see.....the problem isnt with the chromis......the problem lies with what the majority of people think is a school.....we add 6, or 10, or 20 "schooling" fish and think we have a school.....these fish school naturally in numbers far larger that we aquarium enthusiasts could ever hope to house......what we have when we add 10 chromis, is a small group, so what usually ends up happening is you end up with significantly less than what you started with, after one fish establishes dominance........another factor is the lack of presence of large predatory fish(or perceived to be predatory), keeping the schooling fish feeling the need to school......
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