Schooling fish suggestions for a 125g

[IndyTexy]

Banded Silver dollars or tinfoil barbs.. I have a group of five tinfoil
barbs and they are very active and hardy. However I find that I have to feed a little extra as they keep the bottom dwellers from eating enough.

 

[ecoli73]

Unless kept with aggressive fish, tinfoils will take over the tank...more docile fish will not feed well.


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[moosZ]

instead of going to bigger schooling fish you can keep different types of smaller fish.... different types of tetras.. like hundreds of them XD... well not hundreds.. u see where im getting at.. it will be unique and different from others .. (Y)

 

[Anchovie]

Best small schooling fish I have is def my rummynose tetras. They keep a tight school and travel the whole tank. And at 1.50 per fish, they are replaceable if a few get picked off.


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[TripleW]

Best small schooling fish I have is def my rummynose tetras. They keep a tight school and travel the whole tank. And at 1.50 per fish, they are replaceable if a few get picked off.


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Just got 6 of these. They stay in a pretty tight school and have awesome color.


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[bbortko]

Cant believe that nobody suggested exodons yet.

Rummynose are great little fish. A large school of glass cats can be very impressive, especially in a planted tank. Dennison barbs are beautiful but very pricey for a schooling fish, $20 a pop around here.

Your best bet is to decide what else if anything you want as tankmates and build a school around them.

 

[cali~budfish]

Congo Tetras

+1

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[ILikeBichirs]

I've heard somewhere and IME that in order to get schooling fish to school much more often its best to have that lone fish that will chase the schools around. The more secure the fish the less they school. Sorry for the derail haha


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[Skittle]

I've heard somewhere and IME that in order to get schooling fish to school much more often its best to have that lone fish that will chase the schools around. The more secure the fish the less they school. Sorry for the derail haha


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This is true for many fish but not all, some just have a natural shoalin tendency and they do it even in species only tanks


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[Anchovie]

This is true for many fish but not all, some just have a natural shoalin tendency and they do it even in species only tanks


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For sure. My rummynose are with angels and cories. No real threat there lol


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