blue vs blue green chromis

Mental1 · 08/31/2007, 08:27 PM

Just wondering if anyone has been able to keep the blue chromis. I bought two blue and one blue green chromis today. Joe from Ag said that he did some research and the blues tend to die after a few months in the tank. I decided to take them anyway and try my luck. Does anyone have the blues and if yes -- how long and what are you feeding them?

Sk8r · 08/31/2007, 08:34 PM

There is a blue chromis with more elaborate finnage, and it is fragile. There is a blue variant of the blue-green chromis and it is ime as hardy as the green color. I have a blue in my tank [I prefer the color, as the blue colors as a whole are rarer in a reef than greens.] He's been doing his thing for a year and a half, the only chromis there has ever been: he survived being boarded at the lfs while I moved, and is fat as a tuna.

Mental1 · 08/31/2007, 08:52 PM

What do you feed him? Mine look the same as the blue green so I assume it is the hardier one that you have.

08/31/2007, 08:27 PM	#1
Mental1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 1,593	blue vs blue green chromis Just wondering if anyone has been able to keep the blue chromis. I bought two blue and one blue green chromis today. Joe from Ag said that he did some research and the blues tend to die after a few months in the tank. I decided to take them anyway and try my luck. Does anyone have the blues and if yes -- how long and what are you feeding them? __________________ Sherri Current Tank Info: 400g - 65g DT and 180g peninsula DT both drop into basement. 5 tanks plus a QT in the basement.

08/31/2007, 08:34 PM	#2
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	There is a blue chromis with more elaborate finnage, and it is fragile. There is a blue variant of the blue-green chromis and it is ime as hardy as the green color. I have a blue in my tank [I prefer the color, as the blue colors as a whole are rarer in a reef than greens.] He's been doing his thing for a year and a half, the only chromis there has ever been: he survived being boarded at the lfs while I moved, and is fat as a tuna. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

08/31/2007, 08:52 PM	#3
Mental1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 1,593	What do you feed him? Mine look the same as the blue green so I assume it is the hardier one that you have. __________________ Sherri Current Tank Info: 400g - 65g DT and 180g peninsula DT both drop into basement. 5 tanks plus a QT in the basement.