Chromis Babies

[North Bay 101]

Greetings,
I have in my 46 bow, 9 chromis. About 5 days ago while observing at night I saw something flash by. In a closer inspection I saw a small fish about 3/16" long. I have seen about 20 of these little creatures. It has to be the chromis

Last night I saw additional fry that are even smaller, about 1/16". The fish have reflective type eyes which make them visible and they are fast. Are these indeed chromis??

or something else

 

[JeremyR]

I would be surprised if they were chromis.. ORA has spent alot of time working with green chromis, and last time I asked them about it they weren't able to grow them past about 12 days. That was a few months ago tho.

 

[Anonymous]

Wouldn't surprise me... I had 5 and a couple of 1/2" Chromis showed up one day in the refugium. I now have 7...

 

[North Bay 101]

Thanks for the replies. Is there anyone else out there with experiences with chromis? New life in reef tanks is exciting.

 

[Anonymous]

Mine reproduced too. None made it though.

 

[North Bay 101]

Tangirl,
How long did your fry live?

 

[slojmn1]

Congrats Papa

[ August 25, 2001: Message edited by: slojmn1 ]

 

[Anonymous]

There was a whole slew of them thatlooked nothing like fish. I described them here and Minh Nguyen (sorry if I botched it

) said they were fry. Since my tank was only running 2-3 months, I thought he was nuts.

But I was excited because they were the first babies I had seen in my tank. The next day, I couldn't find them. Then one night, a week or so later, I was looking with a flashlight and saw 3 little fish about a quarter inch long - they lit right up when the light hit them. I kept an eye on them for a few days, but they disappeared too.

They were definitely chromis because that's the only fish in my tank.

 

[tanzy]

My chromis eggs just hatched! Don't think they will make it.
What do they eat anyway? Do you guys feed the hatchlings?

 

[North Bay 101]

10 days now and still have maybe 20 babies. I hope that they will continue to grow.