Smallest schooling salt water fish?

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  1. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    I know this isn't freshwater, but...

    When I saw Matt's thread about a fish for his Dimax IQ3, it got me thinking. For my tank I want to have some schooling fish, but I am reaching my limit already, without the tank even being set up yet. :p I have made up a list of fish....

    -Yellow Spotted Bristletooth OR- Yellow Eye Kole tang
    -2 Yellow Stripe Clingfish
    -3 Carverryi Anthias
    -Swales Swissguard Basslet

    This is for a reef tank, so I need Reef Safe fish. I'm looking for active fish that are no more than 2" in adult size. I was thinking about a school of 5, if I could find a fish small enough. :) Someone said something about fish less than 1" in length?
     
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  3. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    I already checked out the Nano Fish section of Live Aquaria, but haven't had much luck.
     
  4. JJL

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    How big is the tank you want to put them in?
     
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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
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    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    Sorry, this is a 75g tank.
     
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    Yes they are nice I just have not seen them schooling, but I am sure they probably do. Wish I could remember the video recently with them schooling.
     
  10. JJL

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    I know that they are not small, but I think you might be able to do like 3 lyretail anthias maybe...
     
  11. Seano Hermano

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    I want to have one main fish(the tang) some medium fish(for this size tank) then like 5 small schooling fish. The list I have so far equals about 23".

    Bristletooth or- Yellow Eye Kole tang 7"
    2 Yellow Stripe Clingfish - 2" ea.
    3 Carverryi Anthias - 3" ea.
    Swales Swissguard Basslet - 3"

    I was thinking about 3 blue-green chromis..I wanna have more, small fish. lol.
     
  12. leighton1245

    leighton1245 Horrid Stonefish

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    green chromis are schooling fish and cheap to :) they dont get very big i was thinking about 5 in my tank i have a 75gal also