The 15 BEST Schooling Fish For Freshwater Aquariums 🐟

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

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[@pamtidsbury736]

CPD’s? 14:28

[@tsonlinestore4023]

Videos like these are invaluable for learning about the best schooling fish for freshwater aquariums that were previously unknown. Keep doing the videos.

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

Small schooling fish are my favourite. I always end up dedicating my tank mainly, or even solely to them, and mine is a 50 gallons - But the spectacle of schooling fish in a planted aquarium is so unique, I readily renounce to larger fish in favour of them.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Agreed a large school is a speculate to watch 😊

[@deborahjeanne2141]

I have a 55g - the idea was for a betta sorority, so I wanted a big tank. But right now I have guppies and orange laser catfish and I have 6 more catfish and 10 ember tetras on the way. SMH! Once these guys are outta quarantine and doing well in the big tank, I want some rainbow fish and more Cory cats. I love Cory cats.. so my big fish tank is turning into a small fish tank!

[@thomaspethic6220]

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[@TheBlueBee98]

This is what I'm getting into. I'm doing so much research!

[@mikefisher4834]

Schooling fish don’t just hang out with their own species They’ll also school with other similar species I had a school of regular neons and a school of black neons that schooled together as one species💯🐠💙🔥

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Yes they do that 😊. That’s cool to see a mixed group. I’d love to see a pic of them in action

[@AhmadAsrafHashim]

My guppies school with my zebra danios 😆 funny to see

[@TerryLestrange]

My dwarf neon rainbows swim together with the congo tetra's.

[@aleonard8539]

Are they colour blind

[@xaviert.388]

green neon tetra schools with my large neon tetra. they look like schoolkids with their teacher

[@safatamin7419]

The video I was looking for, thanks for sharing it with us, really awesome and amazing and would like to recommend to everyone. ☺

[@Saimun177]

It’s always special to learn something about aquarium fishing. The way you presented the video is simply gorgeous. Also, your explanation is super cool and easy to understand. The video quality is excellent. I have learnt a lot about this type of fishing. Very helpful content. I Will recommend it to my friends. Keep up the good work.❤️

[@amzadhossan4amzad908]

It's the video iam looking in KZbin.. Finally i find it.. I love fishes very much... Thanks for share this helpful video.. Love you bro... Waiting for your next video... 🥰

[@xd9665]

nice video. petting fish is my favourite hobby since my childhood. these fishes are really beautiful . thank you for this video keep it up.

[@gsmshamid9285]

Thanks for this information. I have learn many things for my aquarium. Amazing video keep up the good work.

[@arman6524]

The video I was looking for , thanks for sharing it with us , really awesome and amazing and would like to recommend to everyone .wow . very beautiful fish unites . . thanks for the this enjoyable video .

[@kyndrydspyryt3867]

Also red eye tetra, congo tetra, lemon tetra, scissortail rasbora, endlers, tinfoil barb, five-banded barb, checker barb, clown loach

[@wwelover1328]

What a nice video.This project is very interesting.I love Fish.I very helped this video.Thank you so much share this video.

[@animeshortsforyou9238]

Nice work I'm really excited to this video and it's very important to me and thank you for getting videos like this keep it up

[@darshanajayalal9768]

Verry Important , beautiful and Useful Video. I Like It So Much. Thanks For Sharing This Great Video. Keep It Up....

[@darshanajayalal9768]

Your video is really amazing. I personally enjoyed the video and I like it very much because there are many things to learn in your video which will help a lot in real life. We only want more videos from you and hope you will give them. Thank you very much.

[@sulakshanahewapathirana9630]

wow. very beautiful fish unites. 😍😍. thanks for the this enjoyable video.

[@LashLeRoux.1]

The Cardinal Tetra has always been #1 in my book.

[@jaiganesh6026]

One of the best video ever I seen. Thanks for so much detail information Bro. Kindly make top 5 or top 10 community best fish collection for me.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Thank you 😊. I’m looking to do other series in the future stay tuned 😊. I have a big content pipeline 😁

[@prasa3589]

highly recomended you. useful content. thank you.

[@pteris7301]

Finally i found this video. Very good tutorial video. It helps others to know everything.

[@jetstream108]

Thanks for the new learning about fish.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Any time!

[@ColoradoStreaming]

On of my favorite things about schooling fish is if you have an established school that is happy and add new fish they immediately join the crew and get their vibrant colors.

[@dimitrijekrstic7567]

Nice! It's probably the fact that they see the happy group and realise this isn't a bad place! They chill out then

[@stevenlilly]

The Buenos Aires Tetra were by far the tightest schooling fish I've had. They are also little bullets when feeding... Unfortunately, they will eat some plants.. Looking to get a nano school going in with my rainbows..

