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Old 11-26-2008, 06:39 PM
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I don't think it's fair to tell a newb that fish will not school without a predator to "scare" them.

Im not trying to be unfair to a "newb", the key word in what i said was MAY not school like you want. A large tang tang swimming by may make them feel threatened even though it would never harm them. Im sure people have had luck with getting fish to school with no predators or threats. All the power to you if you want to try a school. A lot depends on the individual specimen(s) you could have 2 of the same fish ie. Hawk fish 1 eats your shrimp and the other has no intrest in them..... Again im not trying to be negative here.

Whatigot... What other fish do you have in your tank?
Already stated up there Parkinsn, just give it a read.
Also how could you know how someone may or may not want their fish to school?....lol

what are the different types of schooling?

Everyone here just wants to help out and it's important for people to experiment a little, have some fun with the hobby and see what works for you

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Old 11-26-2008, 07:08 PM
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for the record, I believe schooling actually refers to an aggregate of fish that swim in a polarized manner... that is they all face the same way and are synchronized. So technically we would never see real schooling in a tank. Shoaling is what we are really referring to: an aggregate of fish that are loosely associated with each other.

Ive already mentioned what I think of damsels and chromis schooling. Matt, no matter how big or small the school of chromis, you almost invariably end up with one or none over time. This has been well documented. Like I said, chalk basslets, almost any group of cardinals would work. And yes, scissortail gobies (which are actually a dartfish) would work as well; note that firefish will likely kill each other.
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Old 11-26-2008, 07:27 PM
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No worries man I didn't mean to argue with yah
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for the record, I believe schooling actually refers to an aggregate of fish that swim in a polarized manner... that is they all face the same way and are synchronized. So technically we would never see real schooling in a tank. Shoaling is what we are really referring to: an aggregate of fish that are loosely associated with each other.

Ive already mentioned what I think of damsels and chromis schooling. Matt, no matter how big or small the school of chromis, you almost invariably end up with one or none over time. This has been well documented. Like I said, chalk basslets, almost any group of cardinals would work. And yes, scissortail gobies (which are actually a dartfish) would work as well; note that firefish will likely kill each other.
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shoaling is definitely what my chalks do with some moderate schooling but only for like a tight corner and then it's back to shoaling...
Good point on the difference between these 2 behaviors.
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Old 11-26-2008, 08:26 PM
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Already stated up there Parkinsn, just give it a read.
Also how could you know how someone may or may not want their fish to school?....lol

what are the different types of schooling?

Everyone here just wants to help out and it's important for people to experiment a little, have some fun with the hobby and see what works for you
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Old 11-29-2008, 05:57 PM
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I would just like to share my exp as in the past had a few blue chromis like 5 and soon it was one kept finding them in da overflow dang buggers, I wanted some cool fish that swam in a group so I got 7 blue eyed cardinal fish and they're always out together or in the rock work... I tried chalk bass but it got expensive with just 3 and for some reason the 2 that are still living fight.

Blue eyed cardinals ftw!!

I want to add 10-15 more just love the colours when they are fed well nice electric blue with orange stripes very peacefull fish aswell.
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Old 11-29-2008, 07:35 PM
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I would just like to share my exp as in the past had a few blue chromis like 5 and soon it was one kept finding them in da overflow dang buggers, I wanted some cool fish that swam in a group so I got 7 blue eyed cardinal fish and they're always out together or in the rock work... I tried chalk bass but it got expensive with just 3 and for some reason the 2 that are still living fight.

Blue eyed cardinals ftw!!

I want to add 10-15 more just love the colours when they are fed well nice electric blue with orange stripes very peacefull fish aswell.
Cool looking fish. I wish I got those instead of the 3 chromis I just bought.
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Oxy - any plans to keep an anemone with them?

Some cool shots here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/dascfaqs.htm
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Now thats a nice shoal of fish
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