais DO NOT SCHOOL.


Threadfins are great.

 

[All Delight]

I think any fish spawning will go on a rampage. So if you were have a school of "whatever" fish, eventually when they mature, mating/spawning is inevitable (sp).

 

[fishes2889]

i had a school of 11 green chromis in my 190 to get it cycled amd they were fine for the 3 months i had them in there ....no loses. but when i wanted to put other fish in the tank i sold them back to my LFS

 

[RichConley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6695984#post6695984 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by All Delight
I think any fish spawning will go on a rampage. So if you were have a school of "whatever" fish, eventually when they mature, mating/spawning is inevitable (sp).

not true. Many schooling fish will spawn in a sort of orgiastic sense. Multiple males and females all spawning at once. No territorial issues there.


The chromis thing is that there is a pecking order in these fish, and if theres not enough of them, the bottom ones will get killed.

 

[cvye]

Blue Chromis:

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F(Time):

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[AquaticFins]

The dart gobies of the genus Ptereleotris (a couple of my personal favourites are P. evides and P. zebra) are wonderful schooling fish that get overlooked frequently. Ptereleotris gobies will form groups for their entire lives, rather than killing each other off after a pair forms as the chromis and most cardinalfishes (nearly all but Apogon leptacanthus) do.

 

[Amphiprion]

Chromis viridis does not form pairs. Normally, they form a small harem subunit consisting of a male and at least several females (but includes a large territory for all fish). Unless you have a large tank and an appropriately large amount of individuals, I would not get green chromis. Apogon leptacanthus is a much better option. Also, Ptereleotris zebra makes a good shoal, as well as certain Anthias.

 

[ManEatingGuppy]

you can try some juvi coral cats, their really freindly when their young. or maybe some engineer gobies.