Chili Rasboras won't school

[rstrobel]

i have 9 cardinals and 23 neons in a moderately planted 55g with 3 bolivian rams and i rarely witness any schooling behavior. most of the time the tetras are spread out evenly in the lower 1/3 of the tank and will be right next to the rams without any issues. one thing that seems to help is having a powerhead to supply current which they like to swim against as a group

 

[hotweldfire]

Thanks all for your advice. Looks like I'll just have to accept them all doing their own thing. Stunning little fish anyway so I'm not that unhappy.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

you will just have to live with it. in my tank some times the fish will school here and there. its a 120 with nothing over 2 inch. there are no threats. even the 50-60 ember tetras just hang out but some times they school. i think its semi unnatural but i never seen them in nature.

 

[SidtheMonkey]

I'm very happy that they're happy in my tank but, to be brutally honest, they're not doing their job :grinno:

Aren't flying foxes a bit huge? I thought they got up to 6 inches? What do people think about the LFS suggestion of a dwarf cichlid? I thought these could be rather aggressive and also a bit sensitive re: water conditions.

I kept a Bolivian ram in a 55 g planted peaceful community tank. He was a doll and everyone got along. The top level of the tank had Congo tetras & dwarf rainbows & at one time Bleeding Hearts too. Very peaceful but no real tight schooling of the smaller fish in the tank.