YOUR opinions on chromis

[tah532]

I have had a 90gallon FOWLR tank for just under a year now with the following fish: sailfin tang, blue hippo tang, maroon clown, sixline wrasse, and a coral beauty. I was wondering if you all had any opinions on green chromis and if its worth putting some in my tank and about how many? Or maybe a suggestion of some other type of fish. Thanks to all who respond!

 

[Anonymous]

Chromis are nice for a cheep fish. In a school they are even nicer. Since you have 6 fish already I would not add more that 1 or 2 other small fish.

 

[J.Howard]

Well, I think it depends on your filtration. Six lines and coral beauty don't get very large. I'm not a board lurker but I count five fish in your post. Anyway, if you have good filtration I think you could add a few chromis. They shoal quite nicely and encourage shy fish out of hiding.

 

[Anonymous]

I have had a 90gallon FOWLR tank for just under a year now with the following fish: sailfin tang, blue hippo tang, maroon clown, sixline wrasse, and a coral beauty. I was wondering if you all had any opinions on green chromis and if its worth putting some in my tank and about how many? Or maybe a suggestion of some other type of fish. Thanks to all who respond!

I have four in my tank, currently. They used to shoal, but I think they figured out there were no predators, so they've gotten pretty ballsy. Now they mainly hang around a corner of the live rock and bum smokes off the clownfish. One of them is about the size of a panel van and raids my fridge every night. I've even found a chinese take-out menu next to the tank when the pantry is running low on snacks. If you want them to shoal, get a few of them when they're little, and toss a rubber shark in the tank from time to time, to keep them on their toes. Or fins, I guess.

 

[Bucktronix]

pardon me while i wipe the milk that spewed outa my nose off the monitor!

 

[jhaag]

I have 4 of them in my 90gal tank and 8 in my 210gal tank. Nice friendly fish that are always out in the open. They down even bother the clown gobies. One word of caution, maybe I just have bad luck, but I usually have a 50% mortailty rate for these fish in the first 30days. Once they make it 30days, I have had them 3 years in the 90 gal and 1-1/2 years in the 210gal. There are entire threads on this board about this topic alone. Needless to say, buy double what you intend to have long term.

 

[tah532]

well i went and purchased three small yellow chromis, and am very happy about how they complete the look of my tank,(if that will ever really be possible) anyway, my beefy maroon clownfish cant stand them and has been going after them all day, he may be able to fit one in his mouth, lets hope not. thanks to all that replied.

 

[Anonymous]

If you're going to get some I would suggest 3 for your system. 5 would put you over the limit for fish load IMO and other numbers of them are typically less than spectacular.

I have 7.

 

[shellshocked]

I had Chromis before - they do well and live a long time. Just my opinion but I think they are very plain and you will get tired of them quickly. They look cool when they are young but lose their juvenile appearance as they grow old.

 

[hillbilly]

I have 4 of them in my 90gal tank and 8 in my 210gal tank. Nice friendly fish that are always out in the open. They down even bother the clown gobies. One word of caution, maybe I just have bad luck, but I usually have a 50% mortailty rate for these fish in the first 30days. Once they make it 30days, I have had them 3 years in the 90 gal and 1-1/2 years in the 210gal. There are entire threads on this board about this topic alone. Needless to say, buy double what you intend to have long term.

I have heard these fish are collected using cyanide. Could be a reason for the high mortailty rate.

 

[Anonymous]

pardon me while i wipe the milk that spewed outa my nose off the monitor!

Okay, so maybe I stretched the truth a lil bit.

 

[Anonymous]

I had 5 chromis in my 180 a few ago. Then one died, and soon after the rest went to the big aquarium in the sky.

They aren't the hardiest fish in the world, but that green color is really beautiful, imo.

 

[Anonymous]

I paid $6 each for 5 of them. They all died off over 3 years time. Stricktly from a money position, they are cheap. I liked them and am thinking about going out and buying another group of them.

Imagine the pain of losing 5 fish over 3 years that costed $50 each. That would really suck.

Louey