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	experience with black phantoms?
rick458 Enthusiast Posts: 166 Kudos: 326 Votes: 0 Registered: 31-May-2004	OOPS still trying to get all the names down
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Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	Male Black Phantoms will partition the tank for display purposes (both to each other for machismo purpposes, and to the females for procreation purposes). When you see several males flashing those towering dorsal fins at each other, that's why they're not shoaling in the conventional sense - they're too busy trying to boogie with the females Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
JQW Fish Addict Posts: 869 Kudos: 758 Registered: 09-Apr-2003	although i only have 2 black phantoms in my 15G, they are schooling really well, just like an old couple. they even tend to sleep together behing some of my rocks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
Bleeder Fish Addict Posts: 739 Kudos: 50 Registered: 16-Apr-2001	It's hard to understand why do some fishes school and some don't. My tiger barbs are schooling now, after being in my tank for over a year. Maybe it was the simple threat of my larger cichlid (electric yellow) in the tank back then which caused them to congregate together. Though the cichlid is not aggressive. Just a thought. Bleeder's Forum http://silentlucidity.s10.forumsplace.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
terranova Fish Master Posts: 1984 Kudos: 1889 Votes: 229 Registered: 09-Jul-2003	My 6 black phantoms hardly school...sometimes when they are hungry they tend to stay together...but they all have their special spots in the tank it seems like. -Formerly known as the Ferretfish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
sillyquiet Fingerling Posts: 36 Kudos: 279 Votes: 18 Registered: 16-May-2004	My 8 black phantoms school... occasionally. When I do water changes, or right before feeding, they school just fine. At other times, they form various "sub-schools", I guess you could call them, with 3 or 4 tetras schooling together, and all the others doing their own thing. The membership of the sub-schools varies, as well, it's not always the same few tetras schooling. I find their social behavior fascinating, personally.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
ctt33 Enthusiast Posts: 154 Kudos: 148 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-May-2004	I have 9 black phantoms and they do not school. Usually are in the same general area but going every which way. And there is alway one or two adventurous ones that go off on there own.
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chip Hobbyist Posts: 51 Kudos: 36 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-May-2004	i've got 7 black skirts and 7 black phantoms and neither group schools
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lunker101 Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 284 Votes: 2 Registered: 19-Aug-2003	I used to have 7 black phantoms in my 25g, they would school most of the time but not always. Seems like yours are just odd
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	I've had black phantom tetras in my 30g for about 5 months now. I originally purchased 5 then added another five a month later. They are active fish, eat well and are growing, but they don't school at all. Is this common with black phantoms or do I have an odd group? ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
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Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	black skirts are different from black phantoms
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rick458 Enthusiast Posts: 166 Kudos: 326 Votes: 0 Registered: 31-May-2004	My 3 Black Skirts school but very loosely
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TetraHedral Fingerling Posts: 35 Kudos: 20 Votes: 0 Registered: 03-May-2004	Mine don't really school either, but often hang out in the same half of the tank. But then, I don't have anything more aggressive than a dwarf gourami in the tank, which they chase frequently! The males chasing the females (and sometimes the other way around) is entertaining. Maybe I got mine from the same place you got yours from
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	the only tetra that look like a black phantom is the red phantom. and the odds of them disliking each other are pretty narrow i think u just have an odd bunch. like everyone always says, its the personality of the fish...my guess is that they wer all from the same spawn and just dont like to school as tightly as they should. its like u need to teach them:%) [span class="edited"][Edited by tetra_fan1212 2004-06-16 23:01][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004	interesting mabe they dont like each other or mabe some of them arent phantom!!!!!!!! i have a few of these fish and they school preety good but if they dont mine then i wouldnt mine~~~~~~~~!~
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	Might just be mine then They're really great looking fish and I thought they'd make a nice looking school. They're in with an angel and a pair of kribs but everyone behaves so no schooling I guess. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	i think u may haver an odd group. i also have a school of 10 black phantoms. they stay in the same general area but will school often. i expect them to school even more when i add my rummynose tetras today and my rams next week. maybe they just need bigger fish to keep them in line or any other fish bigger or the same size
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