Schooling Fish

[laxplaya]

Anyone know any small, colorful, non aggressive schooling fish to put in my 55g with some other fish. Its so cool when u see fish swimming around with each other

 

[renogaw]

chromis would fit that bill nicely. do either 3 or 5

 

[laxplaya]

thanks again! ur like a fish helping god!

 

[renogaw]

hehe happy to spread the limited knowledge

 

[dlee]

Originally Posted by renogaw
chromis would fit that bill nicely. do either 3 or 5

Why not 4...just curious :notsure:

 

[surfinusa]

Originally Posted by dlee
Why not 4...just curious :notsure:
i think they just do better in odd numbers but yeah chromis would be exellent for you tank

 

[joojoo]

I think chromis need a really big tank for them to "school." I had 3 in a 29 and they pretty much ignored eachother.

 

[cnall]

I added my three chromis (blue-green, cheap and hardy) at the same time and they school in my 55. Don't know if adding them at the same time helps?
But I have had good luck w/mine schooling

 

[laredo300c]

i have 3(blue greenchromis) in my 55 for the past year and they do school...unfortunately one is a little bigger than the other two and don't know if this will lead to problems later on....the wife loves her smurfs..i mean chromis

 

[joojoo]

lol, well thats good to hear. Mine just never went near eachother... then they all ended up getting eaten by my giant condi anyway...

 

[auntkaren]

Pajama Cardinals are peaceful too. They just hang out alot but they are easy to keep and fun to watch.

 

[gmford1979]

i had 5 Chromis in my 55. they ignored each other, then were eaten by my eel.
they really just stayed hidden the whole time. they were either up in my rockwork or close to the top behind pipes. i think they were scared of the eel. i don't know why? i guess they felt their time was coming. the eel is gone now, and my tank is happy