blue green chromis...

[Humblefish]

Chromis: The Highlander Fish

There can be only one.

 

[Congaken]

I need to hear more about this. 5-7 times a day!?

When constantly fed you will see the aggression drop dramatically. In nature they eat far more often, much more like anthias. They will survive on a 1 or 2 feedings schedule BUT they will kill off the weakest until late only 1 survives.

Wll, I''m picking the feedings up...

 

[FishGuyBri]

Wll, I''m picking the feedings up...

Ditto. Me too... as much as I can, anyway.

 

[jason_mazzy]

Very small amounts. its more about the opportunity to eat. Enough to fill them BUT not enough for much extra floating around.

 

[Reefahholic]

Chromis are known for uronema, but my theory is that they are super sensitive, stress very very easily, and die from Hypoxia or Respiratory Failure.

 

[jason_mazzy]

If that's your theory then why is it 1 always survives???,

 

[Congaken]

...and another one bit the dust...down to 2 from 5...

 

[Humblefish]

...and another one bit the dust...down to 2 from 5...

 

[Congaken]

This morning I only see one...after this, one survives or its over...:mad:

 

[Brew12]

This morning I only see one...after this, one survives or its over...:mad:

It's amazing how much your experience has mirrored mine. In less then a week I lost all 5 of the chromis I had in QT. It seems to play out this way over and over again. Either they all do fine, or they all go.

 

[ReeferDave01]

I have 7 in my 250g all fat and happy. Got them in 2 batches. First batch only half survived. Second batch 2 weeks later all survived. Have had them for about 3 months no issues. Feed them 1-4x a day. Usually big frozen cube amount (4 cubes) in morning then drop pinch of flakes throughout the day. Have total about 20-23 fish in tank. Havent had any casualties in quite some time.