Schooling fish suggestions
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These are the ones from Jeff Rapps. I picked them up about 4 months ago, so probably the same ones you were considering. They are doing fantastic. I really enjoy watching them.
Those are stunning. Yeah it was a group of 4 cant remember the price. How skittish are they?
At first they were very skittish, to the point that I was afraid they would hurt themselves. One actually smashed his jaw all up on the glass. I was worried it wouldn't recover but all is well now. I thought about finding them a different home after that because the tank is in a high traffic area of my house. I'm glad I didn't because now they aren't skittish at all. They are veracious eaters, and will even eat from my hand. The speeds they can attain are amazing! When they eat from the surface, all you see is a flash of silver, and hear a loud water slapping sound. Very cool fish and are by far my favorites. I feel so lucky to have them. Jeff said that they're quite possibly the only ones in the US.
I know I've never seen them in person. Lucky indeed.
The argentus seem to go through phases of being very brazen and hungry then will sometimes be skittish and try to hide when i walk by. Im not sure why but i think it might be breeding behavior related. I found an article on breeding them and thinking of trying it out.
I think you should be fine in terms of bioload with regular water changes and good filtration.
Even a group of 15 would look nice.
I have seen a group of full grown rainbows at my lfs.
They are simply stunning in terms of coloration
They where the most colorful fishes in the hole store.
I saw some at my LFS today and I think they would look great in my tank. I don’t ever slack on my water changes and I think my filtration is good. I have to think about this. So many beautiful fish!
Thank you for the input
Thank you very much. I am thinking I will just keep one male severum I don’t want anymore fry. Lol
I put giant danios and congo tetras in a similar sized tank to balance out my bottom feeders (in my case clown loaches and catfish) and my blood parrots (which tend to occupy the middle of the tank). The danios and congos occupy the top third of the tank and school together in daytime, but separate into two schools at night (danios at the surface and congos a bit lower). Of course the colours are more subtle than vivid - but when the light catches them the congos in particular have a nice rainbow effect and flowing fins.
I will have to add them to my list!! Lol This will be a hard call!
Thank you for the suggestion!
