Threadfin Rainbows

[NGerdes]

Threadfins are a schooling species, but how tight do they school? And what are the recomended number to keep a school of them? Any other info or experiences would be helpful...

[somefinnfishy]

I'd try doing a search on this site sombody posted a rainbow fish only site addy here once.

[jiggerpolebill]

http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/

this one was recommended by wetman recently. its a good site.

[NGerdes]

That says nothing about schooling behanior. It told me everything else..... but nothing about how tight they school or how many should be kept together.....

[jiggerpolebill]

sorry about that. i havent looked the entire site over, but it has a good species profile, so i thought it may give you some insight about certain behavior of certain species. if you find another site with alot of info on rainbows, please post it here. i think theyre excellent fish.

[jiggerpolebill]

here's a couple of sites i found with a little more info. dont know how much this helps. if you know german, there seems to be a ton of info on threadfins with a google search.

http://www.petresources.net/fish/rainbowf/ira_wer.html

http://www.biotopeaquariums.co.uk/fish/melanotaeniidae/iriatherina_werneri.htm

[NGerdes]

I'm sorry, but I still can't find out about the schooling behavior of the threadfins, so I though I'd try one more time.....

[mickey]

I kept 8 threadfins in my first community tank and they pretty much hung out and shoaled very nicely togather.
I reckon a bigger shoal would be even nicer.
They are great fun to watch at feeding time.
Dont keep with fin nippers like tiger barbs ect.

[Tetratastic]

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/rainbows.htm


http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg.cfm?siteid=21&pCatId=886

Both say 5-12 or so in a school - and one mentioned keeping the male/female ratio equal in order to keep aggression in check. That is all I could find however. Hope this helps.

[NGerdes]

I read that there should be more females than males. I'm planning on getting a school of 6 or 7 so I will get 2 or 3 males. But I am by no means an expert. Thanks for the help...