d2mini
Reef enthusiast
I was going to post about my troubles keeping blue/green chromis.
I can't seem to keep more than one alive at a time.
I put 3 in my 46g once, and within a few days I was down to just one.
Then I bought 5 for my new 130 and within days I was down to 2. I bought two more and added my original one from my 46g and now I'm down again to just one... might be the original from the 46 but hard to tell for sure.
I had heard originally that they were schooling fish so it was good to have more than one, but you have to buy them in odd numbers. I thought this was... odd... but the LFS confirmed this as well. Well, I guess the only odd number that works for me is "1". :grumble:
So then this morning I was wandering the internet and somehow ended up at RC. I don't know how it happened, i swear! :shock: So anyway, there was this thread on the blue chromis and apparently I'm not the only one. Almost everyone in the thread says that it's possible to keep a school in a big tank but typically they will fight until there is only one. Reminds me of the movie, The Highlander. "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!"
Anyone here have this experience. My clown is doing fine, and my last chromis is doing fine, but I was scared to add anything else with fish disappearing on me. :death:
I can't seem to keep more than one alive at a time.
I put 3 in my 46g once, and within a few days I was down to just one.
Then I bought 5 for my new 130 and within days I was down to 2. I bought two more and added my original one from my 46g and now I'm down again to just one... might be the original from the 46 but hard to tell for sure.
I had heard originally that they were schooling fish so it was good to have more than one, but you have to buy them in odd numbers. I thought this was... odd... but the LFS confirmed this as well. Well, I guess the only odd number that works for me is "1". :grumble:
So then this morning I was wandering the internet and somehow ended up at RC. I don't know how it happened, i swear! :shock: So anyway, there was this thread on the blue chromis and apparently I'm not the only one. Almost everyone in the thread says that it's possible to keep a school in a big tank but typically they will fight until there is only one. Reminds me of the movie, The Highlander. "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!"
Anyone here have this experience. My clown is doing fine, and my last chromis is doing fine, but I was scared to add anything else with fish disappearing on me. :death: