Best Schoolers

[Crossfire]

In the future when my nasty Pink Jewel Tetras have died off, I wanted to get a new schooling fish, but I don't know what schools best. I know rummys are probably the best, but I don't care for them and they are too sensitive for me. I'm leaning torwards amazonian fish but I'm open to asian species or austonesian species (rainbows, rasboras, barbs etc) Its a 20 gallon, nicely planted, future stocking will be

8-10x of whatever schooling fish
6x Kuhli Loaches
2x Sparkling Gouramis
2x Peacock Gobies
50780451 bajillion cherry shrimp (kidding)
2x Amano Shrimp

Any suggestions?

 

[Man of fish]

My 19 espeis are schooling great in my qt!

 

[Crossfire]

Aren't those harlequin rasboras?

 

[Man of fish]

No completely different species. Espeis are trigonostigma espei and I don't know what harlequins are but they're different.

 

[kizno1]

I would go for Marble hathets, They will stay at the top of the tank 99% of the timeand in a decent sized group i found they shoaled quite well. I had 20 Lemon tetra in a 30G and they stuck together quite well.

 

[Man of fish]

But they are quite skittish you must remember.

 

[kizno1]

But they are quite skittish you must remember.

What are?

 

[Man of fish]

Hatchets.

 

[kizno1]

Hatchets.

I never had a problem with mine. Aslong as there floating plants or another form of cover at the surface they will be fine.

 

[tribalbrit]

Cardinals.

 

[Bugdozer]

Poor pink jewel tetras! I feel bad that they are unloved by you. I find all Hyphessobrycon species to be cute, myself.

 

[ParadiseGuerrero]

my neons always travel around as a shoal they look really good, but there is one that wrecks it because it seems to prefer swimming with the minnows

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Hengels Rasbora and "Debauwi catfish" (P. buffei) are excellent schoalers too.

 

[kylealastairlove]

any of the trigonostigma species they look fantastic in a large number

 

[Crossfire]

Poor pink jewel tetras! I feel bad that they are unloved by you. I find all Hyphessobrycon species to be cute, myself.

Its not that I hate them, they are gorgeaous fish, but they are horribly aggressive to one another.

I don't like hatchets, they're too skittish and sensitive.

Hengels Rasbora and "Debauwi catfish" (P. buffei) are excellent schoalers too.

The Hengels look like rasboras and I really like the debauwi catfish, but wouldn't they dwell at the bottom all day long? I already have kuhli loaches to occupy the bottom. Sad thing is, I've never seen these guys anywhere

Are cardinal tetras any good schoolers? I hear they are good schoolers but then others say they only school if threaned or scared and in larger tanks and numbers