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10-06-2008, 07:40 AM
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just a thought but if you still want to try schooling fish you could try some blue eyed cardinals.... I had 3 chalk bass in my tank and they would pick on each other maybe if you added it all the same time they may get along however the B.E. cardinals school for sure. I recently bought 7 and they're all doing well the first few days they all hid but now they are out more frequently if you feed them a mix of mysis and colour enhansing flakes they glow a nice blue in their eyes and belly also get orange stripes. Aftr seeing how well they school I want to add another 13 to make a total of 20. Here is a pic I googled to give you an idea. Hope it is helpfull.http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...%3D2%26hl%3Den
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10-06-2008, 08:39 AM
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Odd numbers
Odd numbers are always better for schooling fish. I would go 19 or 21.
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10-09-2008, 01:42 AM
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Thanks everyone for the info, in the end I went with 4 Zebra Dartfish, (they hide till the evening but then all 4 school together) and have purchased 3 Look Downs (2.5ish inches each). I figure this gives me a good reason to have to upgrade to a larger tank later on.
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10-09-2008, 03:22 PM
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Bummer, I have 6 chalk bass and they don't fight at all.
They swim eachg at different levels int he tank with the highest in the hierarchy having the highest position in the tank and the lowest being at the lowest. No preds in my tank so they only school when they are feeding or occasionally for no reason. really nice fish though and my tank is a standard 72 gallon bowfront (4ft long) with about 100 lbs of LR. My tank is also OPEN TOP, and I have NEVER had a chalkie jump. Aquatic Addictions has Chalk Bass for 14.99, JL has them for 22.45 so if anyone wants to get some of these nice fish, Dan is the guy to talk to as he already said he would order me 3 more for my "school". I would like to get a predator now though, after reading this thread. Cheers, a little late I know, but you gotta put in input where you can because there is so much more I don;t know than I know.  Last edited by Whatigot; 10-09-2008 at 03:38 PM.
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