fish swimming in schools

[tommy98]

what kind of small fish would be good to have maybe like five of them to swim in a school and not fight?

 

[reefforbrains]

Depends on size of tank but easiest to have school is Green Chromis
If in a HUGE tank then there are some other great options but were talking in the 600g range. How large is the tank?

 

[sharkboy13]

prolly firefish and chromsis r best for small schooling fish

 

[petjunkie]

Cardinals orange lined are cool if you can find them, most stories of schooling chromis end up with them killing each other slowly, maybe because of no predator to make them school effectively.

 

[mweezy05]

What about damsels? Don't they do well in groups of 3-5? Would they gang up and attack on other fish? :notsure:

 

[sharkboy13]

Originally Posted by mweezy05
What about damsels? Don't they do well in groups of 3-5? Would they gang up and attack on other fish? :notsure:
they gang up and kill anything new, trust me

 

[reefforbrains]

first off how large is the tank? over 200g or so and the possibilites get interesting?

 

[larryndana]

Originally Posted by Sharkboy13
they gang up and kill anything new, trust me
of course then they may do that to their selves as well.

 

[larryndana]

for a small tank i would suggest
chormis
pj or bangaii cardinals
I've had more fun watching chormis, i've got four in qt now and i'm enjoying them for some reason.

 

[weezer591]

little green chromis, or maybe 1 or 2 clowns?

 

[tommy98]

its a 90 gallon tank i have one blue chromis in there now and i have two clowns ihad 3 blue chromis when i started but they were fighting all the time so i took two back to the store