Best schooling fish on Reddit

421 reviews from r/Aquariums, r/PlantedTank, r/bettafish and 9 more subreddits

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#1

Aquarium Fish

4.7
(54)
"The neons and rasboras school around, and the platys eat algae and make more fish all the time. Offer as much cover as you can for your baby shrimp, and live plants if you’re able to keep them."
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"Rummynose, black neons and green rasbora all school very tightly."
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"Rasboras and tetras are tiny and fast, making them great options for any aquarium!"
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"Killifish are good options too, adding variety to your tank!"
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"Endlers are also a fantastic choice for a lively aquarium!"
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"I have neon tetras and zebra danios. No problems."
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"I have neon tetras and zebra danios. No problems."
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"I like chili rasboras, I have them with cherry shrimp and there is no shortage in the shrimp population, and I think they’re great little schooling fish."
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"A school of 8 panda cories would do great in that tank."
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"I had a betta who did well with a school of neon tetras."
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#2

Tetra

4.5
(42)
"Beautiful copper color, really good shoaling, hardy, and 100% peaceful."
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"Rummynose tetras form the tightest schools of any fish I’ve ever seen. They are all synced and move as a group."
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"Tetras are the best schoolers, especially in large groups. Rummy nose tetras are very active and thrive in similar conditions as neons."
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"Harlequin Rasboras love to school in my 10G, really cool fish and low maintenance."
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"I really love having neon tetras in my tank!"
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"I have tetras with mine."
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"Rummynose are probably one of the best options you have, they do stay together more and are also more active swimmers than most tetras and rasboras."
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"I like some tetras."
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"Harlequin rasboras and otos are great tank mates for bettas, as they are peaceful and fast."
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"I have had luck with rainbows and various tetras, keeping them with discus without issues."
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#3

Harlequin Rasbora

4.7
(23)
"They’re hardy, school relatively well, and get vibrant neon peachy pink colors if you feed them a varied diet."
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"Harlequin raspora"
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"Harlequin Rasboras, Ember Tetras, Corydoras Catfish."
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"Harlequin rasboras are hardy, fun, schooling fish."
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"They form tight groups and are calm movers - much like tetras. They often don't look like much at the shop, but once they settle in they look amazing."
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"They are a true schooling fish. In a 90 you could have a beautiful size school!"
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"Harlequin Rasboras are quite nice, add a lot of movement to a tank."
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"Love me some harlequin rasboras"
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"Harlequin Rasboras are a lovely choice."
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"I love harlequin rasboras. They school nicely."
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#4

Rummynose Tetra

4.8
(21)
"Rummy-nose tetra are my favorite. Cool color, not too big, school well."
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"Rummynose tetras are the best tetra for schooling . Get at least 6 they school around the tank all day."
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"Rummy red nose tetra 100%."
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"Two schools: Rummynose tetras and neon tetras."
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"I love rummy nose tetras."
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"Big vote here for Rummy Nose Tetras."
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"Another vote for rummynose from me! They almost never stray from one another."
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"Rummynose are the tightest schooling fish I’ve ever worked with."
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"Some rummy nose tetras."
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"If you want rummynoses and see they're captive bred, take them."
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#5

Ember Tetra

4.7
(19)
"They’re all doing fine together."
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"Ember tetras"
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"Ember Tetra or rainbow tetra for swimmers."
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"Ember tetras."
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"Embers! I've been struggling with schooling fish for a long time and these tiny little guys are an absolute godsend."
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"Ember tetras"
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"I'm biased for ember tetras cause i love their color."
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"I've kept rainbows, ember tetras, guppies, hillstream loaches."
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"Embers tetras , Kubotai rasboras, or cardinals?"
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"Ember tetras, neon tetras."
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#6

