Favorite Freshwater SCHOOLING Fish?

[barterking85]

I have mine with glowlights cardinals rummynose serape and angels

 

[aquabeast]

Neons

 

[maddybrat]

Neons

Agreed.

 

[theusedmyr]

Agreed.

second-ed.

theres a reason some would say they are the "most popular"

 

[Rosenweiss]

Yep, neons are a good peaceful species to put with a betta. =]

 

[Aqua315]

second-ed.

theres a reason some would say they are the "most popular"

third-ed!!!

 

[allaboutfish]

i like diamonhead neon tetras and black neon tetras better then neons or cardinals

 

[rain87]

Go black neons!

 

[Shadowraven]

Black Skirt Tetras are normally fin nippers. Don't put them in any tank containing fancy finned fish. The same can be said of Serpaes as well.

Tiger Barbs make a beautiful display in a species specific tank, but they delight in torturing any other fish. They are hyper-active and WILL nip fins. The same can be said of Rosy Barbs as well. Rosy's and Tigers can live in a together in a sort of limited truce.

Neons and cardinals make for great displays. Cardinals have the added advantage of not being susceptible to NTD like neons are.

Glowlights are great shoaling fish. They don't lose color over time and I have never noticed them as being any more prone to diseases or problems than any other fish.

Guppies make great group displays but they can be disturbingly prolific.

Danios are my personal favorites. Very active, not not generally aggressive and safe with other fish.

I also like Harlequin Rasboras, White Cloud Mountain Minnows, Bloodfins, Lemon Tetras, Head-and-Tail-Light Tetras and Checkerboard Barbs (best color in this group).

 

[Homedog98]

Black Skirt Tetras are normally fin nippers. Don't put them in any tank containing fancy finned fish. The same can be said of Serpaes as well.

Just added 3 more skirts to the tank. Now there's 6 skirts and one betta... Still no nipped fins. The tetras have been in for 3 weeks. they hardly even nip each other now that the school's complete. Just sayin.

 

[patrick cleveland]

I have 9 silver dollars in my community tank they look cool schooling

 

[rlg]

I cant choose between my Sterbai Corydoras and my Pristella (x-ray) Tetras

 

[siva]

Just added 3 more skirts to the tank. Now there's 6 skirts and one betta... Still no nipped fins. The tetras have been in for 3 weeks. they hardly even nip each other now that the school's complete. Just sayin.

Well I think that's the exception and not the rule. Like I have a betta a dwarf gourami and live together happily but that's not usually the most advisable thing to try. Black skirts are one of the most, if not the most, notoriously nippy tetra out there, so mixing them with anything with flowing fins should be done with caution and back up plan IMO/E.

I'd have to say my fav schoolers to watch lately are my dadios and mosquito rasbora My fav shoalers, since those are being mentioned a lot as well, would be the trio of my hasbrosus cories, hastatus cories, and oto cats, that all shoal together. It's pretty cool!