Best schooling fish
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dragonfly1972
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How many anthias would you add? How many male and female?
dragonfly1972
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And how about the lyretail ....any success with them?
I'm researching and finding that I should have one male to no less than 4-6 females.
I'm researching and finding that I should have one male to no less than 4-6 females.
dragonfly1972
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Though I have never tried them, I really like the look of a shoal of copper sweepers - they are about the same price as the cardinals. A caribbean fish too.
I actually looked at these but they aren't colorful enough. My hubby is colorblind and can only see certain colors. The bright yellows and oranges are the best....or purple, although to him it looks blue.
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nonstopfishies
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Agree on the blue eye/threadfin cardinals. I have 8 in a 120 and they hang together except for when one pair is clutching, then those 2 go to the opposite side of the rest. In my 60 i have 5 of them and they hang out together as well.
Firefish are working well for me too. 4 hang out together in a 60.
Firefish are working well for me too. 4 hang out together in a 60.
I've got groups of many if the fish suggested in this thread (chalk basslets, PJ cardinals, a few different types of anthias) and none of them schoal. My chalks did when I first put them in because they were small and felt threatened; but once they settled in and grew a bit, guess what .... No schoal anymore.
dragonfly1972
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That would be my luck! LOL
dragonfly1972
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I'm driving myself nuts trying to decide.
The anthias are beautiful but they get a bit bigger then I want.
I think I'm going to go with 6 yellow striped cardinals. They stay small, my hubby can see the yellow and from everything I've read they aren't aggressive so if they don't shoal there's a better chance that they won't attack each other.
The anthias are beautiful but they get a bit bigger then I want.
I think I'm going to go with 6 yellow striped cardinals. They stay small, my hubby can see the yellow and from everything I've read they aren't aggressive so if they don't shoal there's a better chance that they won't attack each other.
nirvanaandtool
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I have a 90 as well and am leaning towards a trio of chalkies. I considered anthias and cardinals as well but the bass just seem like a more off-the-beat option.
dragonfly1972
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That is one of the fish that my hubby picked out.
The chalks get big.
In a 90 Id honestly do the threadfin cardinals, although at first a few will die. If you get a group of 10, I bet 5 will die. So get more than you are expecting to live. Once you have them they will shoal a bit but nothing tight. At night when the lights are off is when you will see them a lil more together.
You could also do carbyerri anthias. They stay small, stay together well and aren't aggressive like other anthias. They are also more colorful than dispars in my opinion although not quiete as cheap. They aren't expensive though either.
As with all your fish, QT them. I would suggest you observe first, get them eating and then prazi pro them to make sure no internal parasites which are common in anthias.
In a 90 Id honestly do the threadfin cardinals, although at first a few will die. If you get a group of 10, I bet 5 will die. So get more than you are expecting to live. Once you have them they will shoal a bit but nothing tight. At night when the lights are off is when you will see them a lil more together.
You could also do carbyerri anthias. They stay small, stay together well and aren't aggressive like other anthias. They are also more colorful than dispars in my opinion although not quiete as cheap. They aren't expensive though either.
As with all your fish, QT them. I would suggest you observe first, get them eating and then prazi pro them to make sure no internal parasites which are common in anthias.
acrohead500ppm
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The reason I recommended chalk bass in the first place was because they tend to (not always) be really active in the water column, like I mentioned, they don't school but tend to hang out together.
Also, they don't require multiple feedings each day like chromis or anthias.
Also, they don't require multiple feedings each day like chromis or anthias.
acrohead500ppm
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RGs will fight to the death. Bad idea.
You've had firefish school? I thought unless they were a pair they would fight to the death? I love my firefish and always wanted more but was afraid they would fight.
