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The hatchets are extremely cool fish! Their odd shape and habits will amaze you. They are a blast to watch and also school pretty well. They occasionally break off into groups of two to play tag so an even number is best. They are a top level fish, so make sure you have some middle level fish to balance them out. Hope this helps!

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If you get rummies, have the LFS only put 3 or 4 rummies to a bag. Also the bigger the school in your tank the better they seem to do.

After watching the Brilliant Rasbora at work today I think I might have to go with 5 or 6 of them and maybe another school of fish. I really like how close they stick together.

Also maybe add a second school of Rasbora heteromorpha espei or Rasbora heteromorpha. We one or the other at work right now but I am not 100% sure how to tell them apart.

For starters I am pretty sure I am going to go with the Brilliants and keep my eys open for some other fish.

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Scratch the Espei and such. Maybe go with something like Hatchetfish or Black Phantoms.

What do you guys think??

Last edited by Wingsdlc at 23-Jan-2006 20:37

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I read that rummies are very sensitive to transport shock and great care must be taken when getting them home and into the tank. Total darkness during transport and lights out while introducing them. The lights should then stay off until morning. If the LFS doesn't add something like Aqua-plus to the transport bag it's a good idea to bring some and add it, it will also help with stress. Once they're at home in the tank I have heard they are wonderful fish. My brothers 55 gal will be getting a school of them soon!

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Wings,

I was at some point considering Rummies for my tank as well. They are very nice.

I should mention that I recieved various warnings regarding the timing when to add the fish to the tank though. Supposedly they are of the more sensitive type and require good water qaulity. This means that they should not be added before the tank is truely settled, aka quite a few months after the last major change to a tank.

Hope this helps,

Ingo

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I was originally thinking some type of rainbow (dwarf blue, thread fin...) then I kind of switched to brillent Rasbors. Thanks for the help so far!

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Rummynose tetras, buenos aires tetras, red eye tetras.
All great schoolers.
Pristellas are nice too.


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Interestingly enough, IME with schooling fish, the tightest schoolers I've ever kept are choprae danios.

What type of fish are you interested in? There are the harlequin rasboras, microrasboras, cardinal tetras, rummy nose tetras, neons, black neons, larger tetras like the serpaes and red-eyed tetras, rosy or cherry barbs, green or albino tiger barbs.
Schooling fish will stay in loose formation unless they feel threatened, so what kind of threat are you thinking of having? Cichlids like the kribs and rams go well with the above fish, I have a betta keeping my harlies in line, any large centerpiece fish may be seen by the smaller fish as a threat. Figure out which fish suit the water conditions in the tank then go from there.

Last edited by luvmykrib at 22-Jan-2006 22:44

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I am looking for a really tight, mid to small schooling fish for my planted tank. Fish 3.5 inches and under please. Thanks for your help everyone!

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My harlequin rasboras school tighter than anything else I have. My bloodfin tetras are pretty tight too but theres a lot more chasing etc.

Wings! This is the post that I mentioned to you! Tight schooling fish!

One reason that fish form schools is the safety factor against predators. "A potential predator hunting for a meal might become confused by the closely spaced school, which can give the impression of one vast and frightening fish. Additionally, there is the concept of "safety in numbers" — a predator cannot consume and unlimited quantity of prey. The sheer number of fish in a school allows species to hide behind each other, thus confusing a predator by the alteration of shapes and colors presented as the school swims along. Of course, those on the outside edges of the school are more likely to be eaten than those in the center." - seagrant.gso.uri.edu

Over 80% of fish form "schools". However, if you place these fish and place them into an aquarium without a predator threat, you will not attain a "tight" school. You need a threat for the fish to demonstrate schooling trait such as, a sharp rap on the aquarium glass or a picture of a cat held up to the glass... or an oscar.

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My harlies have started to feel very comfortable with the betta, they have decided he is not a threat, in fact sometimes he digs out food and they help themselves to it, zipping all around him as he roots around. When the cat appears and plops himself down for a bit of fish watching (Cat TV!) they school up real tight then. It's quite neat to see.

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Oh, it's possible to pick fishes that are fairly peaceful, but large enough to look like a predator to your schooling Characins to make them tighten up. A Pearl Gourami frequently does the trick - large enough to look like a predator to the Characins, small enough not to be an actual predator.

You could, of course, try as an experiment videotaping a tank full of big Cichlids, then playing back the tape to the Characins on a wide screen monitor ... but that would be just cruel ...


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I vote for neons simply because they have gorgeous coloring.

Harlequins are my #2. I like their coloring as well, not as splashy as neons but IME they school even without threat in the tank.

My #3 are belted barbs. I've found them to be a bit more shy than neons or harlies so they, too, show schooling behavior without threat. The only minus is that I don't see them frequently in lfs here.

This pic was taken a while back, with my old camera, but shows what I've found to be typical behavior with them.



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Wow I kind of lost this thread when the site was renewed. I have haded 6 dwarf neon rainbows and I think that I might add in a school of Brillant Rasbora too sometime whenever...and for a preditor maybe I will have to throw in my recued oscar!
Thanks Bob!

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Theresa, are those "Belted Barbs" Barbus pentazona by any chance? Or Barbus hexazona?

Whatever they are, they're nice fish ...


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