Neon Tetra

4.6
(18)
"Neon tetras, rummynose, and ember tetra."
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"I love the classic neon tetra."
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"Neons"
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"Neon tetras (or cardinal tetras) all the way. They are so beautiful and colourful!"
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"Neon tetras are a classic, but still memorizing to stare at"
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"Neons would look really good in here. They stay smaller than cardinals too."
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"Ummmm neon tetras.. cheap as sin an beautiful."
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"You could have 8-10 neon tetras looks great!"
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"Neon Tetras would be great."
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"Neon tetras, furcatas rainbow, emperor tetras."
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#7

Cardinal Tetra

4.2
(18)
"I've had such better luck with Cardinal Tetras. Brighter colors, school the same, and are ten times more healthy than neons."
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"They school regularly and are fun to watch."
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"Rummy nose or cardinal tetras."
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"Embers tetras , Kubotai rasboras, or cardinals?"
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"80 cardinal tetra."
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"If you lone the look of neons you can go for cardinals, they look similar but are healthier"
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"Cardinal tetras or Colombian tetras."
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"Simple cardinal tetra are glowing blue, accents nice green grass."
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"Cardinal tetras"
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"Cardinal tetras"
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#8

Aquarium

4.8
(12)
"Pygmy corys are a good fit IMO."
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"Emperor Tetras are beautiful and easy to care for!"
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"Cory or certain rainbow fish do well in aquariums."
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"Discus are beautiful schooling fish that thrive in groups."
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"Neon tetras are vibrant and easy to care for!"
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"Tiger barbs and tiger loaches would be really cool!"
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"I’m digging the heavy sponge filtration."
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"The Red eye tetra is a beautiful and vibrant fish that adds color to any aquarium."
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"Neon tetras are vibrant and add a beautiful touch to my aquarium."
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"The tank is interesting and fun to watch, especially with the tetras."
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#9

Chili Rasbora

4.9
(9)
"They are the most epic fresh water schooling fish"
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"Chili rasboras! I love them in mine."
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"Embers or chili rasbora."
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"Chili Rasboras."
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"Have you seen Chili Rasboras? You could get a ton of those guys in there."
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"How about chili rasboras?"
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"I loooooove them!"
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"Chili Rasboras."
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"Chili Rasboras, Celestial Pearl Danios, Ember Tetras."
#10

Corydoras

4.7
(9)
"Harlequin rasboras school really well and look amazing"
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"Or, as suggested, cories."
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"Corydoras catfish! I have a 20 long stocked with guppies, platies and julii cories and I couldn’t be happier."
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"I like Corydoras."
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"Corycats are the best ever and they will occupy the bottom so you could get something else for the mid/top. Huge schools of corys are amazing."
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"Corydoras are amazing fish!"
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"Corys hang together too, but of course, that's on the bottom."
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"Currently have pygmy cory's and they are great."
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"Definitely cories, depending on the size of your tank."
#11

Tiger Barb

4.1
(8)
"Tiger barbs and snakeskin barbs or gold barbs would look really cool."
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"Tiger barbs!"
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"I think some tiger barbs or fancy guppies would looks nice."
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"Tiger barbs"
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"Tiger barbs"
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"Inexpensive, hardy, and fun to watch."
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"Tiger barbs!"
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"Tiger barbs!"
#12

Pygmy Corydoras

4.8
(6)
"By far the most fun to watch are the cories."
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"I love the way my pygmy cory cats school. They look like airplanes flying in formation."
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"Go to Aqua Huna.com and pick up a school of 10 of pygmy corydoras."
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"I have pygmy corydora and my betta is perfectly fine with them !! Plus they’re small and adorable 🥰"
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"Pgmy corydoras"
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"My Pygmy cories and Cardinals get along well."
#13

Congo Tetra

4.1
(7)
"Congo tetras and cardinal neons make an awesome combo."
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"Congo tetras?"
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"Congo tetras, Colombian tetras, Emperor tetras."
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"Congo tetra"
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"Congo tetra, rummy nose tetra are some of my favorite schooling fish."
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"A small school of Congo tetra would be neat."
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"Congo Tetras. I've had them with Rainbows with no issues."
#14

