lf: schooling fish

[ademster]

Wanting to get some schooling fish.
Upwards of 10
What should I get.

 

[macboat]

Lyretail Anthias
(All pictures are linked from web)

 

[zrogst]

Those look great macboat.

I'd also recommend blue/green chromis school. At less then $5/fish from most vendors they are a very affordable option.

 

[ademster]

Those are the two that I was thinking of buying.
Looks like I'm buying few of each

 

[azkass]

How about a shoal of some Semilarvatus butterflies. figure 8-10 at $250-300 a pop and that's...might want to see if your insurance carrier has exotic fish insurance first.

 

[Jerms01]

Zebra Dartfish are very koo too!

 

[zibba]

Anthias and green chromis are good choices. I think chromis look amazing in tanks with big branching sps -- they tend to hid out in them. Hoping I can have success long enough with my tank to see the seven chromis I do that.

I was at an aquarium recently where they had a big school of bicolors (Pseudanthias bimaculatus) and Lyertails (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) -- maybe 30 fish total -- and it was so gorgeous. The males are truly spectacular when they fully mature. If I had more room, I'd love to do something like that.

Not sure if this link will work, but check this out: http://************.com/2012/09/26/bluespace-aquarium-bangkok/

Or, google: "Bluespace Aquarium’s spectacular anthias"

 

[bugs713]

 

[zrogst]

Divers Den just put up a school of 5 red-spot glass cardinalfish if you're interested, adam.

 

[geemanaz]

Cool have a schooling of striped blennies or fang blennies

 

[ademster]

I have an order of 15 schooling fish, 1 yellow tang, couple other gobies, and some fireshrimp pending.

I will know more tomorrow.

 

[woodwrangler]

So, what'd you end up with?

 

[ademster]

6 larietail anthias 1 male 5 female n

Had 10 blue green cromis but 1 died in shipping and 5 eaten. 2 went into my overt flow and down the drain. So we have 2 left. These guys were tiny. Too small for my tank.

2 yellow tangs

5 spotted Cardinal. 1 died in shipping 1 eaten 3 in the tank

 

[m-six hundred]

Is the lion fish eating them or the snowflake?

 

[ademster]

Is the lion fish eating them or the snowflake?

Lionfish is gone.

The puffer ate them actually.

They were all under 1 inch in size.

Next time I order I will request large only