What would say is the fastest schooling fish?

[FMA4ME]

I have filament barbs that are crazy fast

Aha!! Little missiles of the aquarium!

 

[jordanroda]

CongoTetra...

 

[Monstrous]

School of african tiger fish

 

[Aquanero]

While the term schooling and shoaling are often used interchangeably they are two different things. A group of fish swimming together in the same direction in a synchronized way they are schooling, a gathering of fish swimming in the same area for feeding, breeding or social interaction but not in a concise coordinated effort are shoaling. Many fish shoal, fewer school. Most of the fish mentioned in this tread are shoaling. It may be splitting hairs for the purpose of this thread but I thought is was important to make the distinction

 

[TripleW]

In my experience, Giant Danios are very fast.

 

[celebrist]

As far as quickness darting and turning it is hard to beat rainbowfish from my experience. Length of tank speed is open to debate however and I don't think many of us have long enough tanks to really test that.

 

[ShadowP]

While the term schooling and shoaling are often used interchangeably they are two different things. A group of fish swimming together in the same direction in a synchronized way they are schooling, a gathering of fish swimming in the same area for feeding, breeding or social interaction but not in a concise coordinated effort are shoaling. Many fish shoal, fewer school. Most of the fish mentioned in this tread are shoaling. It may be splitting hairs for the purpose of this thread but I thought is was important to make the distinction

Sardines are way faster than tuna. I can eat one in way less than a minute, and just one tuna sandwich takes me several minutes at least, and that's nowhere near the entire fish! Just thought I'd make that distinction since he didn't specify swimming at all.

 

[xraycer]

Sardines are way faster than tuna.

Maybe you're just using this as a set up for humor, but sardines are no where as fast as tunas. Just as rabbits are not faster than a mountain lion. However, what prey critters have are motility, they can cut on a dime. But in an all out drag race: tunas will easily beat sardines and mountain lions will beat rabbits.

 

[Belly up]

I have Mascara barbs, Clown barbs and Barilius canarensis all in the same tank. The Barilius are hands down the fastest. So fast, in fact, they leave the other fish spinning in their wake! lol

 

[ShadowP]

Maybe you're just using this as a set up for humor, but sardines are no where as fast as tunas. Just as rabbits are not faster than a mountain lion. However, what prey critters have are motility, they can cut on a dime. But in an all out drag race: tunas will easily beat sardines and mountain lions will beat rabbits.

Ok, truth be known... the sailfish is the fastest schooling fish though its schools are more loosely structured than that of tuna.