hi all,
like many hobbyists here, i can attest to blue reef chromis & green chromis having the unfortunate reputation of picking each other off when kept in groups. i myself tried with a group of 10 (in a 180G tank), and eventually, they picked each other off. they seemed to hold steady at 3 individuals from what i keep reading.
i’m curious to ask if anyone (with tanks in the 100G to 300G range especially), had fared better success with groups in the 20-30 count range. i’m thinking of a kind of a “protection in numbers” approach where the weaker chromis can hide among the crowd.
realistically, i still think such a large group would inevitably still dwindle down to a very select few.
i also tried mixing different chromis (blue reef chromis, green chromis, black & white chromis) at a count of 3-5 each, but the same result.
i have a similar idea i’d like to try but with combined groups of chromis: 3-10 of each of the following species - - blue reef chromis, green chromis, black & white chromis, barrier reef chromis, vanderbilt chromis, etc. maybe mix is up with talbot damsels and rolland damsels (the more species, the lesser the count per species).
@JPergamo: you alluded to this in a post back in september; this may also be of interest to @Nobbygas, @Bob2bob, @Feet4Fish based on past threads that I checked. thanks for reading.
respectfully,
rick
like many hobbyists here, i can attest to blue reef chromis & green chromis having the unfortunate reputation of picking each other off when kept in groups. i myself tried with a group of 10 (in a 180G tank), and eventually, they picked each other off. they seemed to hold steady at 3 individuals from what i keep reading.
i’m curious to ask if anyone (with tanks in the 100G to 300G range especially), had fared better success with groups in the 20-30 count range. i’m thinking of a kind of a “protection in numbers” approach where the weaker chromis can hide among the crowd.
realistically, i still think such a large group would inevitably still dwindle down to a very select few.
i also tried mixing different chromis (blue reef chromis, green chromis, black & white chromis) at a count of 3-5 each, but the same result.
i have a similar idea i’d like to try but with combined groups of chromis: 3-10 of each of the following species - - blue reef chromis, green chromis, black & white chromis, barrier reef chromis, vanderbilt chromis, etc. maybe mix is up with talbot damsels and rolland damsels (the more species, the lesser the count per species).
@JPergamo: you alluded to this in a post back in september; this may also be of interest to @Nobbygas, @Bob2bob, @Feet4Fish based on past threads that I checked. thanks for reading.
respectfully,
rick