Chromis, Good Idea Or Bad?

MarkoD · #1 04-02-2012, 11:39 PM

i was thinking about adding 10 chromis to my 180 gallon. id like to add some movement and think it would look cool to have a school of chromis.

anyone have any experiences with these? good or bad?

Proteus · #2 04-02-2012, 11:43 PM

I wish mine never happened. I bought 9 when I fired up tank and have 9 stiiiillll. My wife likes them but there's nicer schooling fish

MarkoD · #3 04-02-2012, 11:54 PM

Anthias are too expensive to get 10

Kevotron · #4 04-02-2012, 11:55 PM

I have a group of 7 and they are pretty nice to look at
is definitely the best bang for ur buck interms of schooling fishes

Slick Fork · #5 04-02-2012, 11:55 PM

When I had a 110 going I bought a school of about 10. They seemed to actively kill each other off until there were about 4 left. Once they were down to that number they seemed very happy together and got along just fine. I liked having them in the tank as they did add a lot of movement.

reefme · #6 04-03-2012, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Slick Fork

When I had a 110 going I bought a school of about 10. They seemed to actively kill each other off until there were about 4 left. Once they were down to that number they seemed very happy together and got along just fine. I liked having them in the tank as they did add a lot of movement.

Now I know. I start with 12 and only 4.

reefme · #7 04-03-2012, 12:05 AM

Was blaming on my trigger so I gave my trigger away.

TimT · #8 04-03-2012, 12:24 AM

Vanderbilt's chromis are a very pretty schooling fish.

NorthernCoral · #9 04-03-2012, 12:30 AM

I had 5 green/blues in my 65g and they were awesome, lost a couple to different causes, dont think it had anything to do with the amount I had. Not aggressive towards other fish or anything and looked really natural the way they schooled. Planning on getting a dozen or so vanderbilts or some other cool chromis variation in the future. If you have large sps colonies they will sleep inside them/ hide in them when scared, again looks like something you would typically see on a natural reef. Good decision I would think, but dont trust me as I have not had a group this large but again I wouldnt think it would be much different than having a smaller group in a smaller tank.