Schooling fish?

[Nitesbane]

I have a 55g community tank and I'd like to decide on a schooling fish. A
friend of mine is starting a tank and when I started thinking about redoing
my tank, she offered to tank any fish that might get misplaced. I currently
have a small group of neon tetras, and I really like them. I also like the
look of black neons. I'm into anything that stays small (no bigger than 2"
or so, preferably less) and occupies mid-top level of the tank. I have a
few bottom dwellers (ADF, peacock gudgeons, and some shrimp), and the tank
loks a little empty on top. Any suggestions?

[Enigma]

danios


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[Nitesbane]

"Enigma" > wrote in message
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> danios

I've already gone the danio route. They're a little too crazy for my
tastes.

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"Nitesbane" > wrote in message
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> "Enigma" > wrote in message
> ...
> > danios
>
> I've already gone the danio route. They're a little too crazy for my
> tastes.
>
What about some fancy guppies? They don't actually school, but they hang
around in the top third of the tank, usually more or less together. Or if
you like relaxed, perhaps a male betta and three females.

[axemanchris]

"Nitesbane" > wrote in message
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> I have a 55g community tank and I'd like to decide on a schooling fish. A
> friend of mine is starting a tank and when I started thinking about
redoing
> my tank, she offered to tank any fish that might get misplaced. I
currently
> have a small group of neon tetras, and I really like them. I also like
the
> look of black neons. I'm into anything that stays small (no bigger than
2"
> or so, preferably less) and occupies mid-top level of the tank. I have a
> few bottom dwellers (ADF, peacock gudgeons, and some shrimp), and the tank
> loks a little empty on top. Any suggestions?
>
>
Hatchetfish are very cool & mine always swam at the top of the tank.
They're gone now due to old age. The only caveat is they are jumpers, so
the tank needs to have a good cover!

Jacqui

[JimO]

I have 20 black barbs in my 90 gallon tank. They stick close together.
Sometimes it appears that together, they make up one large fish.

"Nitesbane" > wrote in message
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>I have a 55g community tank and I'd like to decide on a schooling fish. A
> friend of mine is starting a tank and when I started thinking about
> redoing
> my tank, she offered to tank any fish that might get misplaced. I
> currently
> have a small group of neon tetras, and I really like them. I also like
> the
> look of black neons. I'm into anything that stays small (no bigger than
> 2"
> or so, preferably less) and occupies mid-top level of the tank. I have a
> few bottom dwellers (ADF, peacock gudgeons, and some shrimp), and the tank
> loks a little empty on top. Any suggestions?
>
>

[Dick]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 07:02:36 GMT, "Nitesbane"
> wrote:

>I have a 55g community tank and I'd like to decide on a schooling fish. A
>friend of mine is starting a tank and when I started thinking about redoing
>my tank, she offered to tank any fish that might get misplaced. I currently
>have a small group of neon tetras, and I really like them. I also like the
>look of black neons. I'm into anything that stays small (no bigger than 2"
>or so, preferably less) and occupies mid-top level of the tank. I have a
>few bottom dwellers (ADF, peacock gudgeons, and some shrimp), and the tank
>loks a little empty on top. Any suggestions?
>

I have several species of fish that schoal or did when I first got
them. My favorite is the Red Serpae Tetra.

However, none of my fish schoal today in the mixed community tanks. I
do have 6 Harlequin Raspora Cyprinids, in a 10 gallon tank that sort
of schoal. White Clouds in a 75 gallon community tank hang out
together, but all of these fish did schoal the first 6 to 9 months I
had them. They were layered by species. As time went on the schoals
became intermixed often bringing half the tank together and no longer
swiming across the tank, but just as often rushing together up and
down a corner. Today, more and more often I find fish resting in a
favorite spot in the tank rushing out to eat or take singular
exercise.

The Siamese Algae Eaters stay in clusters much of the time. In the
last few months the 9 in my 75 gallon tank have come to resting on
leaves of Annubia as a group. I can see several doings so right now
while another group is clustered on the glass with their heads pointed
upward. They use to "schoal" much of the time, but now cluster.

dick

[John D. Goulden]

> ...Or if you like relaxed, perhaps a male betta and three females.

What's the smallest tank you would recommend for one male and one female
betta? Mine are currently in a divided ten-gallon tank. Is that big enough
for them to co-exist without the divider?

