Schooling fish?

Trevor82 · #1 10-04-2010, 08:17 PM

I had a group of 6 green chromis in a 135. They were fine for a year of so untill one got bigger than the rest and he bullied the others until he was the only one left.

reefwars · #2 10-04-2010, 09:12 PM

Bangai's are rally nice one of my favorite fish I love that sparkle t them

maybe if you buy alot of them you culd get a deal I'd even be interested in a joint order for some

paddyob · #3 10-04-2010, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by reefwars

Bangai's are rally nice one of my favorite fish I love that sparkle t them

maybe if you buy alot of them you culd get a deal I'd even be interested in a joint order for some

They are priced the same at the LFS as online. Not really worth ordering at that $30/each.

Rus · #4 10-04-2010, 09:58 PM

I wouldn't bother with Bangaii Cards as more than two will usually go after each other untill you are down to one or two. Blue eyed , or ''Glass '' Cardinals are one of few true schooling fish I have found for our tanks, they are very peaceful and quite hardy once you get them eating well, I have a school of 8 in my tank and they almost always stay in a tight area together.

I also agree with most of the others in the fact that over time your ''school'' of chromis would end up being a fair bit smaller than what you started with , as in most cases they will go after each other eventually.

mark · #5 10-04-2010, 10:08 PM

Had the bunch of green Chromis as well, wasn't like they schooled but they would occasionally hang together. Maybe they might of if their tanks mates could of eaten them.

After a few years now down to just the one remaining. Wasn't like they were getting beaten on then died, just seemed to disappear months and months apart.

lorenz0 · #6 10-04-2010, 10:09 PM

yep, I had 3 and they took out the weakest one. Now the two "retards" as i call them try to pick on my clown together... or my angel, or my gamma. Snappy and I had this conversation once and he was saying how he has tried many times and it always ended with 2 left. chromis are cool fish though

kien · #7 10-04-2010, 11:04 PM

Ditto. I can't seem to manage to keep more thank two. I've tried many times but eventually always end up with just two!

paddyob · #8 10-04-2010, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Rus

I wouldn't bother with Bangaii Cards as more than two will usually go after each other untill you are down to one or two. Blue eyed , or ''Glass '' Cardinals are one of few true schooling fish I have found for our tanks, they are very peaceful and quite hardy once you get them eating well, I have a school of 8 in my tank and they almost always stay in a tight area together.

I also agree with most of the others in the fact that over time your ''school'' of chromis would end up being a fair bit smaller than what you started with , as in most cases they will go after each other eventually.

Actually saw Glass cardinals today and I am now considering those. Still expensive for a little fish. Do they look good?

Rus · #9 10-05-2010, 12:44 AM

I really like my school of them , to be honest probably on of favorites in my tank , along with my ''school'' of Bartletts. $30 or so sounds about right for them , but worth while in my opinion. Pretty cheap as far as fishes go in my opinion.

fishytime · #10 10-05-2010, 06:51 AM

no such thing in our aquariums........see the problem with "schooling fish" is.....we add six or ten or 20 to our tanks and think we have a "school" of fish, when really, these fish school in the hundreds or thousands in the wild......some people have had some success keeping small groups of schooling fish, schooling, likely because there are either large fast moving or predatory fish(tangs, triggers, whatever) present in the tank....this keeps the schooling fish feeling like they need to stay in a school to be safe....