Showoff Your.... Chromis?

sfin52 · Oct 27, 2020

SAWFISH said:
That is interesting, do they not protect the eggs, like pairs of clownfish do?

They would go after my hand and other stuff but so many fish and crabs that its a loosing battle by the end of the second day they are all gone

SAWFISH · Oct 27, 2020

boacvh said:
My 2 chromis. The blue one is the tank bully

The blue one does look like a bully. Also really cool goniopora, I have never seen a yellow one before

boacvh · Oct 27, 2020

SAWFISH said:
The blue one does look like a bully. Also really cool goniopora, I have never seen a yellow one before

Thanks. It's really more pink. But the lighting on this pic did make it look yellow.
The big one bullies everyone. The small one is actually nicknamed duncan mcleod. He killed all the other chromis. There can only be one.

SAWFISH · Oct 27, 2020

boacvh said:
Thanks. It's really more pink. But the lighting on this pic did make it look yellow.
The big one bullies everyone. The small one is actually nicknamed duncan mcleod. He killed all the other chromis. There can only be one.

Quoting Wikipedia: "Duncan MacLeod travels the world in search of friendship and adventure, helping people when he can, sometimes fighting alongside or against other immortals"

Sounds like a great addition to any tank

. I wonder if he is strong enough to beat aiptasia

ScubaFish802 · Oct 27, 2020

Haydn said:

What are these? Love the colors

burningmime · Oct 27, 2020

802ScubaFish said:
What are these? Love the colors

I believe those are Barrier Reef Chromis (Chormis Nitida): https://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?did=1&pid=757&cid=15

I really want a school of them for my new tank, but from @Haydn's comments, it sounds like they might be more trouble than its worth.

Haydn · Oct 28, 2020

802ScubaFish said:
What are these? Love the colors

burningmime said:
I believe those are Barrier Reef Chromis (Chormis Nitida): https://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?did=1&pid=757&cid=15

I really want a school of them for my new tank, but from @Haydn's comments, it sounds like they might be more trouble than its worth.

Yes they are Nitida, the colours in my photo do not do them justice they are stunners but after my experience with them I do not think they are a group fish, however, I think a singleton in a tank would look stunning.

Haydn · Oct 28, 2020

boacvh said:
My 2 chromis. The blue one is the tank bully

Have you identified the species of Chromis in the first picture.

boacvh · Oct 28, 2020

Haydn said:
Have you identified the species of Chromis in the first picture.

Sorry not entirely sure (to me he is just the blue one

). But just comparing him to closest picture in liveaquaria I think it's this one. https://m.liveaquaria.com/product/113/?pcatid=113

SAWFISH · Oct 28, 2020

Haydn said:
Yes they are Nitida, the colours in my photo do not do them justice they are stunners but after my experience with them I do not think they are a group fish, however, I think a singleton in a tank would look stunning.

It really is amazing you had that much trouble in a 660 gallons. It seems like if they didn't like each other they could have had plenty of room to spread out! Crazy chromis

Haydn · Oct 28, 2020

boacvh said:
Sorry not entirely sure (to me he is just the blue one ). But just comparing him to closest picture in liveaquaria I think it's this one. https://m.liveaquaria.com/product/113/?pcatid=113

I don't think its C. cyanea. I've had a quick search on the web and the closes I can come is C. punctipinnis

boacvh · Oct 28, 2020

Haydn said:
I don't think its C. cyanea. I've had a quick search on the web and the closes I can come is C. punctipinnis

Hmmmm maybe? Not sure of course. But I would say mine has the distinct black lines of the cyanea picture. Let me take another pic this afternoon when I get home.

SAWFISH · Oct 28, 2020

Haydn said:
C. punctipinnis

Assuming the below wikipedia article is correct, C.punctipinnis can reach a size of up to 10 inches. The fish in @boacvh picture doesn't look anywhere near that big.

Chromis punctipinnis - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

boacvh · Oct 28, 2020

SAWFISH said:
Assuming the below wikipedia article is correct, C.punctipinnis can reach a size of up to 10 inches. The fish in @boacvh picture doesn't look anywhere near that big.

Chromis punctipinnis - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Oh no! If this bully gets any bigger than he already is, he'll have to come out

boacvh said:
Hmmmm maybe? Not sure of course. But I would say mine has the distinct black lines of the cyanea picture. Let me take another pic this afternoon when I get home.

Here is another picture. Next to the foxface so you can gauge size. Really have no clue but I would say he does look more like the first pic of the cyanea

Haydn · Oct 28, 2020

boacvh said:
Oh no! If this bully gets any bigger than he already is, he'll have to come out

Here is another picture. Next to the foxface so you can gauge size. Really have no clue but I would say he does look more like the first pic of the cyanea

Yes from this picture it is C. cyanea.

SAWFISH · Nov 2, 2020

Surely there are more people out there who have pictures to share of their chromis!

SAWFISH · Nov 3, 2020

Here is another picture of my five chromis

Daniel@R2R · Nov 4, 2020

Dope! Y'all got me interested!

powers2001 · Nov 5, 2020

This is an awesome thread mods please make sticky. Should be chromis PLUS damsels. The two groups are so much alike.

Zionas · Nov 5, 2020

I’ve looked into getting Chromis but only the Black Axils. Too many LFS here don’t distinguish between the two and I’ve thought about keeping one but then after a second thought just one would look boring compared to getting a couple of the blue Chrysiptera sp. So yeah and I don’t really see any other Chromis species that are sold here regularly other than the C. Viridis with some Black Axils mixed in I guess.

Props to you guys who keep them successfully though. Also heard the horror stories with uronema.