My experience has been somewhat similar...I do not have time to check any reference material and may be off base, but is it possible that we are getting fish that "look" identical yet are different at the species level? Maybe the fish can tell the difference but we can't...just a suggestion. It may explain the hit and miss experience of keeping Green Chromis specimens...I once started with 5 which quickly became 3. These three were different in size, yet showed no aggression towards one another (in a 54 gallon) and lived peacefully for about a year. I made the mistake of adding 4 more which started a continuous battel. Over the next couple of months, all but one were lost. Size of the sytem is a possible factor...species intolerance may be another....again, just a suggestion.
Trevor
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