Best Schooling Fish

[AshleyT]

i was looking for some schooling fish and woundering which are the best to get i would like them to be quite active

 

[Man of fish]

Most tetras, rasboras, or barbs.

What are you looking for them to go in with?
How bigs the tank?

 

[Fishy friend2]

There are many species of potential schooling fish that could easily suit a wide range of tanks. But to depict the correct species to aim for we need to know this vital information.

Ideally most tetras, barbs, rasboras, Corydoras, are good schooling fish

Hardness
PH
Preference
Tank size
Stocking
Filteration
Substrate
Water change schedule
Is it planted, if so how much, heavily, lightly, or moderately

 

[AshleyT]

ph of 7.2 - 7.6
5 ft long tank
fluval fx5
clown loach red tail/rainbow shark briselnoes fighing fish firemouth

 

[Fishy friend2]

Water volume?

 

[AshleyT]

i dont know tht lol and it is mid planted and small gravel

 

[Spurry]

my rummys are the ones that school the most out of what i have

 

[Fishy friend2]

How many liter is your tank. Assuming that it's 350+ I would recommend a school of 20-30 rummynoses

 

[AshleyT]

are bleeding hearts good schooling fish?

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

I love the way my hengeli rasbora school. I only have 6 but they stick together really nicely.

 

[onidrase]

How many liter is your tank. Assuming that it's 350+ I would recommend a school of 20-30 rummynoses

rummy noses wouldn't be good with a firemouth. They'd just be food.

 

[KkAaNnEe]

I would say barbs, tight schools and bigger than the usual schooling fish, look impressive 10+ in a big tank. Plus there are loads to choose from

 

[AshleyT]

would the larger tiger barbs be ok?

 

[onidrase]

are bleeding hearts good schooling fish?

They're great schooling fish, I love them, but I wouldn't classify them as "active"

They move around a lot when they're young, but they turn very lazy as they grow older.

I'm assuming by "fighting fish" you mean you have a betta in there?

From your post, I'm assuming you have a school of clown loaches, a couple red tailed sharks, a firemouth, and a betta

which means the betta is eventually going to be toast. If not by the firemouth, by the sharks.

I'd get it another tank ASAP.

I have a school of buenos aires tetras in my 75, they're very active and beautiful, and stick pretty close to one another in the school. However, make sure you provide them enough space to avoid each others aggressive tendencies, they can be aggressively nippy to each other, causing a lot of torn fins. I'd also suggest getting a pretty big school of them to disperse the nipping.

They will also eat plants, so if you have a planted tank, they're not for you.

You can also try odessa barbs, I have no experience with them but I hear they're great schoolers, and the males are stunning.

That's what comes to mind for me, but there are loads of others out there. I can suggest more if you give some more info on your tank and what you're looking for.

 

[AshleyT]

YES IM GETTIN RID OF THE BETTA AS I HAD TO MOVE IT FROM ANOTHER TANK INTO THE ONE I USE AT THE MIN, AND I AM UPPING THE NUBBERS OF MY LOACHES AND WANTING A MID DWELLING SCHOOL