Schooling fish for tanks

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A lot of people when they are first setting up a tank want to have the dynamic motion of having a school of fish in their tank. But a lot of people don't realize that you need a lot of space in order to have a proper school of fish. Smaller tanks (Under 100 gallons) can only really hold a small grouping and a lot of the times they don't tend to actually swim together in a proper school as there is not enough room or reason to. If you have a larger tank and can put a decent amount of fish in you will have more of a successful chance at getting a proper school. Here is a list of some of my favorite schooling fish for tanks, both large and small.

Talbot Damsels
Yellow Tail Damsels
Mini Dart Gobies (Great for small specimen only tanks but do require live food)
Firefish
Green Chromis
Blue reef chomis
Anthias
Banggai Cardinals

There are a lot more options available but these are a list of my favorites.
 
What would be the minimum size you'd recommend when thinking "larger tank" for successful schooling?
 
Chromis, damsels or anthias
 
I'd love to have a school of either Green Chromis or Anthias in my 170 eventually. Not sure yet how many is a good number for a 5' tank though.
 

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