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Schools of fish?
I've seen FW tanks that contain schools of smaller fish, but I have yet to see a SW or reef tank with one. Has anyone done or seen this, and what type of fish did they use?
Last edited by ErikJL; 07/04/2007 at 08:02 PM. |
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Nemo went to a fish school, but that's where his troubles started. I'd be careful with schooling fish. Look into Chromis, Anthias etc etc. In the end, they'll all kill each other anyway.
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I have seen a few tanks with small schools of fish (like chromis). I think it looks pretty cool but IMO it requires a fairly good size tank. A school of fish would be a large bio-load after all.
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I have 5 blue-green chromis in my 210g and they school together all the time.
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How about a harem of pygmy angels? That'd be cool in a big tank.
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I have a school of pink smiths damsels, and lemon fin damsels that seem to do well in my 125gal.
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I have 7 blue/green chromis in my 180g and they hardly school. Each does its own thing most of the time. Only when they are threatened will they get together
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Re: Schools of fish?
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They are poor shippers (very very poor shippers.. I had 9 die out of a shipment of 10!), but they seem to be one of the few great choices in this hobby for a schooling fish that wont kill its own kind (like some other cardinals, or even Chromis). They are very popular in Japan, and we even have a TOTM that uses them. |
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I have about 8 chromis in my tank. 6 of them swim around all day and 2 hide and do their own thing. When food comes they'll all swim around together for awhile and maybe a few hours later but then they seperate. Nothing like in the LFS
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Blue/Green Chromis are the only thing to try. The Chromis are inexpensive and hardy.
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It all depends how big is your tank?
If it's big enough you can try to go with Banggai Cardinals |
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i think chromis are always ultimately a loser. I have been wondering about this ever since I started with salt. they just happen to be inexpensive, but that ien't the whole story.
The real question would be: "What kind of fish will school and actually live for 5+ years?" Wouldn't that be great to switch cardinal tetras over to salt if you could
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Green Chromis are an AWESOME schooling fish! They do VERY well in about 3 or more!
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I have a school of 7 dispair athias; their pink and blue.
Ive had the school about 2 years with no problems so far. Other tank inhabitants are tangs. Very friendly school, always out and around; never intimidated by the large tangs. They are together most of the day, but tend to break into groups of 2-3 and play in the current during the day.
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My chromis school of nine systematically killed each other off until there were two. My blue damsel took them out one at a time after that.
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I have a school of five chromis in my 75. They school constantly and I've had them for about 4 months now. I tried a school of chromis about 9 months ago but they all died one by one except the smallest one. I don't think they killed each other, I think they were diseased or something.
Another cool schooling fish is Zebra Barred Dartfish. Not a lot of people have them, but if you do get them, make sure you have some kind of gaurd over your tank as they like to jump. |
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I have a school of 5 chromis in a 6' foot tank and they do very well. I love the look of the school moving back and forth. Never heard of chromis killing eachother before though?
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I have five that have been o.k for a few months....but I am waiting for a year before I post whether I think they are o.k longterm. I have been trying to feed twice a day, hoping that if they don't feel like they are competing for food then they might be less likely to take each other out.
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If you have some money to spend.... anthias will school together... really pretty fish too. Otherwise, you will do best with chromis... they wont add much bio-load. If you arent concerned with bio-load, yellow tangs will school together if you add all at once...
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My school of 6 chromis killed each other off until only two were eft, and I've had those two for almost two years.
Gonna try about 4-6 anthias when I can get my 8ft long 200 gal tank going.
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pygmy sweepers are awesome if you can find them
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