Suggestions for small schooling fish

[mr. tang]

I need some suggestions for some small/medium fish that love to school.

 

[cchung718]

I have read that green chromis are small schooling fishes. I am going to get about five of them tommorow for my new 75gal. I also heard that cardinal fish are schooling fishes but i'm not quite sure.

 

[mr . salty]

As mentioned,the Pyjama cardinals,Marine catfish,A couple clowns(percs),Green or blue chromis,Even Hippo Tangs(but you need a huge tank.

 

[totalxtreme1]

I agree with salty. I would say the green chromis would be a nice school. Peaceful and not too exspensive. Good luck.

 

[03]

i am partial to marine cat fish.good one salty

 

[krazzydart]

fire fish, coral cats, engineer gobies, cardnels, percs & skunk clowns, green chromis, and some tangs (but you need a huge tank ,125 min.)

 

[grouperhead]

anthias, clowns, chromis, damsels, firefish, egineer gobies, tangs, cardianls, coral cats, and some others. do any species of wrasses school? i dont think there are any but just curious. later, bo

 

[mithrax]

I love marine catfish, graceful and synchronized movement. They can grow up to 4-5 inches but with their slender bodies, space wouldn't be a big concern.

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[mr. tang]

Thanks Everyone! You all have some really great idea's. I had a lot of really cool plans for this tank of mine, however my finacial situation changed rather abruptly... Gotta love this .com depression.
Currently I have a 90gal. tank. I plan on having rock in the tank, but not LR yet. I have looked at the cardinals, however they don't move to much. I also love the bright colored fish, so the suggestions for the clowns, anthias, tangs, and chromis really appeal to me. Couple of quick questions.
1. If I wanted to do blue hippo tangs, how many could I have?
2. I thought that Perc's would become territorial as they got older. Can you really put say 5-6 in a tank and not have a remake of Gladiator in 6 months?
3. Besides the Chromis, do any of the other damsel species school?
Thanks for all your help and suggestions!

 

[grouperhead]

you could probably have 3 blue hippo tangs in there. if you want damsels, what i would do is just buy a bunch of different species and mix them up in the tank. that would be really cool. i really like damsels alot, there just so dadgum mean. you could put 3 stripe, 4 stripe, domino, blue, yellowtail, neon, yellow, etc. in there and that would be awesome. im sure you could keep 5-6 percs in there but i wouldnt put an anemone in there unless you had one for each fish because they can become really territorial over there anemones. they are just as happy without them too. later, bo