Schooling Fishes???

[Inchworm]

Hi -Chewy-

If you're thinking about a school of bottom feeders, the little panda corys are good too, and easier to find than the little pygmy corys. I have 9 of them and they are always together even though they are in a 55 gallon tank with many other corys. The larger ones mix and mingle much more than the pandas do.

 

[jams.alaskan]

Pristella tetras stay very tight in my tank.

ALASKA

 

[Olive]

Okay Chewey ...........I understand your plight about the $$$ of the Rummies. Here's what I do about that..................I buy two at a time once a month, 'til I get the number I want. The only reason that I am beating this dead horse is that I have kept almost any kind of tetra you could imagine.................none have schooled like Rummy Noses...........NONE. I have 7 right now and they never cease to amaze and mystify me!

I was talking on the phone tonight to a boring client who just went on and on ...........the only way I didn't die from boredom was the fact that my rummies kept "flashing" everytime their school came buy my area of the office...............they love the current that my H.O.T filter creates. They are also quite hilarious when swimming into the bubbles my bubble wand makes........they swim into it and let the bubbles carry them up......it looks as though they are on a roller coaster or driving a car over a really hilly road.


One time, at my other house, my 55 was a semi-aggressive tank. That made my tetras all swim together.................I had glowlights, ( I highly recommend those too!) neons, black neons, and rummy noses in there with some bala sharks and gouramis with a few others I cannot remember...........they all all schooled together and it was such an amazing sight. I literally didn't watch TV the whole time we lived there because of this. The tank was behind the couch so instead of facing forward and watching the TV, and I would turn around and gaze at the tank. I think it was one of the reasons I didn't go crazy! (Really BAD work environment, made me absolutely NUTZO! )

I know the suckers are stupid expensive .............but to me, community tanks aren't worth having at all without rummy noses.......... I swear they are the Andy Dicks and Pamela Andersons of the tank (funny and beautiful)!
It may take a while to amass your collection, but when you have a nice shoal, you will not be sorry! Now go buy some rummies before I preach some more to you and anyone else who will listen!!!


*Olive steps down from her rummy nose soap box*

 

[-Chewy-]

Thanks Olive for you rummy nose suggestion, I got a question, i m not sure if this happens to rummynose or not but it happened to my neons. First i buy about 4 neons, then in a week time, i buy another 4. The first 4 neons DIDN'T school with the later 4 neons. Does it happens to your rummynose?

And as for the "semi-predator", what fish are semi-predatory?
Oh, and I am not talking about bottom-dwellers for my schoolers. Thanks all for your suggestions.....

-Chewy-

 

[Olive]

Thanks Olive for you rummy nose suggestion, I got a question, i m not sure if this happens to rummynose or not but it happened to my neons. First i buy about 4 neons, then in a week time, i buy another 4. The first 4 neons DIDN'T school with the later 4 neons. Does it happens to your rummynose?

And as for the "semi-predator", what fish are semi-predatory?
Oh, and I am not talking about bottom-dwellers for my schoolers. Thanks all for your suggestions.....

-Chewy-

No, thank goodness, it doesn't. In fact, they get all exctied when a new bag of rummies gets plopped down in the tank to acclimate to the temp. They stare at each other and swim like idiots until they are released. They immediately school after that. I had one that didn't school and couldn't figure out why, until he died. That's the only time that has ever happened.



I cannot remember all I had in that tank at the time, but I know I had a silver bala shark, and red tailed shark in there. I also had gouramis and angels. I know that angels and neons don't usually do well togehter, but mine did. As far as the rest, I cannot remember.




Good luck Chewey, and let us know what you decide on, okay?

 

[trout_pout]

how many of the harlequin rasboras do you need for a tank? are they like barbs where you need at least 6 of them?

 

[-Chewy-]

Ok y'all.... I am going for rummynoses! Gotta start savin' or something... hmm... maybe I should get a job at my LFS? Hehee....then I could monitor the rummynoses' behavior from there

Well, I certainly hope you're right Olive....different batches better school with each other....or i'll come looking for ya!!! JK!!
Oh, and one more thing.....no suggestions on semi-agressive fishes?? I know angels are, but I going for a long 30 gallon tank, not a tall one...

Thanks all again for all y'all helpfulness!

-Chewy-

 

[Olive]

Ok y'all.... I am going for rummynoses! Gotta start savin' or something... hmm... maybe I should get a job at my LFS? Hehee....then I could monitor the rummynoses' behavior from there

Well, I certainly hope you're right Olive....different batches better school with each other....or i'll come looking for ya!!! JK!!
Oh, and one more thing.....no suggestions on semi-agressive fishes?? I know angels are, but I going for a long 30 gallon tank, not a tall one...

Thanks all again for all y'all helpfulness!

-Chewy-

Ok y'all.... I am going for rummynoses!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You wont be sorry Chewy!

no suggestions on semi-agressive fishes??

bala sharks, red tail sharks, rams, botias (watch them, sometimes they nip!) barbs and maybe some kribenses.............

Well, I certainly hope you're right Olive....different batches better school with each other....or i'll come looking for ya!!!

If yours don't school, I'll buy them from ya!!!!

 

[cometcattle]

I agree with olive. Rummies ARE worth the money and the tightest schooling FW fish I have seen.

 

[yellowsky]

so let me get this straight,
if i were to put an agelfish into an established aquarium with 6 neons it could either result in the neons schooling and getting along, or you could miss a tetra or two.. or its fine until the angel grows up....? does like putting in plants and rock features in someway adjust this and what would happen if i added another angel and a few tiger barbs after that?
sorry to change question but i was getting lots of mixed answers.

 

[Olive]

so let me get this straight,
if i were to put an agelfish into an established aquarium with 6 neons it could either result in the neons schooling and getting along, or you could miss a tetra or two.. or its fine until the angel grows up....? does like putting in plants and rock features in someway adjust this and what would happen if i added another angel and a few tiger barbs after that?
sorry to change question but i was getting lots of mixed answers.

I am not sure why it worked for me, but it did. Ignorance is bliss, in my case, since I didn't know any better at the time. I tried it once again here at my newest house, and it didn't work out so well. It really depends on the disposition of the angels. I would try it with having everything you want in the tank (fish-wise) and after everyone is all settled in, add your angels. Get the smallest little babies you can find. Sometimes, if they are babies, they wont bully as they get older since they don't know any better since they have always been around them. But, like I said, it all depends. Fish dispositions are as varied as humans. You may get an angel who likes to eat them.............

If you do try it, just be very observant and don't be mad at them if they do start taking out your neons.....it is just their nature. Be ready to move them to another tank or exchange them for something else.

 

[kaxixi]

Itty Bitty Beta,

Who is your plastic surgeon? The way I see it, either he/she's really good, your birthday is not in 1968, or that's a picture of your daughter (in which case, is she single?).

erez

 

[StanTheBetta]

Itty Bitty Beta,

Who is your plastic surgeon? The way I see it, either he/she's really good, your birthday is not in 1968, or that's a picture of your daughter (in which case, is she single?).

erez

I wasn't aware FF.net was a dating forum

 

[-Chewy-]

Itty Bitty Beta,

Who is your plastic surgeon? The way I see it, either he/she's really good, your birthday is not in 1968, or that's a picture of your daughter (in which case, is she single?).

erez

Hey dude! You wanna check someone out, PM him!! Don't change the subject in the topic!!

 

[yellowsky]

if i were add a school of tiger barbs - which can be dangerous to tetras i think- would that also make the tetras school closely or is it just an angel thing?