Black Skirt Tetra

4.0
(6)
"Some biggish tetra? Maybe black skirt tetra or something like that?"
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"Black skirt tetras. Good size, hardy and interesting schooling fish."
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"If you want to go for something really different, 6 skirt tetras would look really cool."
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"Black skirt tetra meet all the criteria u mentioned."
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"If you like tetras but don't want neons, you could go with Black or White Skirt Tetras, they're pretty bulletproof."
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"Try something a little bigger maybe black skirts."
#15

Zebra Danios

4.4
(5)
"I’m a ride or die for giant danios. They match the size of the fish you have so they aren’t gonna be bullied, extremely fast in the case they do get chased, and are absolutely beautiful."
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"School of Whitecloud mountain minnows ...zebra danios are a couple of types to look at.."
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"Zebra danios! No other fish will swim around your tank like those guys."
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"Throwing more support behind some danios. They stay generally at the top/mid water level so they wouldn't bother your cories."
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"Some say, zebra danios are fin nippers but mine are busy chasing each other."
#16

Celestial Pearl Danio

4.0
(5)
"I love smaller fish so Celestial pearl Danios would look awesome!"
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"Celestial pearl danios get my vote!"
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"Celestial pearl danio are good, chilli rasboras are fine."
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"Celestial pearl danios."
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"Try Celestial Pearl Danios."
#17

White Cloud Mountain Minnows

4.8
(4)
"I love my white cloud minnows. They school beautiful and you don't need a heater."
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"White Cloud Mountain Minnows... I've always had an easier time keeping them alive vs the pet store neon tetras."
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"Inexpensive, hardy, and gorgeous fish."
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"Definitely White cloud minnows."
#18

Green Neon Tetra

4.5
(4)
"Green neon tetra if your ph is low enough."
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"They have some cool schooling behavior and are very pretty."
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"Green neon tetras or ember tetras."
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"Green neons? Somebody posted theirs recently and they looked like little lasers."
#19

Danios

3.4
(5)
"Danios, tetras or rasboras."
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"Danios are awesome."
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"If you want a hardier schooling fish, then danios are a good option."
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"Danios for the surface level, tetras for mid and corys and loaches for bottom."
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"I have hard water. And my rasboras and tetras didn’t survive. :("
#20

Endler's Livebearer

4.3
(4)
"They all school together."
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"Maybe endlers?"
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"Endler's livebearers and guppies"
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"Endlers, Chili Rasboras or Galaxy/Phoenix Rasboras should work well for a 10gal!"
#21

neon

5.0
(3)
"I'm a big softie for neons!"
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"Neon tetras are vibrant and lively."
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"Neons, silvertips, rummynose."
#22

Rummy Nose Tetra

4.7
(3)
"I'd have to go with rummy nose tetras."
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"Rummynose tetras are mostly white, but their bright red faces."
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#23

Pseudomugil

4.7
(3)
"Pseudomugil! I’ve fallen in love with the little guys. Very unique and colorful"
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"If you haven't tried out Pseudomugil species, I highly recommend them!"
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"I would do some pseudomugil."
#24

Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish

4.3
(3)
"I personally love dwarf neon rainbow fish."
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"I got a shoal of dwarf neon rainbowfish and they quickly became one of my new favourite fishes."
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"You could try a handful of dwarf neon rainbows."
#25

Rasbora

4.3
(3)
"I also think you should look into chilli or galaxy rasboras."
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"Rasboras are good too."
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"Maybe a variety of rasbora? Espei or chili might look cool."
#26

Guppy

4.3
(3)
"I've kept rainbows, ember tetras, guppies, hillstream loaches."
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"Fancy guppies add color and schooling behavior."
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"I like guppies with harlequin rasboras."
#27

Espei Rasbora

4.3
(3)
"Another personal favorite of mine are espei rasboras, they are like miniature brighter neon harlequin rasboras. Stunning."
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"Espei rasbora."
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"Check out espei rasboras."
#28

Tetras

4.0
(3)
"Tetras!"
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"I have mine with tetras and corys."
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"Tetras!"
#29

