What is the best type of large group fish

[<><FunSize><>]

i am thinking about getting ride of my current fish and buying one sort of fish i want them to be a large fish that lives in a comunity like pranas but not as agressive does anyone know of any fish that come close to this

i am goen to keep my 3 large Plecos (6inches) so i would prefer fish that would leave them alone and my tank in 150Gal

[yashinfan]

I just saw some large school fish at my LFS they are Silver Tin Barbs(?) I am pretty sure that's what they are called. Cute things too.

[thecowman]

Tin Foil Barbs grow to be quite large and enjoy living in groups. They can be very amusing to watch as well, but they can be aggressive towards other slow moving fish if you were to add some of those. What sort of pl*cos do you have? adult commons tend to be very aggressive towards each other in the aquarium.

[polosniffer]

If you want to go for the piranha-like look you could try silver dollars, though I don't think they grow much more than 6". For larger fish schooling fish you could try tinfoil barbs or bala sharks - they both grow to about a foot, are fairly peaceful (definitely as far as the plecos go) and would probably do fine in a 150 gal. If you're willing to go the brackish water route, two of my favourite schooling fish are monos and scats - they are both very pretty and active.

[thecowman]

Sorry, just another thought popped into my head. Since you seem to like piranhas, you could look into getting a pacu. They grow to be about 16 inches, so quite large. They do however, look very much like a piranha (enough to fool your friends anyways haha) but they are far less aggressive.

[somefinnfishy]

The barbs get mean.
I'd lean toward the silver dollars or redhooks they get a just right size around 8-10" and shool in tight formations:cool:

[<><FunSize><>]

Thanks for all your replies i went down the local fish shop and i saw red scats and siver scats they seem to be the go for me so thanks for all ya help CHEERS

[elmj]

i say go for tetras! they look lovely as a group. :)

[<><FunSize><>]

But they are so small and die so easy

[somefinnfishy]

I hardly ever lose a tetra once the quarintine period is up and aclimated to the main tank.
Congo tetras will live with almost every fish listed and reach 5"+ and can live ten years.
I have done a 150g planted with a school of twenty adult congo tetras as the "center piece" fish way cooler than tank busters IMHO

[Rocketman]

Yeah, we have some redhooks at my Pet Store, 12.99 I think. They are in the tank where we used to keep Piranhas, but for some reason we can no longer get them from the distrubutor.

Two guys came in around 8 pm last night looking for Piranhas - or any other fish that would get big "and eat other fish, that's sweet." They wanted to know about a shovelnose catfish...

[tricksterpup]

FUNSIZE,
If you run with Scats, this tank will need to be made into a brackish tank and then eventually become a Salt tank. Adult scats are saltwater fish. If you like to know more check this site out and or post the question in the Brackish section of this forum.
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/brackish/brackish.html

But if you do go with this type of tank, the type of fish that would go well in here are:
Monos
Sebae Monos
and
Colombian Shark Catfish
I hope this helps.
jim

[mogurnda]

I love scats. They grow fast, eat anything and are very tough. The hardest thing is to get good fish to start. Look for bright, fat, active fish. They often arrive in dealers' tanks thin and prone to fungal and/or parasitic infections.
One other issue regarding green and ruby scats is that they should be in groups. As pairs, one will become way too dominant and the other will be hounded and ultimately stunted. Silver scats don't seem to be such bullies.

[nolemite]

Originally posted by thecowman
Sorry, just another thought popped into my head. Since you seem to like piranhas, you could look into getting a pacu. They grow to be about 16 inches, so quite large. They do however, look very much like a piranha (enough to fool your friends anyways haha) but they are far less aggressive.

Pacus get a lot bigger than that, and will outgrow your tank. Then you'll have to try to get rid of them which will be really difficult.

Silver dollars is the best suggestion so far.

[tricksterpup]

Originally posted by mogurnda
They often arrive in dealers' tanks thin and prone to fungal and/or parasitic infections.
The main reason for this is that they are being kept in fresh water. They should be kept in heavy brackish water. Beautiful fish yes, but they need their salt.
jim