tightest schoolers

[Morgie]

My ghost catfish are definitely my tightest schoolers. Not for everyone, but I love them. :>

 

[Mrc8858]

My ghost catfish are definitely my tightest schoolers. Not for everyone, but I love them. :>

Ya I actually love how they school but imo there fugly lol

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Hahaha i love ugly fish! I have hatchet fish!! Hahaha

 

[Morgie]

Yep, as I said they aren't for everyone haha! Hatchets are also tight schoolers. If you get a large enough school of any type of barb they will school tightly. When my school of Odessa's was in it's peak it was amazing. They get quite large, though.

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Haha hatchets are legit!!

 

[fred]

Tiger barbs school nice IMO. If you have at least 8 and at least a 55g long tank. Mine would always swim together from one side o the tank to the other.

 

[jetajockey]

I noticed that glowlight danios (danio choprai) have always schooled tightly no matter what is in the tank with them.

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Hahaha ya when i put my finger on one side of my tank they all swim over there! Haha all 20 of my fish follow my finger

 

[Mrc8858]

Hahaha ya when i put my finger on one side of my tank they all swim over there! Haha all 20 of my fish follow my finger

I love playing with my cichlids like that.. give em a lil work out one end of the tank to the other haha

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Hahaha ya its pretty funny

 

[Mrc8858]

Well I think I've came to the conclusion that ill either do a lrg school of barbs or a very lrg school of neons... now how bout some ideas for a centerpiece fish for either school

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

I do not no much abt barbs, but i do no alot abt tetras. I like lemon tetras and penguin tetras! Look in to those!! Haha and get a gourmi or mayb rams depending on how big ur tank is and if ur water is clean

 

[Mrc8858]

See I thought about the rams but I've got a cichlid only tank already and I'm not a big fan of the gouramis almost everytime I've added one to my community tank I've came down with ich... 3 separate occasions over the last maybe 10 years

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Ok maybe a micro angel or full size angel? This will work if ur tetras are big
Enough to not get eaten

 

[Mrc8858]

Ya I've been wanting an angel I love em full grown but they kinda limit the tankmates more then most...i kno I'm sounding a bit picky right now but id like to finish a tank with out wishing I had did something different mid way through for a change lol

 

[Mrc8858]

Would a puffer work giving a lrg enough tank and enough hides and plants for the smaller fish with him

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

No. Puffers are agressive and will pick on tetras until they are all deadd

 

[Mrc8858]

No. Puffers are agressive and will pick on tetras until they are all deadd

Wut about with a barb school though I kno there tough lil fish I've owned a couple different schools of em never with a puffer though

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

I do not no much abt them, but i no they are agressive and only should be kept with other agressive species. You could risk it but i reccomend you do more reasearch

 

[absolutangel04]

Wut about with a barb school though I kno there tough lil fish I've owned a couple different schools of em never with a puffer though

Puffer are not good community dwellers IMO. They should not be kept with smaller schoolers like barbs or tetras. Not to mention, you did not specify the type of puffer, but most puffers need brackish water, not fresh. IMO, even the dwarf puffers make terrble community dwellers. they have those beak-like mouths which can do serious damage to fish.