[@petes3011]

Cherry barbs are massively under rated. In the store they look pale and meh. Put them in your plantd tank at home and the colours really shout and they behave interesting;ly. Even the female's yellow and black stripes look brill. Get 8 if you can.

[@nayeemhossain5623]

those fish is great. i love those fish . thanks for your good explanation .

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Thanks :)

[@clarencewright9841]

I like those schooling fish but I keep only one of a kind in my community tank, you are able to see their personalities better

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Hi Clarence - I agree uniform schools look a lot better

[@shimulbiswas2218]

A very nice video. I like the video very much. I can learn a lot from the video. Thank you sir for s

[@Clawsome88]

Those glass tetra look cool, I dont have a tank but feel like getting one now 🙈

[@kdog543]

All I know it's restful watching the harmony in the tank even on social media somehow visual relaxing hours of enjoyment.💜

[@YesterdayTodayandTomorrow]

Awesome Video and informative. Can all these be kept in one community tank?

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Not all of them in the same tank. If you have a larger aquarium you could do multiple schools but most opt for 1 single species for uniformity

[@YesterdayTodayandTomorrow]

@@AquariumStoreDepot Got it. Thank you

[@LawnCareMinimalist]

Jellybean tetras… love their colors, the fact that they aren’t even remotely shy and that they school higher, and they really accent the colors in the rest of the tank very well. I even like the way they swim. Orange body. Green fins. But… of all the fish in the tank something was killing them off. My best guess is the generally not aggressive girl betta in there, but it also could have been the generally peaceful electric blue short body ram. I might trade the betta into a different tank and try the jellybeans again. The last survivor I moved over to a tank with nothing aggressive and he’s doing well.

[@mikefisher4834]

My favorite thing about Cory cats is the way they sit next to each other like cars at a 50s drive-in💯😂

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

🤣 I never thought about that before. Awesome

[@nikulasncchakma2515]

Wow.This fish are look awesome.There are many kinds of fish.Every fish are so various colorful. All are look very gorgeous. Thes fish are best schooling in fresswater aquims.

[@mgibs46]

I love small schooling fish. I have a 55 gallon and I’m getting ready to get a 90. Both will be full of small schooling fish. I stare at my 55 gallon all the time 🥰

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

They are awesome and underrated at larger aquarium sizes. I’ve seen schools of over 100 cardinals at tradeshows they look amazing 🤩

[@dishalasa852]

I like this video content. Thank you for sharing the tutorial.

[@josepolanco1228]

Great video!! Subcribed to your channel

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Thank you so much for your comment ❤️. This is one of my older videos. The newer content I think is much better. Glad to have you as a subscriber 😊.

[@mitsukuniyuuki255]

How to i make my fish to school?? I have 8 neon tetra and 10 CPDs in my 30gallon long tank.. but they all over the tank.. the only time i see them together is when its feedling time.

[@adrasvi]

Thank you for sharing this vadio ❤❤ I know more about schooling aquarium fish❤😊

[@SNRFACTS4]

Wow Amzing Today My Favorite Videos About The 15 BEST Schooling Fish For Freshwater Aquariums 🐟❤️is very important to me.I watch your videos everyday❤️. Very Simple Explanation!! I appreciate you talking about this idea. Thanks for providing this extremely valuable and instructive video.

[@gb9926]

I’m setting up a medium aqua scape project. Can you mix neon, rummy nose, etc and will they school together???

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

No they don't school together. Make sure to keep the Rummys group and the Neons group separate. Even so, it's enjoyable to observe their small clusters. Sometimes they all band together to feed or simply to swim around.

[@JimHinCO]

Great video!

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Thanks! 😊

[@ladynicole888]

Looking for something to go w/ a big snow ball male peltco, 2 cherry shrimp 1M/1F-20 gal. Tank has been up over a Yr.

[@rodagrail3231]

I've just been gifted with 3 smaller tanks. So am very excited getting started. I have an African frog a albino catfish and 6 guppies. I'd love a shrimp tank..they r lovely. What is a nano tank mean please? U speak very clearly and I like the still pics to see each fish and not just in the tank. U make an excellent teacher...thank you.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Hi Roda. A nano tank in the freshwater world would be anything less than 20 gallons. In the saltwater side, anything under 40 gallons is considered a nano tank

[@rodagrail3231]

@@AquariumStoreDepot ok thx

[@Whitewing89]

I wouldn't call cherry barbs schooling fish. I have 6 and they mostly do their own thing. Great seasy fish though. Males look great when they get the adult color.

