Schooling fish

[jamesb]

I am looking to get a school of nice fish minimum of 12. My short list at the moment is rummy nose tetra, lemon tetra and marbled hatchet fish (maybe). I know that fish only tend to school when threatened but I would like a tight schooling group. Does anyone know f another nice looking schooler. I was thinking of celestial pearl danios but I don't know how well they school. Suggestions welcomed. Thanks in advance

 

[BigTom]

CPDs won't really school much. I've seen Trigonostigma espei schooling quite tightly in my friend's tank, they're a very pretty fish in a decent sized group.

 

[adamhawk]

Cardinals everytime, great schooling fish, and if tank is big enough i adore Rummy Nose, so would go for that.

 

[san-ho-zay]

Regarding the harlequins: T. espei are easily confused with T. hengeli and both often sold as "copper harlequins". I started with a mixture bought as a group of "copper harlequins" and the two species hang out separately at opposite ends of the tank most of the time. I thought they were male/female until I did some research. When I've added further T. hengeli, they do form a good group and I'm on the lookout for some more T. espei.

http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Trigono ... ngeli.html
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Trigono ... espei.html

I've also seen these fish sold as harlequins and mixed in tanks with what I would call true harlequins -- T. heteromorpha. These grow to about 4-5cm whereas the two species above are smaller:

http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Trigono ... orpha.html

 

[awtong]

Regarding the harlequins: T. espei are easily confused with T. hengeli and both often sold as "copper harlequins". I started with a mixture bought as a group of "copper harlequins" and the two species hang out separately at opposite ends of the tank most of the time. I thought they were male/female until I did some research. When I've added further T. hengeli, they do form a good group and I'm on the lookout for some more T. espei.

http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Trigono ... ngeli.html
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Trigono ... espei.html

I've also seen these fish sold as harlequins and mixed in tanks with what I would call true harlequins -- T. heteromorpha. These grow to about 4-5cm whereas the two species above are smaller:

http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Trigono ... orpha.html

Agree with this totally. Both are very nice fish but often mixed in dealers tanks. I found my Espei got a little bigger than the Hengli.

Andy

 

[Otto72]

ember tetras are truely awesome

 

[Alastair]

ember tetras are truely awesome

Totally agree. My stuck together all the time


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[Tim Harrison]

Have you considered glowlight danio? http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/danio-choprae/ , it’s a schooling species by nature.

12 and not 10 - glad I'm not the only one that still thinks in imperial