Chromis fighting each other?

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  1. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    so i was just watching my chromis and two of them were tail butting each other and almost like locking lips, is this how they fight?
     
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  2. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    They're just establishing a pecking order. They will likely stop in a day or two.
     
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  3. Puffer Chick

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    ok glad its normal, seems like they do it off and on
     
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  4. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    You have your A-list friends and you have your B-list friends. Fish are no different.
     
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  5. thepanfish

    thepanfish Flying Squid

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    Mine did this for 4 days, just make sure if one is getting beat up bad, quarantine him for a day.
     
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  6. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    lol thats a good way to look at it :D
    unfortuantly no quarantine, but the fighitng doesnt look to bad
     
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  7. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    When I first set up my current 90g, I bought 4 Chromies to have that "schooling" effect. Well, needless to say, only one was left after one week of the "pecking order". I hope your results are not the same as mine.



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  8. Gexx

    Gexx Giant Squid

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    chromis will sometime fight to the death with themselves. noone knows why exactly but there are some success storys :)
     
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  9. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Luna,

    With Chromis, always go with odd numbers and add them all at the same time. 1,3,5,7 and so on.
     
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  10. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Thanks for the tip, but where were you 5-6 yrs ago;D



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