BananaTropics Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 I dont hear green chromis mentioned very much in the message boards. I was just wondering what you guys think about them. I would like to buy some for my 25 gallon and would like to know if they are worth the space. Link to comment
~_~ Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 They look like weird ugly colored goldfish to me. Too plain. Link to comment
Dave Scheiner Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 I had 2 of them in my 29 for a while. Unless you are looking down on them from above their color is really drab. Link to comment
onthefly Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 Great Fish! good color, good swimmer, doesn't hide like others, and if you have several they'll lip wrestle! I had 4 at one time. Link to comment
FlyGTI Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 I share OTF's opinion. Great fish. I've got three of 'em in my 90, and planning to add more. If you put a group of about six or more together, they'll school, which is a neat thing to watch. Not very practical for a nano, but I think they're pretty cool. Link to comment
onthefly Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 I think Brooklin Johnny has one as his only fish! Link to comment
dickwayne Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 Brooklin Johnny has clown fish Link to comment
onthefly Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 DW - you're right! I can't remember who it was but they had a KA 2.5 on their desk.....he had a single chromis! Link to comment
Brooklyn Johnny Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 It's in Liquid's 2.5... Link to comment
onthefly Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 That's right! Man........its Friday, and my brain is jelly! It is Friday right? Link to comment
Reefy Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 I've got two in my 20 gallon. Cool fish. Link to comment
fishbabies Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Chromis are some of my favorite fish....I have had several of these in several sw setups. They are very curious and show otherwise shy fish that it is OK to hang out in the front of the tank. In my experience I would recommend 1 or 2.....or 6-7 or more. in smaller groups of 3-6, they sometimes adopt a rather brutal pecking order and the runt of the group is likely to get picked on and commit suicide from heartbreak. they also seem to test other fish's patience by ignoring sovereign territories.....so if you keep 'em with damsels or very territorial clowns, they might end up finless. they also tend to be less intelligent than other fish and might wander into powerfilter intakes. one good thing about their curious nature though is that they will wander all over the tank. their color varies a lot. some are more lime green..some more neon...some more aqua with blue or even lavender tones. i tend to prefer the blue-green variety as it appears their colors shift more from the purples and aquas at different angles....the green variety is not as bright and can sometimes look white under certain lighting angles. i always feed mine color enhancing food to brighten them up. check out this page to see the color variation i mentioned.... http://www.nano-reef.com/chromis/ i keep one blue-green chromis and a royal gramma together in my 10 gallon. the chromis really helped the gramma get over his shyness. the color combination between the 2 fish is very cool IMO. Link to comment
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