Dither fish suggestions..?

[manytanks]

The tank is a 55 gallon planted; inhabitants include some corys, SAEs, about 30 male Enders and 18 neon tetras. The tetras are so much at home that they feel no need to school at all - they just wander around all over and are getting fat and lazy. I'm of a mind that it would be nice to see them school.

What does everyone recommend as a dither fish that will spook the neons just a bit, but won't snack on the Endlers?

[NjOyRiD]

an OSCAR haha just kiddin!
My opinion would be bleeding heart Tetras, I just love them!

[aidensmomma2000]

Danois?

[Julie]

How about some boisterous clown loaches to liven everybody up?
I like the rams, but they might eat the endlers.


Julie

[mseguin]

It's gonna be hard to find afish that will threaten them without actually being a threat to them. The other thing is that captive bred fish (neons being one extensively bred species) tend to lose wild behaviours over generations.
Anwyay, I would suggest soem rainbows, very active, fairly large but not too dangerous usually.

[Mettle]

I'd suggest the dwarf neon rainbows if going that route. But that's just me personally.

Clown loaches aren't a bad idea, but may pick off some of the baby endlers.

I really couldn't come up with anything good in terms of suggestions other than different types of tetras or dwarf cichlids... Maybe look into a larger bodied tetra?

[luvfishies]

How about a couple of angelfish  :twisted:

[mseguin]

What a colourful buffet!

[BigDaddy]

How about some boisterous clown loaches to liven everybody up?
I like the rams, but they might eat the endlers.


Julie

Rams won't eat Endlers.

And I agree with mseguin's assessment.  I have almost 2 dozen cardinals in my community tank with angels, keyholes.... For the first month or three they all schooled together.  Now, they are more spread out.  I think the refuge of the plants is another reason they aren't as tight together too.

It's funny, I usually consider the neons the dithers...