Where do the damn things go??

[Aquattro]

Well, my school of green chromis is back down to one member. This really diminishes the whole schooling effect!!
It takes months and months, bt they alway disappear. One at a time, the school gets smaller. It's been this way for years.
If anyone knows where they went, please let me in on the secret!!

[Seamonkey]

I've had the same problem with the green chromis. Couple months later there are none left. Never figured out where they went. I don't bother with them anymore. I added 6 yellowtail damsals to my reef tank on June 10, and they are all still there. This is the first time I've had these damsals, so far so good, and they seem to get along well together, and with the rest of the tankmates too.

[Aquattro]

Ya, it's a common problem. Last time the topic came up, everyone responded with the same experience.
However, I really like the schooling thing, so I'm waiting for J&L to get a new batch in this weekend.
I thought about damsels, but never owning any, I wasn't sure about the aggression thing. What tank mates do you have yours with?

[Canadian Man]

I have had the same thing happen twice now and I am always left with one. The one I currently have in my tank has been there now for almost 2 years. I do know that mine get eaten by my carpet anemone(along with many other fish I once owned ). I saw one chromis get stuck in between a few branches on my huge montipora colony. I found him dead and stuck the next morning.

[reefhawk]

I thought i had it bad, but have never been reduced to a single green chromis. At one point i had as many as 18 schooling up really nice but i find i lose? about a third of the maximum number. currently sitting at 8, down from 12 when i combined two tanks about 3 months ago. Have noticed they have a bad habit of going trancelike at night (sleeping behaviour) agianst the wierdest things like anemones and intakes ect. I think that is where they go. Once hade the most beautiful blue carpet that kinda faded a bit when i ran out of chromis - coincedence or not?

[smokinreefer]

lol.
i had a bunch too.
ive only had the sole survivor for the last while, and i leave him be.
alien abduction?!?!?

anyhow, yeah i'd like to see how many people have been able to sustain a school of them for a long period of time. i'm talkin more at least more than a year.

anyhoo... i wish i had a digicam 5 yrs ago... crap, i wasnt even into sps that long ago, but when i was in Fiji it was sooooo cool to see schools of chromis swarming around sps colonies... and to see tiny pinky nail sized babies ducking in and out of the branches as you approach.

[Jason McK]

I went running to the LFS one day trying to find screens for my PHs the first thing the guy behind the counter said was " you need some more Chromis to go with those screens" I'd never met the guy before.

I had 3 green Chromis school right up into the power Head. And there was very little left of then, could that be the cause

J

[Cap'n]

I tried schools of chromis twice. Quite successful.

First time I got 3, soon down to 2. They lasted for many, many months. Thought two really wasn't a school so I eventually added 2 more. They looked the same size when I was in the store but when I got them home it was obvious they were much bigger. They bullied the original 2 into hiding most of the time until I saw them no more. Down to 2 again. They are always together, get along great. Must be close to a year now that I have had them. If I hadn't pressed my luck I bet I would still have the original 2.

[smokinreefer]

sorry dude, but 2 is a pair, not quite a school. but good to hear they are doin well!

[ed99]

I've had 2 chromis living together for probably a year now, but that was down from 5 or 7. I'm pretty sure mine were KIA in their civil war.