Blue Streak Cardinals

Snappy · #1 04-07-2009, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by noirsphynx

As far as I know from what I've read they do stay in a school unlike chromis. I hope they will because this was the whole reason I wanted these guys.

They are a very cool looking fish but very timid and not too bright. I used to have some and it's the only fish I have ever witnessed being nabbed and eaten by a nickel sized aptasia. If you have a non aggresive tank I'm sure they'll do great. I wish I could keep them. For the record my chromis tend to school the majority of the time. I have 16 of them in my 400 gal and they sometimes split into 2-3 schools but usually stay all together.

noirsphynx · #2 04-07-2009, 04:28 AM

I always tend to hear about chromis not staying in a school as they get bigger, guess that's not true. My tank will be non aggressive & I have no apistaisa, thank goodness. I want it mainly sps and I have some small shrimp species, pom pom crab, porcelin crab, a pair of ocellairs clowns and maybe one other peaceful bottom dweller so all should be good.

Snappy · #3 04-07-2009, 06:05 AM

Dawn that sounds like a nice peacefull mix so those cardinals so do great. As I said I wish I could keep them in my reef.

fishytime · #4 04-07-2009, 04:32 PM

Cool little fish and great pics guys! If you want to be technical....even a group of 15 chromis hardly constitutes being called a "school". Probably why "most" groups of chromis end up with one dominant fish that slowly wears down the weaker individuals. Could also be that with no large predatory(or perceived predatory) fish in the tank the "need" to school isnt there. It sounds though like the cardinals may be a better choice for a school as they dont have that ingrained aggressive streak that the damsels have.