WEIRD

travelerjp98

travelerjp98

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Guys.... I need help....
So, around 2 weeks ago, I got a school of 3 green chromis chromis virdis.
1 just dissapeared. Never found him again.
Same with the second one.
I suspected that the one was dominant and killed the others off and I thought "Oh Well"
Now, I was looking at my tank with my 3 year old cousin. All of a sudden, my 1 chromis that was left was perfectly healthy. Swimming, EVERYTHING.
Then, he swam to the bottom of the tank, and out of the blue, he was dead.
Now, remember, I am looking at this with a 3 year old so others in my family are distracting my cousin while I caught him and am writing this.
I took him out of the tank and he wasn't moving.
 
travelerjp98

travelerjp98

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Yup.... I'll do that when I get home and post everything on here..... and I guess to the three year old.... he's just "hiding"... :(
(They're staying with us for a week)
 
mr. limpid

mr. limpid

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chromis are bad shippers, I never had good luck with them had a school of dozen within a year all were dead. Plus they are in the damsel family so they fight each other.
 
btldreef

btldreef

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chromis are bad shippers, I never had good luck with them had a school of dozen within a year all were dead. Plus they are in the damsel family so they fight each other.
This is what I'm thinking as well. They picked each other off and the last one was too beat on to survive.
Trav, still check parameters, but know the chromis are not as "easy" as most sites claim.
 
2tangcrazy

2tangcrazy

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I bought 5 from the lfs to help cycle my tank. Everything you read about the chromis says they do better in a group. All five were dead within a week. Water was fine, was doing changes to keep everything within parameters. They had red spots on them, it looked like they were beating each other up or it was the lawnmower blenny . I didn't see any of that happening though. When I went in to talk to the fish guy he said there was a disease specifically called chromis disease. He replaced them with a new group that he just got in after I had purchased mine. Have had no trouble with these. Maybe you got some bad ones.
 
btldreef

btldreef

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"Chromis Disease" sounds like some made up bs explanation from a useless LFS. Keep in mind that this LFS just sold you fish to cycle a tank, which is no longer really an accepted way to cycle a tank. IMO, your LFS should know better by now and have not sold you fish to cycle a tank. Fish stores that do this still are usually the same ones that give terrible information just to make a sale. You are a walking dollar sign to them, and unfortunately this is becoming the norm, especially with the bad economy.
 
morgan175

morgan175

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I posted somewhere else and no one got back to me are a group of blue reef chromis a good buy or not. It does not seem like people are having luck with them. I want to know before I go buy some for my tank and get the same result.
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

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I like blue reef chromis or blue-green chromis. I try to buy in schools of 6. Eventually one will die and I always end up with an odd number. For the money, they add a lot of movement to the tank and are fun to watch school.
 
travelerjp98

travelerjp98

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Quote:
Originally Posted by BTLDreef http:///t/389135/weird#post_3436756
Well, that stinks!
Now for the normal questions: tank parameters? Stats? You know the deal...
Yep... look below
Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/389135/weird#post_3436761
Check ammonia and then voltage with a voltmeter.
need tank stats.
didn't check voltage but tank stats are below
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Originally Posted by Mr. Limpid http:///t/389135/weird#post_3436806
chromis are bad shippers, I never had good luck with them had a school of dozen within a year all were dead. Plus they are in the damsel family so they fight each other.
I've also never had luck with them. I lost one about 2 years ago... so I wanted to try my luck again with a school.
Quote:
Originally Posted by BTLDreef http:///t/389135/weird#post_3436818
This is what I'm thinking as well. They picked each other off and the last one was too beat on to survive.
Trav, still check parameters, but know the chromis are not as "easy" as most sites claim.
I thought that for the other 2 fish, but he appeared perfectly healthy. When I pulled him out, I closely examined his fins (Well, as much as I could with the 3 year old running around... LOL)... and I saw absolutely no damage.
Quote:
Originally Posted by BTLDreef http:///t/389135/weird#post_3436828
"Chromis Disease" sounds like some made up bs explanation from a useless LFS. Keep in mind that this LFS just sold you fish to cycle a tank, which is no longer really an accepted way to cycle a tank. IMO, your LFS should know better by now and have not sold you fish to cycle a tank. Fish stores that do this still are usually the same ones that give terrible information just to make a sale. You are a walking dollar sign to them, and unfortunately this is becoming the norm, especially with the bad economy.
I agree... +1
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Originally Posted by morgan175 http:///t/389135/weird#post_3436838
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I posted somewhere else and no one got back to me are a group of blue reef chromis a good buy or not. It does not seem like people are having luck with them. I want to know before I go buy some for my tank and get the same result.
Yep.
Water Parameters:
Nitrite: Absolutely undetectable
Ammonia: 0
Nitrate: 100 (I know, I know. But, it's been that way for the past 3 years... and all my other fish have been fine... so...)
ph: 8.5
alk: 5-7.5 meg/l
copper: Absolutely undetectable
Specific Gravity: 1.0225
 
travelerjp98

travelerjp98

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The weird thing is that I saw him die... he was swimming around... perfectly... and then I watched him swim to the bottom of the tank and stop moving... it was very strange....
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

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Yup, now I'm thinking it's the nitrates that killed him. Nitrates over 100ppm can kill any new fish.
You should really focus on getting your numbers down as much as you can.
We can help, of course...
 
travelerjp98

travelerjp98

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Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/389135/weird#post_3436885
Yup, now I'm thinking it's the nitrates that killed him. Nitrates over 100ppm can kill any new fish.
You should really focus on getting your numbers down as much as you can.
We can help, of course...
Yep..
Is it normal to see fish die like that though?
To just watch them swim to the bottom of the tank and stop moving, all in a matter of minutes?
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

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How long do you think it would take you to die without air?
minutes.
It happens, but you shouldn't add any more fish to your tank until you take care of the problem...
What's that saying about the rule of 3s?
3 minutes without air
3 days without water
3 weeks without food?
 
travelerjp98

travelerjp98

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Oh... of course I won't be adding any new fish until my problem is solved.
But, he was in my tank for 2 weeks prior to just swimming down and not moving. That's the part that was strange.
I would have understood if it he did that directly after I acclimated him..
 
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