Colorful Schooling Fish

[Chubb]

WOULD LOVE TO GET A FEW FISH THAT SCHOOL. ANY IDEAS BESIDES CHROMIS?

 

[twon8]

fish dont' really school in tanks less than hundreds of gallons.

 

[Kinetic]

cardinalfish

 

[hgbarwick]

Cardinal fishis really your only option without chromies

 

[Conceyted]

what about anthias?

 

[Fade]

I have 1 male and 2 female red sea 8 line flasher wrasses and they school but at 85$ each it gets kinda expensive. ( I got mine on sale )

 

[Manderin]

this is good info, i dislike cromis, but like scholing fishes

 

[hgbarwick]

why don't you like chromies?

 

[snorvich]

Actually, it is shoaling behavior rather than schooling behavior. Schooling in normal size tanks is unlikely. Shoaling in 100+ gallon tanks will work with Anthias, some flasher wrasses, chromis. I did not know about cardinal fish.

 

[AJF]

hum... and the anthias, which is the smaller specie and what's the smaller tank u can have?

 

[Angel*Fish]

Re: Colorful Schooling Fish

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7616692#post7616692 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Chubb
WOULD LOVE TO GET A FEW FISH THAT SCHOOL. ANY IDEAS BESIDES CHROMIS?

I don't think cardinals swim around much - mine don't & the 4 I have hang out in pairs (threadfins)

If your tank is 50g, that's too small for a group of anthias

I'd recommend a pair of something like a couple of chromis - buy juveniles so they can work out sexing issues successfully

Sorry but schooling is hard to come by with marine fish I feel your pain though

 

[AJF]

Chubb try to add like 5 chromis maybe u have luck and they will school! good luck!

 

[Angel*Fish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7629374#post7629374 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AJF
Chubb try to add like 5 chromis maybe u have luck and they will school! good luck!

You're up early!!

Chubb if you go with chromis, they should be quarantined & even perhaps treated hospital style to ensure they are free of parasites. That is at least if they come from a LFS that packs a bunch in one tank. If you can start out with disease free ones, you will increase your chances. Chromis tanks are notoriously full of diseased fish.

 

[Jeffrey Porter]

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