schooling fishs

1guydude

1guydude

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best looking i would think would be blue reef chromisx3
i have blue-green standard chromis
ive seen others but theyre like $50 a chromis
 
sidhyesh

sidhyesh

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i was also thinking of chromes , but electric blue damsel are good looking but can be aggressive ?any other options.........
 
1guydude

1guydude

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NO DAMSELS!!!
Damsel=DEVIL
go with chromis.... wat size tank do u have?
bar gobys or zebra dartfish (same thing) are schooling fish as well.
I have two of em and they never leave each other, even swim with my firefish!
 
1guydude

1guydude

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+1 anthias would be kool in the 60gal not to mention some of em look amazing imo
cardinals are more of pair fish from wat i hear....the two males will fight to pair up with the female or something...
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Originally Posted by SIDHYESH http:///forum/thread/386412/schooling-fishs#post_3393945
one parcula clown , sunk clown and yellow tang
How long have the clowns been together? You will probably have aggression between them as they grow/mature.
I really do not recommend a yellow tang, or any tang for that matter, in a 60G tank.
If you were to get rid of the tang, I'd recommend a trio of Bartlett Anthias. My only concern is that under your name it says that you have a FOWLR. Anthias usually don't do well in fish only tanks, they are more suited for reef life (need the hiding spaces, etc).
You could try a trio of chromis as well.
Firefish in uneven numbers will sometimes form a small harem.
 
mr. limpid

mr. limpid

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I also wanted schooling fish, did allot of reading on it and this is what I found. In the ocean fish school for protection and in large numbers (which we can not do due to the size of our tanks), some fish will swim together but not really a school of fish. But I tried anyway, in 135gal tank I place 24 chromis, tank mates at that time was hippo tang, auriga butterfly and lawnmower blenny. Since later finding out the chromis were in the damsel family (should of done more reading about chromis) they picked each other off (in a years time) till one was left, which parishes in an ick out break (which is another story). The other types of fish that other have recommended will work better than chromis but in odd numbers and they will probably swim together at times, but not really as a school.
 
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jstdv8

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what about those little saltwater striped catfish things? they sell them at the LFS's here in groups of 3 or more. very active, but usually around the bottom of the tank.
 
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saxman

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jstdv8 http:///forum/thread/386412/schooling-fishs#post_3395570
what about those little saltwater striped catfish things? they sell them at the LFS's here in groups of 3 or more. very active, but usually around the bottom of the tank.
Those little striped fish grow to about a foot long, easily, and their stripe pattern changes from longtitudinal to transverse.
 
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saxman

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Like I said...if you get 3 of them, you'll have 3 feet of fish that will constantly rearrange your substrate.
 
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