Re: Schooling fish????

[Charlie Spitzer]

"Ben" > wrote in message
om...
> I have an empty 72 gallon Bow Front with 40lbs of live rock and a live
> sand base. My filter, skimmer and lights are very basic. My wife
> wants me keep thing simple (I have lost some fish before). I want to
> put a school of fish in the tank and keep things to one or two types.
> I will probably keep a hermit crab to stir the bottom up. I will have
> no coral or plant life.
>
> Should I go with a school of
>
> Blue-green Chromis or
yes

> Yellow Damsels or
big fight. these will not school.

> Both?????
no.

[richard reynolds]

look into the cardinals also there are several that will do nicely in a school

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richard reynolds

[Greg Miller]

On 29 Jul 2003 11:49:22 -0700, (Ben) wrote:

>I have an empty 72 gallon Bow Front with 40lbs of live rock and a live
>sand base. My filter, skimmer and lights are very basic. My wife
>wants me keep thing simple (I have lost some fish before). I want to
>put a school of fish in the tank and keep things to one or two types.
>I will probably keep a hermit crab to stir the bottom up. I will have
>no coral or plant life.

Yellow Tangs normally do well together. Most literature
states you should keep them either singly or in groups of 5 or more.

Greg Miller (gmiller at gregmiller dot net)
http://www.gregmiller.net
http://www.net-chess.com

[richard reynolds]

> Yellow Tangs normally do well together. Most literature
> states you should keep them either singly or in groups of 5 or more.

I know ive seen the groups of 5 or more part before, any chance you know where, I used
that almost like you did, over in r.a.m.r but was asked for the reference and didnt have
it?

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richard reynolds

[Greg Miller]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 06:33:55 GMT, "richard reynolds"
> wrote:

>> Yellow Tangs normally do well together. Most literature
>> states you should keep them either singly or in groups of 5 or more.
>
>I know ive seen the groups of 5 or more part before, any chance you know where, I used
>that almost like you did, over in r.a.m.r but was asked for the reference and didnt have
>it?

This one just says "Large Groups"
http://www.marinedepotlive.com/754514.html

This one claims it doesn't get along with any other Tangs:
http://www.marinedepotlive.com/754514.html

The book "Your First Marine Aquarium" ISBN 0764104470 states:
"...tangs should either be kept as solitary specimens, or in groups of
at least three."


Greg Miller (gmiller at gregmiller dot net)
http://www.gregmiller.net
http://www.net-chess.com

[richard reynolds]

> This one just says "Large Groups"
> http://www.marinedepotlive.com/754514.html

isnt that sooo helpful :)

> This one claims it doesn't get along with any other Tangs:
> http://www.marinedepotlive.com/754514.html

hehe

> The book "Your First Marine Aquarium" ISBN 0764104470 states:
> "...tangs should either be kept as solitary specimens, or in groups of
> at least three."

thanks :)

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richard reynolds

[Don Geddis]

(Ben) writes:
> I have an empty 72 gallon Bow Front with 40lbs of live rock and a live
> sand base. I want to put a school of fish in the tank and keep things to
> one or two types.

> Should I go with a school of
> Blue-green Chromis or Yellow Damsels or Both?????

Have you thought about clownfish? Very hardy. You could get a nice school
of "Finding Nemo"-style False Percula (Ocellaris) clowns...

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Don Geddis http://reef.geddis.org/
Do not remove a fly from a friend's forehead with a chopstick.

[Def Lizard]

Schooling fish????

Group: rec.aquaria.marine.misc Date: Tue, Jul 29, 2003, 11:49am From:
(Ben)
I have an empty 72 gallon Bow Front with 40lbs of live rock and a live
sand base. My filter, skimmer and lights are very basic. My wife wants
me keep thing simple (I have lost some fish before). I want to put a
school of fish in the tank and keep things to one or two types. I will
probably keep a hermit crab to stir the bottom up. I will have no coral
or plant life.
Should I go with a school of
Blue-green Chromis or
Yellow Damsels or
Both?????
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About the only Damsels that truly 'school' are the Blue-Green Chromis.
They do like a brisk directional current and 'love' to face the current.
You can keep other Damnsels in groups, but they tend to quarrel amongst
themselves and stake out little territories for themselves. Another
species that can easily be kept in groups (and preferably so, at least
in pairs) are the Firefish of the family Nemateleotris, Orange or Flame
Firefish, as they are called. They like to hover just above the
substrate, are very peaceful and quite striking in color. Contrary to
some opinions, a group (3 or more) of Yeller Tangs, do not 'school',
they just joust among themselves, distributing their territorial
aggressiveness in a pecking order fashion. Usually one becomes
dominant, and picks on the rest, then the next more dominant, who then
picks on the others, etc. etc. etc. Colorful, yes, but not the type of
fish for a 'peaceful' tank!
Ciao!


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regards, John