[@AuntyChanty82]

I just got 6 von rio tetras. I have a 29 gallon tank with a rubber lip pleco. I am thinking of getting a few more.

[@deezee1951]

Cardinal Tetra is my Favorite.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Yes, Cardinal Tetras make a fantastic Schooling aquarium and are visually appealing.

[@sandunirajapaksha7480]

superb video.. thanks for sharing this valuable video

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Thank you ^_^

[@aditchowdhury45]

Thank you for sharing with us hope anyone helpful to this vadio ❤ 😊 They know about schooling aquarium fish 🐟

[@pallobkumar5730]

This Is amazing video.. Thank you so much owner for share it 😇❤️

[@karendotson230]

Great video! Thank you!

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

You are welcome!

[@justendelacruz3754]

How many of the same species should I have (minimum) for schooling to occur?

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Usually 6 or more is a good start

[@genosera777]

my tank filled with black phantom tetra. i just love how they simply float together in the middle of tank.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

That’s awesome to hear 😊. I’m glad you are enjoying your schooling fish ❤️

[@biyerchobi8874]

All are those schooling fish are best of best for Aquariums, I also have one 🥰

[@levivankreuningen8952]

Harlequins are beautiful how many espei in 15 gallon?

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

7 is a good number

[@적분상수-i9f]

thanks for this video😊 but some species like neon,cardinal tetras are not a good schooling fish as they don’t schooling when they adapt to the tank

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Good point!

[@zoximm3425]

55 gallon tank. 1 betta and 1 angelfish as the main display. 1 school of blue neon thst school with the black and red. 1 school serpae tetra 1 school of red eye tetras. And then guppies which won’t stop breeding so they have the largest number

[@JosephGitch]

top of the list for me are in my 29 gal. tank are 10 white cloud mountain minnows and 5 cherry barbs. in my 20 gal. tank i have 5 tiger barbs 5 zebra danios. It has worked really well especially the 20 gal. they are both known to be fin nippers which they do but they believe in segregation and don't swim together.

[@mahaburrahman7972]

This video is very excellent

[@melv.m]

15 best schooling fish starts here 2:17

[@sahabulislamsabu1034]

That's great video....❤️❤️

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Thank you ^_^

[@rusjmana6279]

thank you so much!!!

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

You're welcome!

[@jxjee02]

I got a pair of Marigolds and they usually pair up together same with my pair of Angels

[@shannon-2bxcentric260]

Thanks for sharing

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

My pleasure

[@nokiddin3045]

Awesome info 👍👍

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Thank you 🙏

[@TimAndEricAreTheBest]

I smashed the like button

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Awesome 😎

[@johnnymanalo207]

Where do we buy that kind of species

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Flip aquatics is a great place to start. Their link is in the description. They are one of our channel partners.

[@BrittanyBauer-py6in]

I think tiger barb fish or school of african cichlids or south American cichlid

[@garrettnelson2484]

Great little production. Would like to see more of the Top 20 "EXCELLENT" School Fish, featuring less tetras & some more small variety examples: Dwarf Pencilfish, CRP (Coral Red Pencilfish), CPD ("Galaxy fish"), Golden Dwarf Barb (the "Golden" dwarf variety= shrimp-safe over the "gold barb" is different), Emerald-Eye Rasbora or Kubotai Rasbora (neon green rasboras), dwarf loaches (Chain Loach ~ 6cm), and finally the smallest nano-aquarium fish ever discovered! Indonesian Super Dwarf! Just 7 ideas anyway to add to the broader spectrum, pencilfish for sure are getting a bit more attention in planted tanks and they do tend to school when kept in 7+ of their same species. I believe pencilfish are gaining some ground in popularity over hatchetfish. Especially the brighter colored Beckford's and Coral Reds are sold out everywhere.

[@florantetan319]

What subjects fish learn in fish school

[@AlexRox1213]

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[@jayneestewart3124]

Are there many cool water schooling Fish then the 2 you mentioned?

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Yes - I have a video about the very subject on this channel 😊

[@lunarahman1476]

Wow Iliked glass catfish...this type of tiny catfish I never seen before..

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Yes they are quite fascinating ^_^

[@TheSunIsMyDestroyer]

i'm trying to do an species only tank i need the tightest schooling fish

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Hi there. Rummy nose tetras school fairly tight.

[@TheSunIsMyDestroyer]

@@AquariumStoreDepot thanks!

