horrible pirate Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Has anyone ever done a tank for a schooling species only? Such as a bunch of green chromis about 10 or so, so they can do their natural schooling behaviors? I was kicking the idea around of doing a tank full of different kinds of damsels and chromis in a 100g tank. Bad idea? Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Good idea! In a 100g tank you could load it up with like, 5 or 6 variations of different damsels ( I would aim for about 100 of them total, seriously. But I'm crazy). That would be awesome!! I had 11 green chromis in my old 40g. It was a bit overwhelming because I had waaaaay too much LR in the tank, but they did shoal together. I plan to do another group of them in my new 40, but probably only 7 or so. On second thought, maybe not 100 (the idea just got me all excited, lol). Maybe 70 or so would be good. Link to comment
GokesReef Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I'm almost certain that Chromis shoal but do not school.. Link to comment
TheWeaz Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I'm almost certain that Chromis shoal but do not school.. school 2 noun a large group of fish or sea mammals. verb [ intrans. ] (of fish or sea mammals) form a large group. I think it all means the same.. 11 chromis in a 40g Jeez did you have any other fish? was it a reef tank? Link to comment
plainrt Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 school 2noun a large group of fish or sea mammals. verb [ intrans. ] (of fish or sea mammals) form a large group. I think it all means the same.. 11 chromis in a 40g Jeez did you have any other fish? was it a reef tank? I had 6 or 7 in my breeder with atleast 6 other fish for some time also.I think will have a unch in new tanks also Link to comment
.Newman. Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 would be interesting to do the chromis and damsel idea in a large tank with SPS like tabling and others. Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 11 chromis in a 40g Jeez did you have any other fish? was it a reef tank? yep. i had something like 15 or 16 fish in there including a tang . it was an SPS dominant mixed reef tank, had it for about 2.5 years. Link to comment
Gatotsu77 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I would aim for about 100 of them total, seriously. But I'm crazy What is this, freshwater? Seriously though, that many fish in a 100g tank, despite all other issues, would just not be aesthetically pleasing to me. I wouldn't want my reef tank looking like the feeder fish tanks at petco. I could see having a dozen shoaling fish, and 2-3 larger fish in a 100g as looking very natural. Link to comment
Trick Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 how many can shoal in a 34 gallon with a 25"X21" footprint? Pretty small i know. Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 What is this, freshwater? Seriously though, that many fish in a 100g tank, despite all other issues, would just not be aesthetically pleasing to me. I wouldn't want my reef tank looking like the feeder fish tanks at petco. I could see having a dozen shoaling fish, and 2-3 larger fish in a 100g as looking very natural. I see your point but when the fish huddle together they don't take up as much space as you would think. The 13 that I had took up about a 8"x8" area when they were all together, which they were most of the time. Link to comment
nanoty Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I like the schooling idea but I have seen very few people who could keep a full school of chromis long term, they usually end up picking each other off one by one. Like mobsters.... Link to comment
GokesReef Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I think it all means the same.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoaling_and_schooling If, in addition, the aggregation comes together in an interactive, social way, they are said to be shoaling.[1] Although shoaling fish can relate to each other in a loose way, with each fish swimming and foraging somewhat independently Fish schools move with the individual members precisely spaced from each other. The schools undertake complicated manoeuvres, as though the schools have minds of their own. (all schooling fish shoal, not all shoaling fish school.. it's like one of those old IQ tests) I always thought a bunch of chromis could make for a cool tank. Would like to see how this turns out Link to comment
fewskillz Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I like the schooling idea but I have seen very few people who could keep a full school of chromis long term, they usually end up picking each other off one by one. Like mobsters....This. 9 out of 10 tries at a group of chromis results in one single chromis. Even in my 180, with tangs and other large, active fish to "encourage" the shoaling behavior, I only got a group of chromis to last about 6 months before they started picking each other off. Link to comment
lakshwadeep Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Dartfish are a more peaceful alternative, and they can be kept in smaller groups. Link to comment
nanoty Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Dartfish are a more peaceful alternative, and they can be kept in smaller groups. Agreed, just have a top on the tank. Link to comment
lakshwadeep Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Any kind in the genus Ptereleotris. P. hanae and P. grammica are two attractive species. Firefish, in the related genus Nemateleotris, are much more aggressive to each other. Link to comment
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