Chromis alone?

[SwimsWithFish]

Would love to add either a blue reef chromis or a blue/green chromis to my biocube 29 stock list, but I don't have enough room to house more that 1-2 of them. My question is, would I do ok with one alone?
Thanks

[joy13]

It depends on the other fish you have in your tank. A single chromis does fine as long as it doesn't get bullied.

[AquaRick]

I've seen them alone in quite a few tanks. Wether or not that's a good thing and that there's not difference compared to a chromis in a school; i'm not sure.

[SwimsWithFish]

It's companions would be
1 occ clown
1 bangaii cardinal
1 royal gramma
1 yellow watchman goby
1 purple firefish

[joy13]

The bangaii will be the most aggressive so that is the one that should go in last and an eye kept on it.

[SwimsWithFish]

Alright. So it should work? Could I put the chromis in first since its probably the most peaceful? I didn't know that bangaiis were aggresive. Thanks!

[carey]

My 4 blue reef chromis chase each other around quite frequently, in fact I suspect they offed the 5th blue reef that I had. They are really cool to watch though, very active fish, even at night with the lights off they are swimming around. They eat everything too,flake, pellets and frozen.

I ordered medium ones from Liveaquaria and mine came in at about 2 inches or so each so keep that in mind. Not sure how many you can fit comfortably.

Beautiful fish though and nice pick.

[SwimsWithFish]

Originally Posted by carey

My 4 blue reef chromis chase each other around quite frequently, in fact I suspect they offed the 5th blue reef that I had. They are really cool to watch though, very active fish, even at night with the lights off they are swimming around. They eat everything too,flake, pellets and frozen.

I ordered medium ones from Liveaquaria and mine came in at about 2 inches or so each so keep that in mind. Not sure how many you can fit comfortably.

Beautiful fish though and nice pick.

Yeah there really pretty. Do you think I could do only one or two in my cube?

[carey]

Honestly I think they might have to wait for a bigger tank. :-( You kinda want them to school and they need at least 3 or more for that. Mine are very very active and use a lot of the space in the 125g for their antics.

[SwimsWithFish]

Alright I'll find another fishie. I'd hate to get a fish and it not be happy.

[carey]

I'm sorry to burst your bubble and all. :-( I hate saying anything negative but thats my opinion so I felt you should have it from my side of things. You still have a pretty awesome stocking list though, shouldn't be hard to find another fish.

[SwimsWithFish]

It's all good Carey!