freshwater tank stock

[soleil1980]

Hi there!

I have a 60g with sand and live plants (nothing fancy... java ferns, moss and jungle vals).  I currently have guppies, bushynose and cories in there but I want to change things a bit.  I want to keep my bushynose and cories but transfer the guppies in another tank.

I was thinking of putting small (inexpensive) schooling fish in there of different types.  Something along the lines of neons, penguins tetras, rummy nose, harlequins...  Would they all school together of stay with their own species?

any other ideas?   I was cute, easy and cheap!  hahaha easy reproduction would be a plus not a must

[exv152]

Of the ones you named the rummynose tetras are probably the best schooling fish, next to the harlequins. The others tend to swim solitaire a lot. That said, longer and larger tanks encourage most tetras to school.

[Got Fish?]

I have the neon green Rasboras in stock and they school the most for me. Then the ember tetras. They are all in the cute category. 

[Shawn84]

What kind of schooling fish do you want?  Tight or loose. You might want to add something in the tank to help them school together. Rummynose are best in tight schooling. You might want to stick with one type of schooling fish to add a nice effect.

[sanny]

You should consider diamond tetras, they're extremely beautiful once they reach adult size. They're also schooling fish. Big Al's on Innes currently has some in stock.

[sas]

I'd agree on the rummynose tetras as well for a great schooling fish as shawn mentioned. They stick together like glue to each other.
They're fairly hardy as well.I loved my CPD when I had them, they schooled as well but not as tight and I found you had to buy them all at once.
I bought 2 batches from the same store at different times and ended up with 2 schools. Silly fish.