How many chromis

[steve40]

I would like to have a school of chromis in my tank but I dont want the tank to look over run by chromis. Anyone have a good number that looks good in a 6 foot tank or is it just trial and error?

 

[steelchromis]

4 or 5 should be nice. Also what are the other animals in the tank?

 

[steve40]

I actually have 2 brackish water monos in my reef tank that have been doing suprisingly well, I have a scopas tang, a coral beauty, and a lawnmower blenny.

 

[steelchromis]

Just checking to see if you had any animals that were a threat. BTW Green Chromis (Chromis Viridis) are very cool fish that are good eaters and hardy. When I get a bigger tank, I will once again get some.

 

[bang guy]

5, 6 or 7 would look good.

 

[krowleey]

what about a tank 4ft long not a 55 but a 72?

 

[bang guy]

What ya got fer livestock?

 

[krowleey]

118 lb of LR atm nothing else

 

[krowleey]

i wouldnt mind a few of them, i had them before in my 100...i plan on getting a hippo and possibly a dwarf angel wouldnt mind a foxface either...and of course lots of corals in time and clams, and oyu know what fuge i have i got LR and soon to be macro in it....pretty darn decent lighting 2 150w ushio HQI's /w couple 65 wattt actinics /w couple 36 watt actinics......what do ya think oh master?

 

[bang guy]

good options are 3, 5,6, or 7. For a 4' tank I think 5 would look great.

 

[krowleey]

think i could pull off have 5 of them with a hippo foxface and dwarf angel for my fish?

 

[bang guy]

If that's it.
I'm not keen on a Hippo in a 4' tank though.

 

[krowleey]

that would be it for fish, clean up crew and clams and corals for other life in it. i just gotta have a hippo and momma wouldnt let me get a bigger tank at this time. any toher tangs you would reccomend? i seen hippos recommened for 70 gal and up and said have lots of rock for it, which i have.