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Ben Pedersen
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Even with 6 feedings a day and lots of hiding spots.. my blue green chromis count has dwindled to 4 in an 80 gal tank multiple times.. That is my experience... :). I love these fish! They are amazing and affordable!
This is my tank..
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I have successfully kept 8 Orange Line Chromis in a 36 gallon. :). They get big quick.. but they don't kill each other off like blue green..
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It is an 80 gallon.. Switching to 300 later this year.. God willing. :)
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2 in a 40 gallon will do great. :)
Ef4life
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Not sure what species exactly but they are all the same luckily, I originally bought 4 online and 3 at petco. One died during shipping.
I did recently just take possession of another chromis when a friend broke down a tank but won’t add it to my established group out of fear.
rhostam
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I love my chromies. I have a 50 gallon tank. Since they are a schooling fish I bought 5. I wish I had bought 6, though.
They are super active and always out in the open. They helped my clowns to explore, too.
Their shimmering blue green is pretty entrancing. I bought them, but wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about them. But they are more spunky and beautiful than I imagined.
They do a kiss pushing type ritual occasionally, and chase each other every once in a while. But it doesn’t seem to affect them negatively. They each have their little hideouts at night. It’s fun to watch them back into their spot on their sides or upside down.
Oops! That was much more than 0.02$ hehe. Don’t mind me!
They are super active and always out in the open. They helped my clowns to explore, too.
Their shimmering blue green is pretty entrancing. I bought them, but wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about them. But they are more spunky and beautiful than I imagined.
They do a kiss pushing type ritual occasionally, and chase each other every once in a while. But it doesn’t seem to affect them negatively. They each have their little hideouts at night. It’s fun to watch them back into their spot on their sides or upside down.
Oops! That was much more than 0.02$ hehe. Don’t mind me!
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I never mentioned how long I've had the emperor.. I got him about 3 years ago. I am starting to think I might have to get rid of him.. He likes orange... Not thinking about that, I bought an orange/red lobo to go with my other lobos... He has take a couple nips at it.. :(
Depends on size but I bet you could stuff 400-500 in there. :)
fachatga
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I like them too. But not much luck either. Got 3. Kids named them maya, aya, and Naya. Aya died. Replaced her with aya 2. She died replaced by aya 3. Long story short. We now have 2 chromis. They’re plain looking fish but I love them.
revenant
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A little necro here but it's relevant.. I started with 10 chromies in my 290G last year in August... I was down to 9 of them as of last week, I lost one months ago but the rest have been very healthy... they've been a little skittish though, so I added 5 more much smaller ones this past weekend. In the hopes of promoting more swimming in the water column. They did a little chasing at first but they settled in pretty quicly... the two groups of them shoal together sometimes and apart sometimes too.. it's super neat. I love these guys... the older ones have grown a LOT too... I have 6 yellow tailed damsels too... (I think one is an azure though).. they do chase a little at times but only each other... for the most part all are model citizens! I feed my tank 3 to 4 times daily... depends on the day.. times 5 every once in a while..
I recently added 10 green chromis to my observation tank. I been watching them for a couple of weeks now and what I've noticed is they never stop moving. All 10 are constantly swimming into the flow from the powerhead. Even when they are huddled together for the night they still don't stop moving.
This behaviour has me wondering if they would do better in our tanks with multiple feedings so they have rhe nutrition they need to support they're physical activity.
I've tried two groups of 7 through the years and eventually I ended with one both times. But I didn't realize how active they really were because they spent much of the hiding.
They love smaller food like baby brine and ground up flake as well as frozen mysis amd frozen brine. They really get active with powered food like coral frenzy and such. I'm feeding them 5-10 times a day currently. (Im retired)
My plan is to try and train them on an auto feeder. I'm leaning toward a plank because it can dispence very small food particles below the surface. I already have them swimming to me and they take food before I even release it. I'm going to try and train them on the food being dispensed at certain times each day.
I plan on placing an acclimation box in an area of the DT that the big fish don't really hang out and feeding them there for a week or so in the box before I release them. I'll leave the feeder in the same location when they are released.
My hopes are if they get enough food it may curb the aggression and I may be able to keep a group successfully.
I'm a believer that hungry fish are aggressive fish because they stay in survival mode trying for as much food as they can get so they don't starve. Less competition equals more food. If nothing else it will keep me busy. I'll try to remember to report back in several month with a progress report.