--
John Goulden

[TYNK 7]

>Subject: Re: Schooling fish?
>From: "John D. Goulden"
>Date: 9/27/2004 9:52 AM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: >
>
>> ...Or if you like relaxed, perhaps a male betta and three females.
>
>What's the smallest tank you would recommend for one male and one female
>betta? Mine are currently in a divided ten-gallon tank. Is that big enough
>for them to co-exist without the divider?
>
>--
>John Goulden

One on one...it may not be enough no matter the size.
It's far better to house one male with mulitple females.
However, in a 10g tank I wouldn't house more than 2 females and a male, but
then you'd have a new problem...the hierarchy that will form between the
females will be a bad one, as the dominant one will constantly harrass the
submissive one.
2 females in a tank is never a good idea anyway for that reason.
Being that you've already had them together in the same tank, but divided, if
you put them together they may think it's time for breeding and you could end
up with a situation you don't want.
Are there other fish in this tank, or is just the two?

[John D. Goulden]

> One on one...it may not be enough no matter the size.
> It's far better to house one male with mulitple females.
> However, in a 10g tank I wouldn't house more than 2 females and a male,
but
> then you'd have a new problem...the hierarchy that will form between the
> females will be a bad one, as the dominant one will constantly harrass the
> submissive one.
> 2 females in a tank is never a good idea anyway for that reason.
> Being that you've already had them together in the same tank, but divided,
if
> you put them together they may think it's time for breeding and you could
end
> up with a situation you don't want.
> Are there other fish in this tank, or is just the two?

It's just the two - we tried the usual tank-mates like ghost shrimp and
snails with my wife's male betta, who turns out to rather like the taste of
ghost shrimp and snails. I had actually put my two together for a while (the
male was building enormous bubble nests and the female was showing
considerable interest) but all that happened was that he either chased her
or ignored her, so I separated them again. It was a little strange - she
didn't flare at him and would swim head-down near him, which I thought were
mating signals, but then she would run away and hide. He was apparently
upset when I separated them, as he tore down up his nest and hasn't built
another one since and now he flares at her if she comes near the divider. I
wouldn't mind at all if they made baby bettas (I hope they will, someday)
but my main concern is that one will seriously hurt the other when I'm not
around to chaperone. There is plenty of cover in the tank.

--
John Goulden

[flupke]

Nitesbane wrote:
> I have a 55g community tank and I'd like to decide on a schooling fish. A
> friend of mine is starting a tank and when I started thinking about redoing
> my tank, she offered to tank any fish that might get misplaced. I currently
> have a small group of neon tetras, and I really like them. I also like the
> look of black neons. I'm into anything that stays small (no bigger than 2"
> or so, preferably less) and occupies mid-top level of the tank. I have a
> few bottom dwellers (ADF, peacock gudgeons, and some shrimp), and the tank
> loks a little empty on top. Any suggestions?

I just added some pencilfish (mine where labeled as poecilobrycon eques
but a synonym for them is nannostomus eques i think) and they stay
pretty close and hover the top of the aquarium. Very nice fish.
Hatchetfish also stay in the top level of the tank.

As mid schoolers i've seen suggestions for rummy noses.

flupke

[sophie]

In message >, flupke
> writes
>Nitesbane wrote:
>> I have a 55g community tank and I'd like to decide on a schooling fish. A
>> friend of mine is starting a tank and when I started thinking about redoing
>> my tank, she offered to tank any fish that might get misplaced. I currently
>> have a small group of neon tetras, and I really like them. I also like the
>> look of black neons. I'm into anything that stays small (no bigger than 2"
>> or so, preferably less) and occupies mid-top level of the tank. I have a
>> few bottom dwellers (ADF, peacock gudgeons, and some shrimp), and the tank
>> loks a little empty on top. Any suggestions?
>
>I just added some pencilfish (mine where labeled as poecilobrycon eques
>but a synonym for them is nannostomus eques i think) and they stay
>pretty close and hover the top of the aquarium. Very nice fish.
>Hatchetfish also stay in the top level of the tank.
>
>As mid schoolers i've seen suggestions for rummy noses.

<chokes>
<cleans glasses>
<realises they're not "n"s>
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sophie