The males then guard the eggs until they hatch a few days later. Chromis Fish Facts – Habitat. They almost always break down with infections like you are describing. PDD was originally isolated from the damsel fish (Chromis punctipinnis) in California and described as Vibrio damsela [4].

Fish can also injure their fins on aquarium decorations with sharp edges and ridged aquarium plants. if they won't hold them, make sure you QT them. Marine velvet is another common, yeti unfortunate, illness, and this is caused by a parasitic skin flagellate.

if the LFS is selling fish right after getting them in (meaning in the first 2-4 days after putting them into their tanks), insist they hold the fish for you as that is part of the problem. 6760).Eggs characterized by adhesive filaments are nested on rocky or sandy bottoms (Ref.

During the spawning process, the male Green Chromis come out from the school of Chromis fish and make a nest to secure its children. Damselfish Chromis notata is a small fish less than 15 cm long and it is widespread in the Indo-Pacific Ocean.

Re: Chromis deaths 3-4-09 Dear Bob, Chromis update - the fish with the lesion did indeed die about 3 days after the photo was taken, however one of the original 5 has survived a full 2 weeks in QT and appears to be feeding well.

So now I am trying to remove my remaining Green Chromis to let my system run fishless for 6 weeks to finally remove ich from my display tank. Dec 31, 2006 #1 So my tank has come down with ich. Thread starter shogun323; Start date Dec 31, 2006; shogun323 Active Member. These patches appear like threads, especially in the vicinity of the mouth. “Net damage” Many years back, I purchased a small group of green chromis (Chromis viridis) only to have them die one after another in quarantine. A Pictorial guide to Marine Fish Diseases and Parasites.

if they won't hold them, make sure you QT them. if the LFS is selling fish right after getting them in (meaning in the first 2-4 days after putting them into their tanks), insist they hold the fish for you as that is part of the problem.

Any fish you suspect is carrying Uronema should get a 45 … The natural area for Chromis to live peacefully is Indo-Pacific Sea, starting from the Red Sea, Marquesan, and ended in Tuamoto island. It can subsist off bacteria, dead tissue and (mainly) detritus. Green Chromis is a hardy fish and beginners can easily keep this fish in their aquarium because of its adjustable nature.

Thus, there will be less problem to digest the food. Aggression from other fish is a common source of torn fins. Ich and the Chromis that Could. It causes inflammation of your digestive tract, which can lead to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and malnutrition.

As seen above, Lifeguard can be used in many situations, treating fungus, ick, red streaks, milky or shedding slime, flukes, bacterial gill disease, mouth and fin rot, clamped or torn fins, and ulcers. In the wild, Chromis has this food in the daily basis.