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