Suggestions for upper column/schooling fish

[Rgtx]

Hey guys, so I was looking into suggestions for some upper column/shoaling fish for my 75g tank. The tank has gone more into a American cichlid tank with an Eba, fire mouth, blue Acara, Ebjd, and a Kribensis. Most are juvenile except for 3in firemouth and over 4in Eba who is somewhat of the tank boss. Also have 3 yoyo loaches, red tail shark, corydoras and a BN Pleco. The tank seems lifeless at times since there's not much activity and most the fish are bottom to mid dwellers. The Eba and blue Acara bout the only ones that move around all over the tank.
Wanted suggestions for fish that can hang with these cichlids and can bring more activity to the tank. I've considered mollies, swordtails and giant danios and possibly some barbs species. Forgot to mention Columbian tetra as well since I know they get to about 3in.Tia.

 

[A201]

The problem you are going to run into keeping Tetras & Barbs is that as some of your Cichlids mature they will likely begin to eat them.
Adult sized Filamentosa Barbs might work as well as a smaller Silver Dollar species.

 

[FishDin]

The problem you are going to run into keeping Tetras & Barbs is that as some of your Cichlids mature they will likely begin to eat them.
Adult sized Filamentosa Barbs might work as well as a smaller Silver Dollar species.

Do think Congo Tetras could work? I've not kept them, but noticed they are often suggested in tanks like this.

 

[A201]

Adult sized Congos might work. The male Congos are the lookers & grow to about 3.5 inches.
Adult Denison Barbs might work as well.

 

[Rgtx]

Adult sized Congos might work. The male Congos are the lookers & grow to about 3.5 inches.
Adult Denison Barbs might work as well.

Think I heard congos getting up to 3.5 in and should work. Thought denison barbs mostly swam around the bottom and mid of the tank?

 

[A201]

That's true, my bad. My Denisons do swim the lower levels.

 

[Rgtx]

The problem you are going to run into keeping Tetras & Barbs is that as some of your Cichlids mature they will likely begin to eat them.
Adult sized Filamentosa Barbs might work as well as a smaller Silver Dollar species.

Man speaking of filamentosa barbs, I saw a YouTube video with this guy having red terror cichlids and he had filament barbs in there as dither fish. Thought how nice they looked had never seen them before. When you mentioned filamentosa it didn't occur to me that it was the same fish.

I went to my lfs store and picked up 7 Columbian tetras. Most are young adults and one large adult. Hopefully these will work with my setup. If not will be keeping eye out on the filament barbs.

 

[A201]

Here's a pic of my Filamentosa Barbs. One of my favorites.

 

[TClare]

Man speaking of filamentosa barbs, I saw a YouTube video with this guy having red terror cichlids and he had filament barbs in there as dither fish. Thought how nice they looked had never seen them before. When you mentioned filamentosa it didn't occur to me that it was the same fish.

I went to my lfs store and picked up 7 Columbian tetras. Most are young adults and one large adult. Hopefully these will work with my setup. If not will be keeping eye out on the filament barbs.

I think the Colombian tetras should be fine.

 

[Rgtx]

Here's a pic of the school of Columbians. Had the large adult one died in bag so upset about that since the lfs wouldn't give me a credit unless I bring it back in the bag... They are like 45mins away.. Anyways they look good even at this size.

 

[FishDin]

Here's a pic of my Filamentosa Barbs. One of my favorites.

Nice fish. What tank size do you recommend?

 

[A201]

Filamentosas are active swimmers. The males chase the females on a regular basis.
Tank size should be at least four feet long. 75 gal. & up.

 

[86 ssinit]

Tough to find a just top swimmer. Thing is top swimmers are usually prey to the below guys. My suggestion is bosemani rainbows. Constant swimmers that go mid to top level and get big enough and swim fast enough to not become a meal.