Emperor Tetra

4.0
(3)
"Emperor tetras are cool."
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"See of you can find emperor tetras."
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"I’m a big fan of emperor tetras."
#30

White Cloud Mountain Minnow

5.0
(2)
"Always loved my big group of white cloud mountain minnows"
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"I've been planning for a 6x2x1.5 (lxbxh) tank, heavily planted and filled with only white could mountain minnows, cherry shrimp, pygmy corydoras and hillstream loaches."
#31

Chili rasboras

5.0
(2)
"Chilli rasboras for sure"
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"They add color and are great in a group."
#32

Chromis

3.3
(3)
"A bunch of chromis/damsels, or cardinals."
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"Chromis can be tricky; expect to end up with fewer than you start with."
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"Best experiment for open water swimmers would be chromis."
#33

Kubotai Rasbora

4.5
(2)
"Embers tetras , Kubotai rasboras, or cardinals?"
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"I love my kubotai rasboras behaviour."
#34

White Cloud Minnow

4.5
(2)
"I LOVE them"
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"White cloud minnows."
#35

Rasboras

4.5
(2)
"I like rasboras."
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"Rasboras! Very fun little fish."
#36

Harlequin Rasboras

4.5
(2)
"Harlequin Rasboras are vibrant and easy to care for!"
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"We recently got six Harlequin, rasboras for our 20 gallon and they're pretty fun to watch."
#37

Hyphessobrycon

4.5
(2)
"Hyphessobrycon sweglesi are awesome. One of the best schooling fish I've had that aren't shy at all."
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"The black phantom tetra is also a great schooling fish."
#38

N/A

4.5
(2)
"The Celestial Pearl Danio is a stunning and impressive fish that would enhance any aquarium."
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"A ton of neon tetras. Not exotic, but a classic."
#39

Silver Dollar

4.0
(2)
"I would go with silver dollars then you won’t have to worry about aggression"
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"Silver dollars, like 8 of them"
#40

Hatchetfish

4.0
(2)
"Hatchetfish are pretty cool"
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"If you want something different you could always go with hatchet fish."
#41

Lampeye Killifish

4.0
(2)
"Lampeye killifish are good"
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"Lampeye Killifish! I just discovered them."
#42

Penguin Tetra

4.0
(2)
"Penguin tetra cant beat em."
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"If you want a good schooling fish, check out Penguin Tetras."
#43

Anthias

4.0
(2)
"A larger tank would allow for a small school of Anthias."
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"I'd say a pack of anthias, a bunch of chromis/damsels, or cardinals."
#44

Discus

3.0
(2)
"82 would be fine for both rummy nose and discus."
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"I know nothing about Discus."
#45

Vietnamese Cardinal Minnows

5.0
(1)
"Vietnamese cardinal minnows school really nice."
#46

Pearl Danio

5.0
(1)
"Pearl danios are a recent fave of mine, love how they are so iridescent once grown and properly fed"
#47

Leopard Danio

5.0
(1)
"They’re pretty resistant to sickness as well and they never swim alone either"
#48

Rummy Nose

5.0
(1)
"Tightest schooling fish I've had are rummy nose."
#49

Pepper Corydoras

5.0
(1)
"Both are social schooling fish, and the harlequins are pretty little pops of red."
#50

Australian Rainbow Fish

5.0
(1)
"Look into Australian rainbow fish and US shiner species."
#51

Hillstream Loach

5.0
(1)
"I've kept rainbows, ember tetras, guppies, hillstream loaches."
#52

Rosy Loach

5.0
(1)
"I've kept rainbows, ember tetras, guppies, hillstream loaches."
#53

Green Tiger Barb

5.0
(1)
"Green tiger barbs. If you get enough they won't touch your rainbows."
#54

Cherry Barb

5.0
(1)
"Cherry barbs are adorable and sooo pretty!"
#55

Pristella Tetra

5.0
(1)
"I've got 10 pristella tetras."
#56

Mosquito Rasbora

5.0
(1)
"Mosquito Rasboras are extra small, but bright red."
#57

Black Neon Tetra

5.0
(1)
"I actually have a dozen black neon tetras with mine and they do great."
#58

