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03-29-2011, 04:11 AM
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^ very interesting.
Well the first time i added a group of chromis was a month or two after buying this tank second hand along with no knowledge of saltwater whatsoever so i assumed the lost fish could have been the cause of bad water parameters. Now that i have a basic understanding of water chemistry (12 months almost to the day!) i figured it may have to do with behavior and dominance. Thanks for the comments guys, i think ill be holding off on trying this one again until i have a much larger tank.
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03-29-2011, 04:30 AM
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I have kept a "school" of the same 15 or so chromis successfully for over 2 years which breed & spawn like crazy but it is very difficult to achieve good results with a smaller tank.
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03-29-2011, 05:13 AM
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I have had 13 or so in a 130g. They never school together like I thought they would. They usually hide behind rocks, powerheads, etc, separately. They are now down to 7 after two years.
I read somewhere they like to graze all day long on tiny planktonic foods, and since then, I have fed them with freeze-dried cyclopeeze, "Reef Chili", Acan Plus, and even Combo-vital. They do love picking these food off the surface and water column. HTH.Lenny.
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03-29-2011, 06:37 PM
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In my opinion chromis are not schooling fish like everyone seems to think. I went to fiji on vacation a couple ofyears ago and witnessed chromis in their natural environment. What I saw was alot of schools of chromis but they were small fish up to about 1 inch. As the fish grew larger I didnt see any schools at all. I did see the adults everywhere but in singles only. So I firmly believe that what we see as schooling habits are just a juvenile thing and as they age they turn into solitary fish.
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03-29-2011, 10:33 PM
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I had a 12 or 15 school .....and thats what happend after the male finished all but one....
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...5674804&hl=en# Last edited by Navarchus; 03-29-2011 at 10:40 PM.
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