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my dad likes smaller fish and he wants to kno wat else he can put in the tank he has
4-panda corys
10-herquline rasboras
1-dwarf gourmi
1-vampire pleco
1-male blue ram

and he wants some cool schooling fish

The first two things I would do is to add more panda corys. You should have about a school of six. The second thing I would do is to find a mate for your blue ram.

As far as adding a second set of schooling fish I would think about something like a small rainbow or another type of rasbora. That is kind of my personal preference though.

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Wow, plenty of room. I agree, more Panda Corys. They'll be a lot more fun in higher numbers.

You can go for some more surface fish, such as hachets, dwarf rainbowfish, or danios. Another species of midwater schooler such as tetras or another rasbora could be nice as well, or just build it up into a massive harlie school.

As far as tetras go, I'm really a fan of the Bleeding Heart tetra type; males of these species have elongated, flag-like dorsal fins and will display to each other. Other similar species include Rosy Tetras and Black Phantoms, and other related species without the especially elongated dorsal fin may still display.

What's a really cool schooling fish might be some of the midwater (as opposed to bottom) catfishes, such as either the glass catfish or the debauwi catfish. Glass catfish are very still and will pick a spot to hang out, and are quite interesting because of their clear bodies. They are very calm fish. On the other hand, debauwi cats seem to be greatly overlooked and I think they should simply be more popular, at least as much as the glass catfish. They are an active catfish, even during the day, and will swim around almost shark-like in schools. I have a school of eight, I'm very happy with them.

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yea my dad likes all fish and he saw this really cool catfish called a one-line pictus. the are grey wath 1 black down the middle of them and they are about 3" long and they have a midsize dorsel fin. he really liked them they had like 10 if them in the tank.

If I remember right those pictus get to be about a foot long when fully grown. I might be wrong on this, as I am not sure.

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If you have anything smaller than an 3/4 inch in your tank I would high advise not getting a Pictus Cat Fish. Mine was very predatory and loved to eat my small fish while they were sleeping. His stomach got enormous and he finally ate himself to death

If I am right about what the fish is, the one-line pictus is in fact not closely related to the standard Pimelodus pictus that we're all used to. Likely, you're talking about a species of Pimelodella such as P. gracilis. Pimelodella species are hard to distinguish, and range in size from 3" to 6" to over a foot, which greatly influences what can be kept with them. Their mouths are smaller than those of Pimelodus pictus but I wouldn't put eating small fish past them. On the other hand, while I have never kept them, people have mentioned no trouble with these fish kept with smaller tankmates such as danios and corys. Personally, I'm not one to normally make risks, and it might be dicey at best for your rasboras.

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hatchet fish are goo top level fish... also 10-20 cardinal tetras..tiny cool looking and schooling

i like feesh

totally up the cory panda, i would try to get a pair or 2 of the blue rams...

i personally LOVE rummynose tetras, tight schooling fish, good color n very nice fish to watch

yea i was always tell him that type of stuff and he wouldn't listen to me but now that he sees yo posts he was happy about it.