Good schooling fish?

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Lucas Kane

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Hello again everyone no mergence this time just asking anyone/everyone to give me your ideas for schooling fish to put in my tank. I am thinking a 3 fish school would work best for my tank. I wanted Banggi Cardinals but I could not find any and the other cardinals I don’t really like, so if anyone knows some good schooler fish if love to hear your ideas. Thanks :D
 
I'm sure this has already came to mind but the Green Chromis is a great schooling fish. All depends on what you are looking for in color, personality, and reef compatability. Hope that helped somewhat, but to tell you the truth, I'm a newb and thats the only schooling fish that I know of right now, heh.
 
The recommendation all depends on your tank dimensions? What size is your tank?

For real large tanks, tangs are awesome, they school very well, but you need a huge tank for that. Cardinal fish as you mentioned school very well. Chromis are great too as already mentioned. Even an odd numbered group of perc clowns will work. In a prior life, I had 5 perc clowns that I bought at the same time, and they all hung out together for the most part.
 
if your tank is big enough (125) anthias would be a good choice
 
gomrjoe said:
I had 5 perc clowns that I bought at the same time, and they all hung out together for the most part.
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If you have 2 can you add more or will they attack the new ones?
 
Clowns, being close cousins of damsels, are very territorial especially when paired up. Fights will occur if you start putting a bunch together and then add more.

Tangs will school, but you'll need a HUUUUUUUUUUUGE tank.
 
ok sounds like chromis. I like them so thats good heh my tank is a 40 gal with hardly anything in it just two lill perc clowns. So how mny chromis would be ok 2-3-4???
 
An odd #of chromis is the rule of thumb in reef tanks. For a 40g. I would get 3 but beware eventually the smallest of the 3 will be bullied to his death. I added 3 and after a couple of yrs. the smallest jumped out of my tank.
No matter what fish you get to school, they will only school if they feel there is a threat to them in your tank.
 
hmm i did not know that thanks :D. ok then i will get three and hope for the best , If/when they kill the other should i try replacing it to keep the school at 3 or not? and is there a way to not have them kill one? like feeding more often so there is no need for compition??
 
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