Schooling Fish

[Roger30]

I currently have a 100 gallon tank mix reef, with a star benny, sailfin, and power brown tang. I would like to add a small school but not a fan of cardinals. And Chromis seem not to last as a school for long. I was thinking anthias but I keep reading mix reviews on care level and temperament. Low care level preferred. Any suggestion?

 

[alprazo]

Unless there is a predator threatening to eat the fish they will not exhibit the schooling or shoaling behavior for long. There are plenty of discussions/ suggestions if you do a search.

 

[Dmorty217]

Unless there is a predator threatening to eat the fish they will not exhibit the schooling or shoaling behavior for long. There are plenty of discussions/ suggestions if you do a search.

+1 it won't happen in tank your size. Pilotfish and look downs are the only fish that will exhibit this behavior in a tank and they both get large

 

[alprazo]

In this video you can see some pompano begin to school when attacked by a pinfish. The second it backs off, they separate. I have even tried menhaden and mullet in an attempt to create a school for my tank with absolutely no luck. Lookdowns too behaved the same as the pompano, just not as fast and erratic.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2530060&highlight=permit