3-4 fish...which should i get?????

[jordan70]

i have a 25 gallon hex with crushed coral and a couple pounds of live rock. i just got rid of 2 clowns and wanted some damsels. of these(blue devil),(green chromis),(neon damsel), and yellow damsel). what would be the best ones to put in this tank? can i mix them up or should i put all of the same fish in this tank? i figure i could get 3-4 fish in this tank. please help me?

 

[thor]

with damsels you would only put one in a 25 2 would be stretching i think, i would consider chromis they are less aggressive and are a schooling fish

 

[jordan70]

only 1??? really? everyone agree with that here?

 

[broomer5]

With proper filtration I'm sure you could get away with 3-4 green chromis.
They like to school.
Wouldn't advise mixing the others though.
Broomer

 

[fshhub]

i'm with broomer,
on the green chromi
but if you choose another species, only one(maybe 2) would be my answer
HTH

 

[m1rodrig]

The bigger and more aggressive damsel will pound and beat up on the smaller one they are very territorial.

 

[flamehawk]

3-4 chromis s/b ok. Get more L/R. AT least 15 pounds.

 

[jordan70]

OK, ARE GREEN CHROMIS ACTUALLY GREEN? I SAW SOME AT A FISH STORE AND THEY WERE REAL DULL IN COLOR, BARELY GREEN AT ALL. I WANT ALOT OF BRIGHT COLOR IN MY TANK. 2-3 DAMSELS OF SAME SIZE AND OF DIFFERNT COLOR WON'T WORK? I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS IF THEY WERE SAME COLOR OR DIFFERENT SIZE THAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH PUTTING THEM TOGETHER??? PLEASE CLARIFY THIS FOR ME.

 

[fshhub]

depends on the lighting(and angle) for one thing, ours are dull, when the light first comes on(or they come out of the rock), but generally they have abright green/blue hue, which does appear to be both at times, and brighter lighting does help more too, ours have much brighter colors since moving them to our new tank with 10000k pc's vs. our old NOs

 

[trigahappynigerog]

chromis arent that colorful. there are other damsels that will add action to the tank.. most are aggressive and will chase each other it you have one of every kind. the yellowtails are peaceful

 

[mrmarie]

Question............ Why did u get rid of the clowns.?? They are so much more lively and funny in pairs and have way better color!

 

[jordan70]

are there 2 types of blue damasels? i was reading a book at the lfs and it showed 2 blue damsels. the blue devil which has a blue tail is very aggresive and a blue dasel that looks almost the same but with a pale tail that is not aggressive at all. they look almost the same. anyone know ?

 

[jordan70]

i saw some blue chromis at the lfs. they are cool looking. how many can i put in my 25 gallon hex? a book said 3-4. do you agree? and what exactly do these fish eat?

 

[fshhub]

what other fish are in your 25 hex, jordan, if no others, you can probably put 3 to 5 in there