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  1. tulare reef

    tulare reef Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    i was wanting to know about adding chromis to my tank was thinking about adding 4-5. have never keeped them befor but i am trying to add more fish movment for my 3 month old boy, he loves the reef. just to bad that my fish are lazy
     
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  3. suckafish

    suckafish Montipora Capricornis

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    what do you have in your tank and how big is it?
     
  4. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    Green or Blue Chromis' make ideal fish inhabitants as they add color a splash of color and a site to see when comprised of a school.
    I would go for it, depending on the two questions suckafishtankcleaning asked!
     
  5. PharmrJohn

    PharmrJohn The Dude

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    Well, you have 90g to play with. That's a good size tank. Just don't overstock and they will have plenty of room to move about.
     
  6. tulare reef

    tulare reef Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    i have 4 diffrent tangs maroone clown and a 6 line wrasse then the corals are a mix of sps lps mushroms
     
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    =Jwin= Tassled File Fish

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    You should be fine with a 90g. A neat thing with schooling Chromis is they will follow your finger as a school (at least the schools i've played with will). AND they're cheap. So for $30 in my area you can buy 5 or 6 of the little guys.
     
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  9. fishoholic

    fishoholic Purple Spiny Lobster

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    4 tangs in a 90gal is too many fish already. How big are your current tangs? I would not add any more fish, you'll be way over stocked.
     
  10. tulare reef

    tulare reef Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    that would be cool just want to make shour that they arnt a pain in the but in the tanks
     
  11. LCP136

    LCP136 Sailfin Tang

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    4 tangs in a 90 is not a good idea. On top of overstocking, there are only 3 Genus of tangs, and tangs in the same genus will usually end up fighting in space that cramped. Even if they don't now as presumable juveniles, as they mature they will begin to fight. Also, tangs in genus Acanthurus all outgrow a 90. If you have a hippo tang, any of the powder tangs, a clown tang, achilles tang, or any that look like that, they will outgrow the tank. Also, you say that your fish are lazy. If tangs are being lazy that is a sign that they are stressed, because they are big swimmers. I strongly recommend cutting down to 2 tangs. Good luck.
     
  12. tulare reef

    tulare reef Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    by lazzy i ment that i am bord of them the have all been in the tank for over 2 yrs the only tang that is somewhat tareatorial is the sailfin tang him and the clown run the tank. then i have a lavender tang, blue hippo, and a yeollw. the blue was bought as a tiny and is now 3 in. have plans to go up to 210 some day.