How to keep fish schooling

[rasbora]

My rasbora and neon tetras are no longer schooling, only rummy nose tetras are still schooling. Do fish not schooling after they feel safe in new place ? What can I do to keep them schooling ? Change the layout ? Increase waterflow ? or add a predator LOL ?

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Last one in my opinion. Not really a predator, but a bigger more assertive fish helped my fish school. So maybe a gourmi or angelfish IMO

 

[rasbora]

Last one in my opinion. Not really a predator, but a bigger more assertive fish helped my fish school. So maybe a gourmi or angelfish IMO

There are already 7 dwarf gouramis in that 75 tank.

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Serious???? Wow maybe you need to increase the schools??

 

[gabysapha]

A dwarf gourami isn't very big. A pearl gourami or angelfish would probably do the trick.
But fish that are not school are comfortable I guess!

How big is your school?

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Adding a larger fish will encourage them to school. The problem is you can't add an other gourami that is asking for trouble and the angel might eat the smaller tetras.

 

[Jason7894561230]

More fishies work sometimes but why do you want them to school?

 

[rasbora]

Serious???? Wow maybe you need to increase the schools??

I have arround 20 rasboras, 5 neon tetras, 8 rummynose tetras and around 20 other fishies. Now I see rasboras schooling when I change the water or my daughter scares them.

 

[rasbora]

A dwarf gourami isn't very big. A pearl gourami or angelfish would probably do the trick.
But fish that are not school are comfortable I guess!

How big is your school?

20 rasboras, 5 neons and 8 rummynoses. btw as I said before, rummynoees are still schooling.

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Ya well the rummies and neons will definitly school more if you add to the group. What other fish do you have besides the gourmis?

 

[rasbora]

More fishies work sometimes but why do you want them to school?

I like seeing fishes moving together.

 

[rasbora]

Ya well the rummies and neons will definitly school more if you add to the group. What other fish do you have besides the gourmis?

3 guppies, 10 panda corridoras, 1 sae.

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Hmm okay... Ya well i would definitly think that your rasaboras would be schooling but im not sure...

 

[gabysapha]

Hmm okay... Ya well i would definitly think that your rasaboras would be schooling but im not sure...

I have 10 and they loosely school. They stick together but go all over. So maybe they are just not tight schoolers in general?

 

[Mumma.of.two]

I have 10 and they loosely school. They stick together but go all over. So maybe they are just not tight schoolers in general?

I have heard that rummies will school the tightest out of all the schooling fish. Others, if feeling comfortable, just sort of stay in the general area of each other.

 

[bruinsbro1997]

IMO rasboras are somewhat tight schoolers. They are more of free-floating water nomads that do not give a thought about other fish and will simply breeze their way two and fro from one end of the tank to another. My rasboras are in a 40 gallon and do not even attempt schooling unless I sneak attack on them, I would not be surprised if they weren't schooling in yours if it had no big fish.

 

[rasbora]

I saw a lot of natural aquascaping picture or video (like the one designed by Amano). Most of them showing a large number of schooling fish like neon or cardinal only. In those aquarium, why do they schooling when there are no other fish ? do they schooling forever or only for limited time ?

 

[bruinsbro1997]

IDK, but in most of those Amano aquascapes from what I've seen, they have huge schools of around 10-30, depending on how big the tank is. In that big of a school all they would do is school together since there's so many of them. I have always seen cardinals as tightly schooling fish, they were timid IMO.

 

[rasbora]

IMO rasboras are somewhat tight schoolers. They are more of free-floating water nomads that do not give a thought about other fish and will simply breeze their way two and fro from one end of the tank to another. My rasboras are in a 40 gallon and do not even attempt schooling unless I sneak attack on them, I would not be surprised if they weren't schooling in yours if it had no big fish.

Any idea of other big fish that I can try beside gouramis and angels ?

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Any idea of other big fish that I can try beside gouramis and angels ?

What is your total stocking list again? And what size tank and filtration please?