Schooling Fish?
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For some reason I can't paste the ones to the right either. I have to type in a colon and a right bracket to get a happy face. ":" + ")" no dash in between will give you
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For some reason I can't paste the ones to the right either. I have to type in a colon and a right bracket to get a happy face. ":" + ")" no dash in between will give you
.i just added a Ruby Ram to my 46 gallon tank and he is a bit territorial so my bloodfin tetras and zebra danios have started schooling a bit tighter now. Before they all just kind of hung out. And the ruby doesn't really attack them at all, just chases them out of his area. So you may want to consider doing something like that. ANd the ruby ram is a beautiful fish too.
Are ruby rams similar to blue rams?
If so, my rams are the most non-chalant fish in my tank and don't induce anybody to school, LOL. My schooling fish are going about with their displays and my pair of rams are just hanging around the bottom, looking for food and ignoring them. In fact when I first introduced the male, my platies ganged up on him! I would have to place my vote that rams are the most peaceful cichlid I've seen (well at least mine are, and they aren't shy either).
If so, my rams are the most non-chalant fish in my tank and don't induce anybody to school, LOL. My schooling fish are going about with their displays and my pair of rams are just hanging around the bottom, looking for food and ignoring them. In fact when I first introduced the male, my platies ganged up on him! I would have to place my vote that rams are the most peaceful cichlid I've seen
(well at least mine are, and they aren't shy either).Ok - A final follow-up to this old thread. - I finally got my new 40 gallon up and running, and decided to go with the Rummy-Noses. It took trips to 4 different lfs's, but I finally managed to get 7 of them. They are soooo.. neat. Schooling very tight. Just what I wanted.
Thanks for all your help.
Thanks for all your help.
I second (3rd? 4th?) rummynose tetras. I have had a school of 6 for about two weeks, and have rarely seen one stray from the school, even at feeding time. However, several of them lost much of their color when I brought them home, and have yet to regain most of it. The color seems to be slowly coming back, or at least I hope.
Mine lost their color too when I first got them home, but they got it back again in only a couple hours.
Maybe yours are still stressed out for some reason.
Maybe yours are still stressed out for some reason.
Rummy noses will lose their color when there is no light but will regain it again when there is suficient light. They will also lose color if the water quality is not that great - that's what I've heard.
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Those labs are african cichlids and require totally different water parameters than your south american fish. If you want a cichlid in there, put in an angel, that will also encourage your tetras to school. If you do put in an angel, avoid neons, they're way too small and end up being after-dinner mints for the angels.
