What Freshwater Fish Is The Best Schooler?

[Martymcfly]

What community fish are the best schoolers and also attractive.

 

[Rillan]

This might sound abit silly but when you say schooling you mean move around in a group. If so then neon tetras have to be my favorite. I have 6 of them and they never leave eachover.

 

[Zeoth]

As far as I've heard, Neon Tetra's are the most popular fish when it comes to schooling

 

[fishboy619]

all tetras shoal, dont they?
rasbosas will group together aswell

 

[three-fingers]

Some tetras school better than others, most of the time they wont school if they are relaxed.

I'd go for rummy nose tetras, hose guys always stick together.

 

[olly24]

i have 16 neon tetras and they dont school at all anymore they used to all the time but they stopped still a great little fish

 

[Colonel Mustard]

glow light tetras are the best, i have glowlight and neons the glowlight stick together much more and travel in a tight group.

i think zebra danios school but im not sure
hope it helps

 

[Tessla]

I've seen the best schooling behavior from cardinal tetras, plus they make neons look drab. To get schooling behavior out of any fish, you'll need a large enough aquarium that you can keep a decent sized group of them, I'd say twenty fish at least. No matter what kind of fish you go for, you wont get much of any schooling behavior with a group of only five or so.

 

[kpintheshed]

i have a neon tetras

 

[Biulu]

It may sound weird, but shoalfish school best when they feel a bit threatened. Groups should have at least 6 individuals but preferably more. My tetras schooled well at the beginning, but now they are so well at ease that they hang out individually or in little groups of 2 or 3.

 

[Rillan]

Yeh i read that when neons are relaxed they dont school as much. I woke up this morning and my neons were all over the tank

Ive been reading up on schoolers and tetras and danios are the most popular.

 

[supersuzie]

my danios dont school at all! thay chase each other round the tank like madmen and do little dances to each other, but as far as schooling goes, i dont think they do much. i agree about the glowlights though. when i first got them all six hung out together and they still do when they get a bit stressed, like after a water change, but when they are relaxed, they tend to be in two's or three's and the braver one goes off on her own. i love both types of fish, and the danios are brilliant if you like really active fish.

 

[30tooo]

I have found that neon tetras tend to roam all over until a water change . Then they all clump together , as do the black widow tetras , penguin tetras , and hatchet fish . I have found that Harlequins tend to stick together more and are active ALL of the time . I have a five foot tank and they swim end to end all day . Nutters !

 

[paul_219]

Can some tiger barbs or neon tetras or group of guppies or mollies if u like to breed them.

 

[Rillan]

but tiger barbs will bully your smaller fish. and also bully the smallest tiger barb in their school. so be careful of them.