Schooling fish

[hmott]

What are some good schooling fish? My 120 should be waterfilled this weekend and the only fish it will have will be a yellow tang from my 55 he's currently small maybe 2 1/2 - 3". Any suggestions?

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

Apogon leptacanthus, threadfin cardinals.

 

[AdidaKev]

Blue reef chromis are nice.

 

[hmott]

I can't find a site with pictures of a threadfin cardinals? I'll keep looking.

I believe Chromis are not real schooling fish, they only group when stressed and will kill off each other as they get bigger. I'm hoping to find a species where I don't have to worry about that.

 

[jda]

Real schooling fish are going to be hard to come by for a 120. Some of the chromis and cardinals will stay together somewhat, but they probably will not school.

 

[hmott]

I checked on cardinals, and it appears they school. I don't like that they are nocternal though.

Gees I thought I would get like 50 different fish to select from asking this. I guess its going to be harder than I though to get a little group of schooling fish. I guess thats why I don't see it more often in tanks. Man I was pumped up to find a nice group of school fish to work the rest the tank around. Maybe I should get some bluegreens and toss and trigger in with them, that should help with the schooling