Any of you guys have them? I always thought they were a schooling fish. I put 3 in my 40 gal and now i only have 1 left. They were all healthy and eating right after i drip acclimated them for 2 hours. The first one to die showed missing scales on the top after the first night and then died the next day. It was still eating the day it had missing scales. It was extremely torn up when it died. Now I have a second one that just vanished. I have 2 maroons who leave them alone and never leaving the rock that they host. I assume the chromis and killing each other off?
Green Chromis
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Were they adult chromis or juvies? Here whenever I used to buy juvenile chromis they'd just start shedding scales, getting red patches, and dying. Basically they just deteriorate until they die. Bought 15 of them, only to have them all die within a week. Tried the same thing at another nearby store and the same end result. Ended up with no chromis in the tank. I asked at both the stores, and one of them won't even order them in any more. Owner says the shipping stress is too much for them.
Juvies. It seems that most people have them showing red/brown patches and they just die. I find it extremely odd how they were super healthy and eating a ton and then dying
I don't know if its an issue with them being hardy. I guess it all depends on the batch. Anybody know if chromis are tank raised?
I have gone through 8 and have 3 now. They all ate fine. Some completely disappeared and some washed up. Not sure what it is.
Some had red. No brown. A couple that lived had red wounds that also healed and they lived. My guess is bacterial.
Yeah it could just be the batch and where they are from, I'm thinking maybe ones that people get that live are tank bred and the majority of ones that die are wild caught. And I'm not a fish expert but I have read many times that red patches is usually caused by high stress or high ammonia. Could be that the wild ones are having a hard time acclimating and dieing of stress.
Possibly the stress. I have 0 ammonia so that can't be the issue. It seems like most people who buy multiple ones lose them until there are only one or two left. I'm just wondering if its due to stress or aggression