Chromis, Good Idea Or Bad?
 

i was thinking about adding 10 chromis to my 180 gallon. id like to add some movement and think it would look cool to have a school of chromis.

anyone have any experiences with these? good or bad?

I wish mine never happened. I bought 9 when I fired up tank and have 9 stiiiillll. My wife likes them but there's nicer schooling fish

Anthias are too expensive to get 10

I have a group of 7 and they are pretty nice to look at
is definitely the best bang for ur buck interms of schooling fishes

When I had a 110 going I bought a school of about 10. They seemed to actively kill each other off until there were about 4 left. Once they were down to that number they seemed very happy together and got along just fine. I liked having them in the tank as they did add a lot of movement.

Now I know. I start with 12 and only 4.

Was blaming on my trigger so I gave my trigger away.

Vanderbilt's chromis are a very pretty schooling fish.

I had 5 green/blues in my 65g and they were awesome, lost a couple to different causes, dont think it had anything to do with the amount I had. Not aggressive towards other fish or anything and looked really natural the way they schooled. Planning on getting a dozen or so vanderbilts or some other cool chromis variation in the future. If you have large sps colonies they will sleep inside them/ hide in them when scared, again looks like something you would typically see on a natural reef. Good decision I would think, but dont trust me as I have not had a group this large but again I wouldnt think it would be much different than having a smaller group in a smaller tank.

Had 3 in a 55 and they always where together .

I'd go with Black and White Chromis

Where can I find black and white

i got mine at J and L

thats a little far for me. just got 11 blue green chromis for 50 bucks

I started with 14 and ended up with 5.....the problem isnt with the chromis....the problem is with what we call a school.....we add 10 or 20 or 30 and call it a school, when in the wild these fish school by the hundreds....what we have is a small group...... expect some losses

I had 8 and they been fine until they start laying eggs non stop and chase/bite anyone come near the eggs.Never again.

I'll check those links out, and keep hunting around. I'm happy with my current t5s but I am getting the upgrade itch. And would like to know my options when the time comes.

..............ok?

impossible to keep more than one in my 33 gallon. Ive always assumed "this tank isnt big enough for the two of us" syndrome. Too bad because i really liked the school affect.

Yes it seems they tend to kill each other off. I had 4 in a 200g tank and they became 2 in a couple of weeks :(. Interestingly my 4 yellow tail damsels seem to get along fine. I heard the orange lined cardinal is a good schooler.