What's a good schooling fish?

[Drachs]

I have a 150 gallon reef, and I'd like to have a school in it. I'm looking for a fish that is very small, schools up nice, isn't hard to keep and preferably will even breed to keep the school ongoing. I think I'd like to have 10-20 of them in addition to the other fish and coral in the reef, so small is very important!

Can you guys recommend anything?

 

[reefnetworth]

blue-green chromis!

 

[kdblove_99]

Agree Chromis are good.

 

[Zaita]

Chromis. However, like most (all?) marine fish in a tank environment; They will not reproduce and grow young.

They are also prone to aggression within the group and occasionally picking off the weaker ones.

 

[Drachs]

Anything smaller than that? Those guys get up to 3 inches, 10 of them I think would dominate the tank pretty hard and I'm not really looking for domination. I was really hoping for a swarm of something small.

 

[BangkokMatt]

Glass cardinals will shoal.

 

[petsarenice]

Another recommendation for the Chromis, though I think it would be cool to get a school of tangs.

 

[SDguy]

Thisthread should give you some ideas:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=525173&highlight=small+cardinal+fish

 

[Drachs]

The red-spot cardinalfish look like a possibility, but I can't find any information on them at all on the web, do they school?

 

[SDguy]

Well, I just read through the whole thread (feel free to as well ). Schooling, yes. Horrible survival rate though. Perhaps threadfin cardinals would be a better choice, though they can also have shipping issues....