schooling fish

drummerbum

drummerbum

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I've had my blue reef chromis for about 7 months now origonally i had 2 (bad idea i know now) they fought and belive it or not the more agressive one ended up dying less than a month after purchase but the surviver has been doing fairly well since thenup untill today that is as you may read in my other post "Dying Chromis?" but yeah kinda' a success story kinda'
 
manjisann

manjisann

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Sorry, no first hand experience, but I seem to remember that when introducing schooling fish you should introduce them all together at the same time so they can establish a pecking order as it were. I hope this helps. And besides, of course they can't count, thats why they are always in school(s).
 
zelfin

zelfin

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Saltymom,
..30$ in less than two weeks down the drain!
Ouchie, there is a local store here that sells them for 3.99 a piece, still adds up if they are dying but otherwise easily affordable.
 
drummerbum

drummerbum

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Originally posted by ManjiSann
And besides, of course they can't count, thats why they are always in school(s).

oh that was so cheezy it was funny
 
cbort

cbort

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I only have 2 green chromis, they were what i originally started with. I have never either one of them aggressive towards the next one, or in that case i have never really seen one without the other. I have had them for almost a year now, they are fun to watch them play tag-a-long.
 
dreuster

dreuster

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My chromiii don't school...they independant. I bought 3 then added 2....they killed one off and now I have 4.
 
unleashed

unleashed

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they do best in shouls of 6 or more do well together
looked that up im my fish book for you..to school thes fish you must place in the tank at the same time.if you dont the origanals will be defencive over territory
 
cubuffs

cubuffs

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lookdowns do get huge. Mine are babies (about 6" in length), but will reach about 15" in length over time. I would not house them in anything smaller than a 700 gallon once full grown. But for now, they are doing very well, and are happy.
I got them at my lfs for $60 each. I can give you the name if you are truely interested. rtsmith18@hotmail.com
 
unleashed

unleashed

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how long have you had all these fish in pic together ?I was accually concidering a small school for my tank or the new tank.I didnt know about the damsel school rule when i set up my tank so I purchased pairs of damsels 5 pairs and a blue tang blue devils took out the tang within a week the slowly they took out each other im down to 3 damsels none of the same species although my 3 and 4 stripes stick togetehr the yellow fin stays close to the eel
 
dreuster

dreuster

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Lets see...hrmmm.
I got the 3 additional chromis' 2 days ago and they started schooling today =).
I believe the damsels that you have are of different in manner than the chromis I have.
The striped, blue devil and dominos are considerably more aggressive or "bold" as most sellers would put it.
 
moraym

moraym

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Lookin' good. If green chromis weren't $10 each in my area I may have tossed 6 into my empty 55g and made another tank of it.
 
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