fish_newbie

Which is the best schooling fish (in your opinion)?

1/ Corydoras

2/ neon tetra

3/ Cardinal tetra

4/ Rummy nose tetra

5/ Discus

6/ Silver dollar

7/ goldfish

8/ betta ??

9/ Something else (please state)

AmongthePuffers

i have never believed any fish was better than the other.
IMO tetras are the most active schooling fish.
though corys, and silver dollars are good schooling fish as well.
A betta? Now that would be a site to see, schooling bettas!

Slug

Tetras, however in most of our tanks we won't see the really tight nice schools we see other places. Thats a defense mechanism they use, so unless they feel threatened the schools are not that tight.

aquarist48

Good morning. Take into consideration too, in order for them to really school they have to have room to swim (meaning larger tanks). Slug made a good point about them schooling tightly when they feel threatened.
Ken

russ757

Cardinal tetras school pretty good but so do most tetras

a school of bettas would be soooooooooo cool!

kloseo

i love rainbow fish, so beatiful and great dither fish

scatty

I love corys. They're just so cute. I have 5 and not only do they hang together, they each have an individual personality.

Butters

Harlequin rasboras are probably my favorite, but rainbow fish take a close second place.

Gouramiguy17

zebra danios school pretty good

harpua2002

Rummynose tetras are by far the tightest schoolers I have ever kept. Even when I kept them in a 45 gallon small fish community where they were the largest fish (little perceived threat), they still schooled tightly.

gmen4life

what about the barbs? thats my choice i like the lil fin nippers

harpua2002

Not all barbs are fin nippers. We have 5 snakeskin barbs (relatively rare I think) and they are as peaceful as small tetras. They school pretty well, but not like rummies.

gmen4life

i know i should have said tiger barbs i do like them though

reefdude

I was thinking tiger barbs as well. At least as far as what I have owned.

GypsyGirl

I think Neon tetra's or cory's are good schooling fish.

Borisbbadd

My choice would be Harlequins. I also like Zebra Danios.

Schooling Bettas, that would be cool.

peacemaker92

A school of either neon or cardinal tetras under a fluorescent light is soooo cool! I see a lot of them in display tanks in stores in my country! They're beautiful especially in planted tanks where they would show off their glows. Some of them don't school tightly though but I've only seen one or two schools of tetras in a store that school really tightly! It's so beautiful!