People are constantly posting about 'Green chromis' being both easy and impossible to keep as a group, and I keep banging on about which species are they. A couple of years ago I felt I had the choice of C. viridis or C. Atripectoralis'.
Today it has become even more complicated -This is a selection of fish identified as 'Green Chromis'
This is identified a C. viridis
This as C. atripectoralis
This as C. caerulea
Now it gets interesting
These as Altrichthys alelia
And just for fun
I will be honest here I have no idea how you differentiate between the species, I will assume they have different behaviours and tolerances of the other species.
We as hobbyists are on a hiding to nothing, especially if we are looking at young fish, for example, C. atripectoralis do not develop the pectoral spot until they mature.
So next time someone says it's easy/impossible to keep them as a group ask, show them this thread and ask what species they have in their tanks.
Today it has become even more complicated -This is a selection of fish identified as 'Green Chromis'
This is identified a C. viridis
This as C. atripectoralis
This as C. caerulea
Now it gets interesting
These as Altrichthys alelia
And just for fun
I will be honest here I have no idea how you differentiate between the species, I will assume they have different behaviours and tolerances of the other species.
We as hobbyists are on a hiding to nothing, especially if we are looking at young fish, for example, C. atripectoralis do not develop the pectoral spot until they mature.
So next time someone says it's easy/impossible to keep them as a group ask, show them this thread and ask what species they have in their tanks.