[@kevinbolden8998]

Black Tetras are my favorite

[@charleshouston7886]

Colombian tetras are my favorite

[@pdfahie]

Tiger barbs were always my favorite schools

[@ranger178]

I like cardinal tetras but they are rare to find in fish stores i can't even get them to order them seems they die too much the neons are easier for them

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Flip Aquatics should have them. Check our partner links. Rob is a good friend of mine

[@sarcarniru10]

Neon tetra is my pick।।।।

[@emihayashi7725]

Which ftom this set survive in very hard water? Tap water in my city is so hard that not even java moss will survive.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Rainbow fish are gonna be the most tolerant. You can also try African cichlids if you have hard water. They are schooling but they work great this this type of water.

[@Naturallife0011]

The most popular and common one colour widow tetra fish you have forgotten. 😂

[@zachbechtel725]

Where's the Silver Dollars at?Thought for sure they would of been on here.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Silver dollars are great- we just stuck with smaller fish for this list

[@Frog13799]

I see angels in the same tanks as neons, in my experience the angels ate them all

[@FirozAlam-fm4zz]

Rainvow fish, zebra, glow tetras, nose.

[@bradleybaerII]

What about endlers

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Endlers are schooling fish. But to make video short CPDs and many other good species left. don't worry stay tuned in future videos we will make more videos on such amazing topics.

[@siuit]

How about congo tetras

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Yes, Congo tetras are schooling fish that can get anxious if they are not part of a group of at least six of the same species.

[@stfu2253]

can Someone suggest me schooling fish bottom dwellers for my arowana

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Rays can work assuming you have a large enough tank to house both. Not schooling though.

[@JaxJax-ji3ku]

I have a red tetra in 10gollin for 7 of then

[@phansclan5785]

Just added 29 tiger barb in 125gl tank and this video pop up

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

I hope you enjoyed the video; if so, subscribe for more advice on aquariums.

[@akvasvet]

👍 👍 👍 👍

[@johanluyten8724]

Cardinal

[@cambuxton6835]

Never leave schooling fish all alone. They become nervous and neurotic when alone.

[@larryhenry719]

Neon tetras died within a week I tried those a couple times but more.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

I’m sorry to hear where did you purchase them from? Rob at Flip sells them online and quarantines all his livestock. That could be a good route if you are willing to try again

[@larryhenry719]

I got them at Petco and PetSmart some of them had curved spines.Neon tetras are the only fish that I have ever bought that don't survive.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

@@larryhenry719 Curved spine is a symptom of neon tetra disease. Have you tried purchasing from a vendor that quarantines their schooling/nano fish like Flip Aquatics? You may have better luck purchasing from there.

[@MELODYMUNRO]

CELSIUS please!. 195 countries only 3 use Fahrenheit.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

We are working on adding Celsius to our blog notes. It’s unfortunately too late to add to the video, but we are adding the details to our blog.

[@AnoraJohnson]

Aquarium Store Depot is in the US. We do use Fahrenheit here. Subtract 32 and divide by 1.8. I do the same in reverse when I watch videos from metric-using countries. It's fine to ask the channel for help, but rude to complain about something you can do yourself.

[@TACONUGGETS]

I love tetras

[@PJZombie]

So each and nearly every Fish is the most popular fish you say? Lol Not all schooling fish need to be with their OWN species to be happy. Many just need the company of other non aggressive fish.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

I don’t think I ever said they need to be only with their same species. Rule of thumbs helps many newcomers. You can go out of the box and try new things when you have more experience. For example - when I was a newbie I would never try housing multiple betta. Now with experienced I’ve done it - despite many content creators saying you shouldn’t. As content creators we typically have to serve a wide audience so broad rules of thumb generally will keep newbies on the safe side

[@PJZombie]

​@AquariumStoreDepot Don't think I said that you said that they do. Yes true, there are many things that people don't do, just because others have said it can't be done. I once had a Cat, Dog and Bird (Blue Ring Neck Parrot). They would sit peacefully next to each other in our longeroom. The Bird was boss though. But if you asked many people, it was not a possible thing.

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

@@PJZombie Yes very true. One of the jokes I used to make with my webmaster was that I would only keep things that a cat would kill or eat - birds, fish, etc. My cats never bothered them - they were too interested in killing the crickets and gekkos that came into the house.

[@ctrlkilljr8075]

Were are my CPDs ? 😁

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

yes CPDs are also one of the best schooling fish for your aquariums

[@rreply6166]

Rummy nose!

[@kevindevin3083]

No mollies and guppies in your list 🤔

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Mollies and guppies are not schooling nor shoaling - they are social fish 😊

[@marka9556]

No Tiger barbs!

[@AquariumStoreDepot]

Yes - they require more research to pull off then others since they like to nip. You either need a large group of them so they bother each other or have fish that won't get nipped by them. They got left off for this reason as there are many others like Rainbowfish that will school happily and not nip fish.

[@florantetan319]

Do they graduate and get deploma