Schooling Fish

[kingsord0]

What is a schooling fish that is aggressive. My friend is getting a 400 gallon tank.

Any ideas?

[badbrady06]

LOOKDOWNS

[karaim]

Are you looking for small or large fish?

[95Harley]

Large:
Porkfish or Lookdowns

Med:
Bannerfish

Small:
Chromis, best (if you can find them) Blue Reef Chromis.

[sunfishh]

Wow Harley I had no idea porkfish school. Thanks for the info :)

[95Harley]

Your friend might need a bigger tank though.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.imagequest3d.com/ImageFolio3_files/gallery/aquatic/chordata/osteichthyes/tn_CLV00083.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.imagequest3d.com/cgi-bin/ImageFolio3/imageFolio.cgi%3Fsearch%3DShoal%26img%3D0%26cat%3D%26bool%3Dphrase&usg=__wU-ClDUXPGAfspAK5cSifjx-qrk=&h=96&w=144&sz=11&hl=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=G0LipH2BShHPdM:&tbnh=63&tbnw=94&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dporkfish%2Bshoal%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den

[chasekwe]

Putting together enough Porkfish in a 400g tank to qualify as a shoal of some type would probably entail overcrowding the tank... and that leaves no room for other fish.


BTW, anybody have any clue why a 1.5-2" Porkfish is 70 bucks on LA? They live all along the coast of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, seems like they'd be cheaper. Licensing?

[karaim]

For small fish you could also try cardinals. For large fish, goatfish could work (but they get really large).

[krazykarel]

Blue chromis would look awesome and add great color to the tank. Would 20-30 chromis be too many?

[karaim]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14083664#post14083664 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by krazykarel
Blue chromis would look awesome and add great color to the tank. Would 20-30 chromis be too many?

Although Chromis are schooling fish, I don't think it's a good idea to get them. ALL the stories I have heard about trying to keep a school of Chromis have been unsuccesful. Usually, the Chromis gang up on a fish one at a time until only 2 are left.

[sunfishh]

I agree with Karaim. Stay away from multiple chromis.