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Can you train a fish to shool?


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Mikey, Ira is joking,

the fact that your fish aren't schooling is a good thing - they are feeling happy and unthreatones. If they get a fright, which they sure would if you put a large cichlid in the tank, they will bunch together in a school as panic response.

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larger tanks work - if you have say, 100 tetra in a 6000L tank they will school, or at least look like they are schooling because they are so close together relative to the size of the tank.

fear of the unknown is almost as effective as fear of a big ugly predator (or potential predator) so large open spaces work well.

but then you also have to consider that fish will hide more the less places you give them to hide...

you might find that your fish think they are schooling anyway, if they can see each other from their separate locations.

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I currently have a large group of schooling discus that I've introduced a dominant "leader" to settle down. Lots of traffic by the tank and lack of places to hide give them a schooling response.

When fish hang out and do "their own thing" they usually have babies. Obviously, schooling isn't always a great thing. Enjoy your fish, they sound happy.

I could never get my penguins to school either, by the way. Great fish but a bit nippy for tetras.

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