Another Green Cromis Question

ackermsb

ackermsb

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I was thinking about adding a school of green chromis to my tank. I have a 180 so I was wondering what an adequate number would be. I was thinking somewhere between 8 and 12 but I feel like that is too many fish to add at one time. Rigth now I have four fairly small fish in the tank so space is certainly not an issue. Just wondering what is reasonable?
ALso, are there anyother fish that school
Thanks
 
ozadars

ozadars

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In a big tank like 180 i would go w/ a school (harem) of anthias. I love anthias more then chromis because IMO they school better and their relation ship between each other is very cool. I wached them at my lfs. In their HUGE reef tank, they made a HUGE cave and anthias was coming in and out of the cave. The biggest anthias was at the front and the smallest was at the back, there were about 10-12 of them and in their harem there was also a rabbit fish which was schooling w/ them. I really liked that tank and the anthias. They were dispar anthias but lyretail is my favourite
 
ackermsb

ackermsb

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Which type of anthias would you recommend. I was under the impression that it was good to put a male and female together but I didnt know many of them would school together
 
ozadars

ozadars

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In a 180 i would go w/ 5 females and a male
my favourite is lyretail but i havent had one so dont have any experience to tell you about them. What i know about anthiases are they need to be fed at least 3 times a day... but if you have lots of pods i dont think that will be a problem. I m sure there must be anthias experts over here...
Also high fin cardinals are good schooling fish too but they sometimes forget schooling
 
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