Brilliant Rasbora

5.0
(1)
"Brilliant Rasboras, neon dwarf Praecox Rainbowfish."
#59

Madagascar Rainbowfish

5.0
(1)
"I have an awesome school of Madagascar rainbows."
#60

Galaxy

5.0
(1)
"Galaxy rasboras could work well for you"
#61

Dwarf Corydoras

5.0
(1)
"The habrosus and Chilies will add negligible bioload."
#62

Trigonostigma

5.0
(1)
"My lambchop rasbora are great schoolers."
#63

Brevibora

5.0
(1)
"They are great directional schoolers and add negligible bioload."
#64

Cardinal Minnows

5.0
(1)
"They school nicely and the males will flare and put on stunning displays."
#65

Prime Time Aquatics

5.0
(1)
"Rumy’s are great and one of the best schoolers."
#66

Aquarium Coop

5.0
(1)
"It was pretty cool to see a school of like 1000 Rumy’s in a 600 gallon."
#67

Lambchop

5.0
(1)
":)"
#68

Cory's

5.0
(1)
"You should get a school of Cory’s and neons that would look awesome!"
#69

Blenny

5.0
(1)
"Midas blenny is a fantastic choice for this tank size."
#70

Danio Species

5.0
(1)
"Any of the danio species also work nice with discus."
#71

Clown Loach

5.0
(1)
"Clown loaches and other botia species do really nice with discus."
#72

Celestial Pearl Danios

5.0
(1)
"I like celestial pearl danios."
#73

Pygmy Cory

5.0
(1)
"They’re all doing fine together."
#74

Thailand Glass Catfish

5.0
(1)
"Love those guys. They school tightly."
#75

Rummy Nose Tetras

5.0
(1)
"Very active schooling fish and their red nose just stands out."
#76

Rumy’s

5.0
(1)
"I have Rumy’s and can confirm, they school real well."
#77

Pygmy Corys

5.0
(1)
"They swim together with my Pygmy Corys in the evening and it is one of the best shows out there."
#78

Floating Plants

5.0
(1)
"Floating plants provide comfort for shy fish like Honey."
#79

Denison Barbs

5.0
(1)
"I got some Denison Barbs today that are brilliant."
#80

Emerald Eye Rasboras

5.0
(1)
"They're not the most colorful, but when you feed them good, the black spot on their fin looks incredible when they school."
#81

Cardinal Neon

5.0
(1)
"Buy from a wholesale place, I got 200 for a dollar a piece."
#82

Glowlite

5.0
(1)
"Glowlite is a great choice for aquariums."
#83

Glowlight Danios

5.0
(1)
"Glowlight Danios are my all time favorite! They school very close together like a rummy nose does and are always out and active. They leave my baby shrimp and baby mystery snails alone too!"
#84

Springeri Damsels

4.0
(1)
"Springeri damsels are what you’re looking for."
#85

White Cloud Minnows

4.0
(1)
"I enjoy white cloud minnows. They are really polite friendly little things."
#86

Silvertip Tetras

4.0
(1)
"I have silvertips in a 15G long and they school tight."
#87

Clown Killies

4.0
(1)
"I also like clown killis for the top."
#88

Neon Dwarf Rainbowfish

4.0
(1)
"Have you ever looked into Neon Dwarf Rainbowfish?"
#89

Danio

4.0
(1)
"I love danios but they are very fast and active and might out compete the gourami"
#90

Gold Barb

4.0
(1)
"Gold barbs or cherry barbs, they are peaceful compared with other barb types."
#91

Norman's Lampeye

4.0
(1)
"Norman's lampeyes are cool. mine still school at times after a year of keeping them."
#92

