keeping a single Blue Reef Chromis?

[burtbollinger]

I have a 35g display with two clowns and a royal gramma....

Can I safely add a single Blue Reef Chromis? The LFS has a group that arrived in and I pre-ordered one while I set up my QT.

Did I make a mistake?

 

[Crabs McJones]

I have a 35g display with two clowns and a royal gramma....

Can I safely add a single Blue Reef Chromis? The LFS has a group that arrived in and I pre-ordered one while I set up my QT.

Did I make a mistake?

I had a single blue/green chromis in my 40 with two clowns and a sixline and a firefish, he did just fine. I originally had three but he killed the other two, came to find out later that that's pretty common.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

I had a single blue/green chromis in my 40 with two clowns and a sixline and a firefish, he did just fine. I originally had three but he killed the other two, came to find out later that that's pretty common.

Same here. We had a group and the one picked on the others until he was the only one left. Had him for a for years now with no issue with just one in the tank.

 

[eatbreakfast]

They adapt well to being kept singly.

 

[rich nyc]

that should be fine. You have really good self control. They were 8 dollars each at my lfs and it took everything in me not to by 5 but sigh tank in fallow..
Good luck

 

[falconut]

I assume you're talking about the less common blue reef chromis as opposed to the more common blue/green chromis. I've kept the blue reef chromis singlely twice, with no issues. First one was lost during a power outage and 2nd (current) one has been with me for close to 3 years. They do fine as a single.

Now the blue reef are supposed to get bigger than the blue/green at up to 5". Might be a little big for your tank at that size, but mine has been in a 90 and after almost 3 years has barely gotten any bigger. Guess they grew very slowly or maybe just don't reach the same size in captivity.

Good luck, you should be fine.

 

[burtbollinger]

yes, blue reef chromis, not the blue/green....and good to hear, i put him in the QT last night Good to hear he won't get big quick....def. dont need a 5" fish swimming around