They'll be going into this WB 330.7
Amstar
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I think you are spot on -- I have 6 in my 150 gallon and I think the aggression is kept down by multiple small feedings via an avast plank (my other fish love it to) -- I think the multiple times feeding through out the day has kept the aggression down and part of the successI recently added 10 green chromis to my observation tank. I been watching them for a couple of weeks now and what I've noticed is they never stop moving. All 10 are constantly swimming into the flow from the powerhead. Even when they are huddled together for the night they still don't stop moving.
This behaviour has me wondering if they would do better in our tanks with multiple feedings so they have rhe nutrition they need to support they're physical activity.
I've tried two groups of 7 through the years and eventually I ended with one both times. But I didn't realize how active they really were because they spent much of the hiding.
They love smaller food like baby brine and ground up flake as well as frozen mysis amd frozen brine. They really get active with powered food like coral frenzy and such. I'm feeding them 5-10 times a day currently. (Im retired)
My plan is to try and train them on an auto feeder. I'm leaning toward a plank because it can dispence very small food particles below the surface. I already have them swimming to me and they take food before I even release it. I'm going to try and train them on the food being dispensed at certain times each day.
I plan on placing an acclimation box in an area of the DT that the big fish don't really hang out and feeding them there for a week or so in the box before I release them. I'll leave the feeder in the same location when they are released.
My hopes are if they get enough food it may curb the aggression and I may be able to keep a group successfully.
I'm a believer that hungry fish are aggressive fish because they stay in survival mode trying for as much food as they can get so they don't starve. Less competition equals more food. If nothing else it will keep me busy. I'll try to remember to report back in several month with a progress report.
They'll be going into this WB 330.7
revenant
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they all died but one both times? edit: yes they are VERY active.. they're like nervous little dogs... sort of shaking all the time... they def burn some calories... I feed the heck out of my tank too, so mine eat well... as I said 3 or 4 times per day... on rare occasions 5 times... I want to ensure everyone is well fed... all my corals are good with high nutrients so I throw food in without conscience.I recently added 10 green chromis to my observation tank. I been watching them for a couple of weeks now and what I've noticed is they never stop moving. All 10 are constantly swimming into the flow from the powerhead. Even when they are huddled together for the night they still don't stop moving.
This behaviour has me wondering if they would do better in our tanks with multiple feedings so they have rhe nutrition they need to support they're physical activity.
I've tried two groups of 7 through the years and eventually I ended with one both times. But I didn't realize how active they really were because they spent much of the hiding.
They love smaller food like baby brine and ground up flake as well as frozen mysis amd frozen brine. They really get active with powered food like coral frenzy and such. I'm feeding them 5-10 times a day currently. (Im retired)
My plan is to try and train them on an auto feeder. I'm leaning toward a plank because it can dispence very small food particles below the surface. I already have them swimming to me and they take food before I even release it. I'm going to try and train them on the food being dispensed at certain times each day.
I plan on placing an acclimation box in an area of the DT that the big fish don't really hang out and feeding them there for a week or so in the box before I release them. I'll leave the feeder in the same location when they are released.
My hopes are if they get enough food it may curb the aggression and I may be able to keep a group successfully.
I'm a believer that hungry fish are aggressive fish because they stay in survival mode trying for as much food as they can get so they don't starve. Less competition equals more food. If nothing else it will keep me busy. I'll try to remember to report back in several month with a progress report.
They'll be going into this WB 330.7
@Amstar - I agree feeding many times per day (smallish) is a key for success with fish in general.. all they do is eat all day in the wild... we have to simulate that best as we can here without generating too much waste.. and / or having very good waste absorption.. I feed pellets and small plankton bits with my larger frozen bits too. it's good for everyone. I kept 9 out of 10 chromis alive for 14 months with that.
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Amstar
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in my plank I feed a variety of freezer dried food (Mysis, calanus, copepods, brine shrimp (very little), pacific krill (for my bigger fish) rotifers, and then pellets (algae max and TDO chromasboost) - I've had all 6 of my chromis for about 12 months now --
good flow for them to play in and then lots of rock work -- they school during the day but find different places to sleep
good flow for them to play in and then lots of rock work -- they school during the day but find different places to sleep
revenant
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nice... yeah good flow, mine love that.. and nice hiding spots for sleeping or just ducking out. Def important.
Every snorkeling video I see has large groups of chromis in it.. including when I snorkel! So I wanted to have a good colony in my tank as they seem like a staple of a reef ecosystem... They seem to encourage more swimming in the water column. And my large ones now even pick at the nori clip! so I have been upping the nori quantity. I am trying to keep the food in line with the fishes growth... just eyeballing it.. but so far so good. The yellow tails are the ones who build homes in the sand and rocks and do more "reef engineering"... but I think they all play a part.
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