Schooling! was: shy rainbows?

[norcalg]

Whee! I went today and bought three more rainbows (and three blue dwarf gouramis ) bringing the rainbow total up to 9 and they are schooling! They follow the gouramis around as well as heading off on their own, finally exploring the upper reaches and the middle swim-zone.

Thank you all for the help.

~g

 

[Zagz]

Congrats. Glad to hear that more made the difference.

 

[JustOneMore20]

Awesome! I bet the school is really stunning! They are beautiful fish.

 

[norcalg]

Congrats. Glad to hear that more made the difference.

Thank you! I was amazed at what a quick difference it made. And I bought the smallest little males they had.

Awesome! I bet the school is really stunning! They are beautiful fish.

They really are. They seem to be following the blue dwarf gouramis around and have lightened up quite a bit. They had gone from a light blue/white in the LFS to an almost grey, dark teal in my tank. Now, they're between the two extremes and I'm not sure that the difference isn't due to lighting and background.

Ah, happy fish.

~g

 

[zao]

Cool! I am glad they started schooling!! Gratz

 

[plecoperson]

I love it when you add more...and they find each other and start swimming together.

I always call my husband in when I add new fish to a school--it's a beautiful sight!