Shoaling or Schooling

[giblets]

Is there a differnece betweena schooling and a shoaling fish?
Also we have a 90 litre (26 gallon) we have two Bronze Cory's is this a good amount?
Cheers
Edward

 

[Joviella]

To my knowledge there is no difference.......... As for your cories, I keep just two cories but I would prefer to get 1 or 2 more.

 

[canarsie11]

In the context of fish, fish sticking together in tank, no there is no diff.

But there are difference, I read it onthis forum actually. Can someone help us out?

Something to the effect that shoaling was for fish, schooling were for ............................... I have no idea

 

[ajhainey]

IIRC shoaling just means 'hanging out in a big gang' while schooling is 'follow the leader' formations....

Don't know where I got that from tho so might be wrong!

aj xx

 

[Nina7777]

There isn't really a difference. As for your cories, I keep two also, but would like to get another one. I keep my clown loaches in a gang of 3 and they seem much happier than my cories!

 

[heresmike]

The way I heard it was a school is a group of the same kind of fish, and shoal is a group of different kinds of fish. I read that in a previous thread on this forum.

However, dictionary.com says a school is "A large group of aquatic animals, especially fish, swimming together; a shoal" ... and a shoal is "A large school of fish or other marine animals." So they make it sound like it's the same thing.

 

[gadazobe]

Over here in the UK it's as follows:
Shoal = a group of different kinds of fish
School = a group of the same kind of fish

 

[richard1982]

so my danios are schooling

 

[canarsie11]

so my danios are schooling

No choice they are the only ones in tank lol

 

[heresmike]

Over here in the UK it's as follows:
Shoal = a group of different kinds of fish
School = a group of the same kind of fish

Maybe that's why I heard that on this forum like I said.