schooling

[ajbwrg]

I want to do a school of fish in my 150 gal tank. what do you guy think would be the coolest fish for this.

[crazy72]

What other fish will you have in there? Or will it be just the one school? And is it planted?

[target]

Yep, definitely depends what you have in there already. I live rummy nose tetras. Very active and they look good.

[ajbwrg]

its not planted yet and will only have guppies and platties

[crazy72]

Then the choice virtually unlimited, but personally I'd go with some tetras because they typically school so well. They'd likely take care of all your guppy/platty fry though, unless you provide them with plenty of hiding spots (e.g. heavily planted). Depending on what you want to do, this could be a good thing or a bad thing.

Rummys are great, as Daniel suggested. Myself I'm a bit of a cardinal fan. I don't know how many livebearers you have in there, but in a 150G I think a large school (100+ or a lot more) of cardinals would look gorgeous.

Rasboras are nice, too, but I've never kept them so I don't know how well they school.

[ajbwrg]

Ive always wanted to do a huge school of fish. my first thought was neons, I think I am going to go with that, Any idea where I can get that many ?

[crazy72]

Ive always wanted to do a huge school of fish. my first thought was neons, I think I am going to go with that, Any idea where I can get that many ?

Several BCA sponsors have some at the moment. April, IPU and Charles (Canadian Aquatics) to name a few.

Neons are nice, but IMHO, cardinals are nicer...

[gklaw]

Yep, definitely depends what you have in there already. I live rummy nose tetras. Very active and they look good.

Hey Daniel: I had a toss up at KE betw rummy nose and cardinal yesterday. Cardinal won - this time

ajbwrg: I heard Patrick (MyKiss) got a whole bunch of cardinal ? You may want to PM him.

[Arcteryx]

100+ in a school would be something to see...

[jkcichlid]

In a decently planted 150G a school of congo tetras would look awesome.. They are fish with enough body and color to fill out the space as well as use much of the tank space as they school back and forth.