Dissapearing Green Chromis'

[Ray Martini]

I brought home 5 small Green Chromis fish on Thursday. By tonight there are
only two left. Something is grabbing them up but I can't figure what. Here's
what's in the tank for animals:

3 Emerald Crabs
12 Blue Leg Hermit Crabs
6 Scarlet Hermit Crabs
2 Mexican Turbo Snails
12 Astrea Snails
6 Cerith Snails
12 Nassarius Snails
1 Serpent Starfish
1 Pink Tip Condy Anenome
2 Feather Dusters
1 Bi Color Pseudochromis
1 Yellow Tang
1 Fire/Blood Shrimp

And of course the 2 Chromis that are left. Anyone have any thoughts as to
who's grabbing these fish? The Anenome maybe? I really like them as they
were peaceful and shoal nicely but I'm not going to continue to replace them
if they're someone's dinner. $3.50 a feeder is a bit much!

[Billy]

"Ray Martini" > wrote in message
...
> were peaceful and shoal nicely but I'm not going to continue to
> replace them


Chromis Damsels? Peaceful????? I've watched a pair of those try to
kill a small trigger!

[Big John]

Maybe the condy.
"Ray Martini" > wrote in message
...
>I brought home 5 small Green Chromis fish on Thursday. By tonight there are
>only two left. Something is grabbing them up but I can't figure what.
>Here's what's in the tank for animals:
>
> 3 Emerald Crabs
> 12 Blue Leg Hermit Crabs
> 6 Scarlet Hermit Crabs
> 2 Mexican Turbo Snails
> 12 Astrea Snails
> 6 Cerith Snails
> 12 Nassarius Snails
> 1 Serpent Starfish
> 1 Pink Tip Condy Anenome
> 2 Feather Dusters
> 1 Bi Color Pseudochromis
> 1 Yellow Tang
> 1 Fire/Blood Shrimp
>
> And of course the 2 Chromis that are left. Anyone have any thoughts as to
> who's grabbing these fish? The Anenome maybe? I really like them as they
> were peaceful and shoal nicely but I'm not going to continue to replace
> them if they're someone's dinner. $3.50 a feeder is a bit much!
>

[George Patterson]

Ray Martini wrote:
>
> And of course the 2 Chromis that are left. Anyone have any thoughts as to
> who's grabbing these fish? The Anenome maybe?

That's my bet.

George Patterson
Drink up, Socrates -- it's all-natural.

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Is your tank completely dark at night? If so, you should try
illuminating it just a little so that the fish can see where the
anemone is and avoid running into it. This could be as simple as
leaving a lamp in the room on at night.

The adivice about leaving a light on comes from the Clownfish and
Anemone FAQ in the reefcentral.com clownfish and anemone forum. It
especially makes sense if the fish are new to the tank and don't have a
good idea of what to avoid at night.

Unfortunatly I didn't read this until after loosing a baby yellow tang
(about 1" long) to my twice as big as he was three months ago condy.
That thing is a monster.

Good luck
Blake

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I also would not entirley rule out the serpent star. Those guys can
move pretty quickly and if the damsels were sleeping a little too close
to its rock it might have grabbed them. I've sworn off serpent stars
after one of them grabbed a baby cuttlefish I'd spent ages preparing
for within minutes of adding it to the tank.

Blake.

[exotec]

I lost a few Chromis to our overflow box at first. Maybe they got
frightened at night before we had moonlights ... or maybe they were
just destined to commit suicide. Since we erected needlepoint-fabric
"barricades", we've had fewer casualties.

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:31:42 -0500, "Ray Martini"
> wrote:

>I brought home 5 small Green Chromis fish on Thursday. By tonight there are
>only two left. Something is grabbing them up but I can't figure what. Here's
>what's in the tank for animals:
>
>3 Emerald Crabs
>12 Blue Leg Hermit Crabs
>6 Scarlet Hermit Crabs
>2 Mexican Turbo Snails
>12 Astrea Snails
>6 Cerith Snails
>12 Nassarius Snails
>1 Serpent Starfish
>1 Pink Tip Condy Anenome
>2 Feather Dusters
>1 Bi Color Pseudochromis
>1 Yellow Tang
>1 Fire/Blood Shrimp
>
>And of course the 2 Chromis that are left. Anyone have any thoughts as to
>who's grabbing these fish? The Anenome maybe? I really like them as they
>were peaceful and shoal nicely but I'm not going to continue to replace them
>if they're someone's dinner. $3.50 a feeder is a bit much!
>


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