Schooling fish...

[JLad10687]

Lets say you have a MONSTER tank with a 12" RTC and a 12" Silver Arowana. Would you be able to add about an 8" Oscar and a school of a smaller cichlids?

Off hand I dont know any schooling cichlids but I mean just a school of about 4-6" cichlids? Something like Jack Dempseys or Convicts? Again, I dont know if these are schooling fish but you get the idea.

 

[killerfish]

cichlids or schooling fish will be fine as long as there big enough which would have to be pretty big don't know of any schooling cichlids some Geos school i think but other then that i'd say if you wan't a shoal of fish go for large barbs

 

[cichlaguapote]

Your oscar would probably be ok.. for a while. Generally the rule is mixing big fish with small fish is a no-no. So your JD's, others would probably have to be large and/or you'd need to keep the monsters in that tank well fed for it to even have a chance of working. Mouth size/fish body shape is another thing to consider when thinking if they will get eaten or not.

 

[itstrickytorock]

I'd say stay away from any stream lined schooling fish then.. would be easier to swallow than a boxier/more oval fish..I would think? I second the geos.. or if you had convicts, if they spawned you'd have free food.

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

Cyp's are cichlids that school, but obviously not compatible with the suggested tank. I'd go with adult geo's

 

[killerfish]

Ohhh forgot about oscars they will school when kept in large groups in large tanks you would need adult oscars to have a chance of them not being eaten

 

[Lupin]

If you mean cichlids could be schooling fish, that will be if your cichlids so happen to be fry or juveniles. You obviously can't have RTC's in a home aquaria and anything will be gobbled quite quickly.

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

is this hypothetical? How big of a tank...Hypothetically speaking

 

[BushFishRox]

is this hypothetical? How big of a tank...Hypothetically speaking

ha ha I was about to ask how Monster is Monster lol...

 

[JLad10687]

I guess I should clarify what "monster" is on this site considering it ranges from 300-50,000 gallons. I havent worked out the exact details of it yet. I was planning about 1500 gallons but then I started thinking I might want a little more room. Probably in the 2000-3000 gallon range. It all depends on what it would be worth doing. I think fish look very cool when they swim around in schools and I wasnt aware of any fish that were large enough that would stay in packs.