Buenos Aires Tetra

4.0
(1)
"I have Buenos Aires tetras with my Acara."
#93

Zebra Danio

4.0
(1)
"Zebra danios. My fav schooling fish."
#94

Golden White Cloud Minnow

4.0
(1)
"Golden White Cloud Minnows"
#95

Blind Cave Tetra

4.0
(1)
#96

Orange Striped Tetra

4.0
(1)
"Maybe like 15 and a couple snails"
#97

Green Neon

4.0
(1)
"They’re smaller than regular neons too so you could put a decent group in."
#98

Barbs

4.0
(1)
"Barbs"
#99

Green Eyed Rasbora

4.0
(1)
#100

Rasboras, Neon tetras, Platys, Rummy nose

4.0
(1)
"Rasboras 6+ Neon tetras 7+ platys 5+ Rummy nose 6+"
#101

Corys, harlequin rasboras

4.0
(1)
#102

Neons, rummy nose, celestial rasboras

4.0
(1)
"Neons would be cool in there, rummy nose, celestial rasboras"
#103

Zebra Danios, Ember Tetras, Galaxy Rasboras, Cardinal Tetras, Neon Tetras, Glo Light Tetras

4.0
(1)
"Any of: Zebra Danios Ember Tetras Galaxy Rasboras Cardinal Tetras Neon Tetras Fancy Guppies (not schooling but just as cool) Glo Light Tetras And a school of dwarf corydoras for the bottom"
#104

Mountain White Cloud Minnow

4.0
(1)
"Underrated mountain white cloud minnows"
#105

Hockey Stick Pencil

4.0
(1)
"Try something a little bigger maybe black skirts or one of larger pencil fish types like hockey stick pencils."
#106

Platy

4.0
(1)
"I've got 10 pristella tetras, and 8 Platies."
#107

Nannostomus

4.0
(1)
"Nannostomus pencilfish are super underrated imo"
#108

Japanese Rice Fish

4.0
(1)
"I’m a fan of Japanese Rice fish or Medaka, there’s a few colors of them but the platinum ones look great in my nano."
#109

Diamond Tetra

4.0
(1)
"Diamond tetras maybe? I had 8 in a 20g high and they seemed pretty chill."
#110

Albino Corydoras

4.0
(1)
"Albino corydoras go along with almost everything."
#111

Emerald Eye Rasbora

4.0
(1)
"Emerald eye rasbora are one of the best schooling fish."
#112

Yellow Phantom Tetra

4.0
(1)
"Huge fan of yellow phantom tetras."
#113

Scissor Tail Rasbora

4.0
(1)
"I just got a group of scissor tail rasboras. Swim nice together."
#114

Daisy's Rice Fish

4.0
(1)
"I have a mix of daisy rice fish, emerald eye rasboras and pepper tetras."
#115

Threadfin Rainbowfish

4.0
(1)
"Threadfin or blue eye rainbowfish."
#116

Galaxy Pearl Danio

4.0
(1)
"Galaxy pearl danios are a really cool small fish."
#117

Glowlights Tetra

4.0
(1)
"Glowlights tetras are pretty easy to find in stores."
#118

Blue Rasbora

4.0
(1)
"I love my blue rasboras, but harlequin are nice too."
#119

Galaxy Rasbora

4.0
(1)
"Also look at Galaxy rasbora, sparkling gourami."
#120

Silver Tip Tetra

4.0
(1)
"Silver tip tetras. Not exactly colorful but theyre super fun."
#121

Denison Barb

4.0
(1)
"Denison barbs? Or diamond tetras."
#122

Angelfish

4.0
(1)
"Small angelfish can be a beautiful showpiece but may nip at corals."
#123

Cardinalfish

4.0
(1)
"Cardinals are a good option for this tank."
#124

Clownfish

4.0
(1)
"Clownfish are a fun addition, but expect some losses when buying in groups."
#125

Firefish

4.0
(1)
"Firefish are a nice addition but can be shy."
#126

Fluval

4.0
(1)
"A larger tank like a 40 gallon provides more space for bettas and their companions."
#127

Ember Tetras

3.0
(1)
"I do love my ember tetras but they are more shoaling fish vs schooling."
#128

Tang

2.0
(1)
"Tangs are generally not recommended for this size tank."

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