Colourful Shoaling Fish

[Ace Of Spades]

You could get some Boesmani (spelling) Rainbow Fish, They shoal and are very colorful...

 

[LosC519]

A big shoal of Cardinal Tetras with plants in the background.

 

[tibby25731]

I second the Giant Danio suggestion. i have 5 in my tank, they are not fully grown yet but already quite beautiful -and so shimmery in the sunlight! And they are so playful and quite quite mad! I swear they never sleep......

 

[Matt_northants]

How about Congo tetras? They're abit larger than other tetras and look beautiful. They'll also solve your livebearer fry problem!

 

[Zawiha]

once you get neons past a certain size they can be fairly tough little things.
I Used them even to cycle a tank with 0 casualties.

 

[emmag21]

What about Rasboras (harlequins)? xx

 

[OldMan47]

I have used rasboras in a fairly new tank and they did fine. When you see them in the store they are often quite small but if you give them food and good water they grow to about 4 cm long and 1 cm tall plus fins and tail. they will shoal together but not as tightly as the rummy nose do. I always seem to have them in my community tanks but never seem to think about them much. In my case that means they live well without much special attention because I notice the ones that give me trouble with behavior problems or health problems.

 

[2excitedkids]

I have used rasboras in a fairly new tank and they did fine. When you see them in the store they are often quite small but if you give them food and good water they grow to about 4 cm long and 1 cm tall plus fins and tail. they will shoal together but not as tightly as the rummy nose do. I always seem to have them in my community tanks but never seem to think about them much. In my case that means they live well without much special attention because I notice the ones that give me trouble with behavior problems or health problems.

I have read that Rasboras don't do well in hard water and ours is very hard (and alkaline)..is this right..it seems that most of the tetra, rasbora and smaller schooling fish prefer soft ,slightly acid water.....such a shame. I seem to be struggling to find fish that are small, shoal and like hard alkaline water !!

 

[manmeetdhatt]

How about cardinals

 

[2excitedkids]

How about cardinals

The lfs said they don't do well in hard , alkaline water either. Anyone out there with same kind of water who can help??

 

[Matt_northants]

[I have read that Rasboras don't do well in hard water and ours is very hard (and alkaline)..is this right..it seems that most of the tetra, rasbora and smaller schooling fish prefer soft ,slightly acid water.....such a shame. I seem to be struggling to find fish that are small, shoal and like hard alkaline water !!

TBH your best bet is to go to a LFS and see which fish the keep in your local water and which ones you like the look of. The recommended water hardness is for wild fish, but most mass produced captive bred species are fine in any water as long as its not extreme.