Best Schooling/Shoaling fish for a 125 gallon tank.

So when I do the tank upgrade I was condidering having at least one school/shoal of fish. are there any that will work well in a 125? I will be moving over my percula clown and want to get a foxface rabbitfish. the damsels will need a new home if they survive the move.

 

lyretail anthias

 

+1 on the anthias, or chromis instead of adding the damselfish.

 

how about +1 on anthias with no damsels of any form=)

 

How about a school of Bangaii cardinals.

 

Dispar Anthias, Squamipinnis Anthias, basically any anthias. They make the prettiest schools....no damsels!

 

Anthias, longspine cardinals, or orange-stripe cardinals if you can find some healthy ones.

 

Thanks for the input guys. BTW the damsels are not going into the new tank. They are in my current tank for color and because it's small. If a suitable home cannot be found they will be religated to the fuge. With the fish specified above and a Hippo tang, how many anthias would possibly be ok in the tank? The sump and fuge are going to add roughly 40 gallons extra and we might also go with the 180 which was only slightly more so there would be even more room. I don't want to many though as I might like to add other fish later.

 

I'd say like 6 but I heard you have to have like 3 females per male, but chromis are much cheaper.