schooling fish

[adamatic]

I'm thinking about starting a new tank - 90gal planted. Ideally, I'd like to do everything right from the start - ferts, substrate and fish. What do you guys suggest as far as interesting community schooling fish like neon tetras or glass catfish, etc.?

 

[Todd2]

You have a lot of choices with a 90gal tank. Interesting school fish...hmm....rummy nose tetras, cardinal tetras, cories, etc.

I know these aren't schooling fish but for your "show" fish I'd recommend some Angels and Gouramis (Three-spot gourami would be nice) or German Blue/Bolivian rams or Keyhole cichlids.

Maybe a mod could move this to the Freshwater general forum. You might get more responses there.

 

[fishyrican]

I second rummies, but you would need an established tank, since they can be picky about water quality. A school of tiger barbs would look good, but they can be fin nippers.

 

[Hoovercat]

Personally I like rummys as schooling fish and Rainbows as show fish.

 

[gheitman]

With a tank that size I would go with both rummynose and neon tetras so that you can have schools of both. If you do add angelfish you should not get neon tetras because in the wild they are prey for the angelfish.

 

[rich311k]

How about harlequin rasboras. Pretty fish.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Glowlight (Hengeli) rasboras

 

[Andos99]

you could do 50-75 neon tetras...that would look pretty cool

 

[BlazerFRS]

That would be pretty intense; but he'd have to REALLY like neon tetras....

 

[Lonewolfblue]

I'd say maybe 3 schools, a school of neons, harlequen rasboras, and hengali rasboras. Would look nice. And maybe instead of angels, use German or Bolivian Rams.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

And to add character, 3 dojo loaches and 3 of either yoyo's or striped loaches, and some CAE's.

 

[bmg213]

I'd say maybe 3 schools, a school of neons, harlequen rasboras, and hengali rasboras. Would look nice. And maybe instead of angels, use German or Bolivian Rams.

Ive got 8 neon tetras and 6 rummy nose tetras....they dont seem to school in groups though, its kind of like a mish mash of tetras. I dont know if there is anything I have done wrong, like is there a way to encourage them to chool together?

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Larger schools might help in a big tank like that.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Might want to try a school of rasboras. Could be that they are all tetras and thus congregate together.

 

[chrism]

i second harlequin's or if you like neon's my preference is cardinal tetras... bigger, brighter, more colourful IMO... i'm actually in the process of setting up a angel fish & cardinal tank at the mo...

rams are lovely fish, but do stay very much towards the bottom of the tank ime so you might like something a little more active for the upper regions...

 

[Tiffi]

What about a large school of tetras, one or two pairs f Rams and some Hatchetfish for the top region?