Do All Shoaling Fish Shoal in the Saltwater Aquarium?
The problem with shoaling fish in the saltwater aquarium is that certain species that shoal in the wild will fight to the death if placed in anything but the largest public aquarium. Yellow tangs are a good example. This most common of saltwater aquarium fish shoals in large numbers in the wild, but more than one adult in a home saltwater aquarium can cause serious problems. Therefore it is not advisable to try to recreate that shoal of fish you saw on your recent dive or in that picture of a natural reef without first doing a little more research. document.getElementById(‘adsense_placeholder_2’).innerHTML = document.getElementById(‘adsense_ad_2_hidden’).innerHTML; Threadfin Cardinal One excellent shoaling family of fishes for the saltwater aquarium is the family Apogonidae, better known as the cardinalfishes. In particular, the threadfin cardinalfish (Zoramia leptacantha) is an easy-to-keep, readily available and relatively inexpensive cardinalfish species that will readily shoal in a
