What to shoal?

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cardinals or emperor tetras
i second that
 
can never go wrong with Cards.. ever...roselines get fairly good size.. if you like bigger they would be my second choice. nothing that tops seeing a giant school of cards though. for such a tiny fish they're schools just look "right" in a planted tank.
 
Cardinals are beautiful in large groups, but mant people have trouble keeping them alive. I have lemons with my discus. they color up nicely once they leave the lfs, and are almost always schooled.

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Boesemani Rainbow (Melanotaenia boesemani) they are very pretty, shoal and do well in a planted tank.

Also I know you said you wanted color, but ghost catfish look amazing in planted tanks, they had a 65 bowfront planted tank at petsmart for a long time that was heavily planted and they had ghost cats in it, it was so pretty.
 
pacu22;4583216; said:
I am looking for a fish that doesn't get too large that shoals.
I have a 200 gallon tank that I am slowly planting. And I want to add some color, but nothing large or aggressive.
Please comment with ideas! :popcorn:
Thanks


Hmmmmmm, 200g in need of some shoaling fish.....Try what I did, 40 Cardinal Tetra.......My 180, 8ft tank looked bare when I first got it......I needed some cool fish to start the cycling, I bought 60 Cardinal Tetra and 2 dozen Tiger Barb.............
 
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