Ideas about schooling fish

[Silverni2]

Stock list
Niger trigger
2 clowns
1 clown tang
1 yellow eyed kole tang
1 Yellow tang
1 green chromis
I want to add a school of fish any ideas?
Green chromis didn't work
Thx
120 mixed reef

 

[E.intheC]

No fish will school in an aquarium. Some will shoal, but it's tough to make that happen in a home tank.

Your tank is pretty stocked as it is, IMO... Especially if the tangs/trigger get larger. I wouldn't add too many more fish. Sorry for the downer post, man.

 

[jaa1456]

The clown tang will outgrow that tank soon, you will need to look to remove it.

 

[basiab]

"Green chromis didn't work". whatever the reason was it will probably be the same for any group. Sooner or later they pick on weekest till it dies etc till only a pair or one is left.

 

[shmibly]

Not that im saying you should go add a bunch to your tank, but its really fun to watch anthias school in small harems. Ive had alot of luck with 4 Lyretail Anthias.

 

[Dre]

Blue green chromis need to be feed regularly, i've kept them for years. Anthias are beautifull but some are finicky. These were eating and doing well then suddenly started dying one by one. I don't know if my wrasse killed them. One was left doing great until Sandy stroke.

 

[Dre]

Btw, the niger trigger eats a lot and grow very fast.

 

[Robizzo]

I have 3 engineer gobies their pretty cool they each dug a hole and hide under different rocks but they come out and swim in a school

 

[MIKE NY]

...the best schooling fish in an aquarium are probably cardinals..most anthias are shaoling there is a difference, but the real downer here is with that trigger which will only get nastier.. chromis and cardinals are on the menu....

 

[ducati335i]

My three yt swim together and and two hippos do as well..
I would go w firefish in ur tank

 

[thirty6]

i really like the anthias idea, great color and active
but do think the clown tang and trigger will be problematic sooner than later

 

[Bry17nyc]

Cardinals are good
But not enough action with them and usually the healthiest pair will start beating the other ones up

Anthias are beautiful to see but it is going to be a significant addition to your bio load

If you take one of those big fish you have
I would prefer anthias

 

[Gancoob]

Hey silvern, I too have a 120. Right now I have three fish all about two inches. I have a clown tang, a tomato clown, and an emporer angel. I'm going to be putting in a queen trigger and a coral hind. I fully anticipate some tension and am ready for a possible casualty, but the fish store would give me garbage if I tried to return him and I can't see people on this website wanting the angel bc he picks at corals. I had a hard time unloading a butterfly fish for the same reason (so I'm not just this cruel dude into carnage).
I have 10 mangroves and caulerpa and chato and a aqua c 120 skimmer.

My question is what kind of water changes are u doing w that bio load and where are ur levels week to week?

 

[Dre]

Hey silvern, I too have a 120. Right now I have three fish all about two inches. I have a clown tang, a tomato clown, and an emporer angel. I'm going to be putting in a queen trigger and a coral hind. I fully anticipate some tension and am ready for a possible casualty, but the fish store would give me garbage if I tried to return him and I can't see people on this website wanting the angel bc he picks at corals. I had a hard time unloading a butterfly fish for the same reason (so I'm not just this cruel dude into carnage).
I have 10 mangroves and caulerpa and chato and a aqua c 120 skimmer.

My question is what kind of water changes are u doing w that bio load and where are ur levels week to week?

The coral hide is most definitely going after the Tomato Clown and smaller fish.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

No fish will school in an aquarium. Some will shoal, but it's tough to make that happen in a home tank.

Your tank is pretty stocked as it is, IMO... Especially if the tangs/trigger get larger. I wouldn't add too many more fish. Sorry for the downer post, man.

Ive always seen anthias and blue/green chromis school together

 

[LongIslandAndy]

Zoramia leptacantha

Hi

The best schooling or shoaling fish that I have ever seen are Threadfin Cardinals
(ZORAMIA LEPTACANTHA). They do not fight or pick each other off. They actually live together. I also agree with the other comments concerning the trigger.He will get big any these guys would definitely be snacks.....:scratch:

 

[Silverni2]

The coral hide is most definitely going after the Tomato Clown and smaller fish.

Hey dre
I do 25 gallons every week sometimes more depending on my nitrates. My cal 420 alk 9 mag 1250
Phos undetectable nitrates 2-5. Ph 8.3-8.4. My problem has always been nitrates just can't keep them down. My skimmer is a bubble magus na7, I use a doser for mag alk and cal. I don't have a refugium only a sump. If I had to do it over again I wouldn't have a trigger or CLOWN TANG he is nasty but I can't catch the clown tang and I'm not ripping apart the tank

 

[Paul B]

Yes, threadfin cardinals are great, I have five of them and they never hide and are very hardy.
I also have another smaller school of different cardinals.

You can see them schooling in the beginning of this video.

 

[ohana888]

not to go off topic, but macros & regular water changes should bring your NO3 down. do you have room in your sump? or get a larger sump - i believe petco is still running $1/gal sale...also, as fish get larger, the additional water volume is better for the increasing bioload.

 

[Paul B]

Doug, where are you in NHP? You probably told me but I forgot.