Orange Chromides

Anyone spot one of these,
please give me a shout?

I want to add some colour to
my brackish water setup.

Cheers

 

they are very sensitive to water coditions .and im afraid to say at most lfs i have seen out of like 20 mabe only 4 or 5 survive the first few days . i tried them a few times with no success and found the scats buly them when it comes to feeding time, realy awsome little fish great personalaty but if I remeber correctly they actualy need to be with another of the indian fish species to thrive or survive ..I could be wrong mabe tim could help.. good luck

 

I successfully kept and bred Orange Chromides in my community tank with guppies. They were breeding so much that I had to give them away. It was not a brakish setup although I did add a little salt to the water to make sure that they were okay. They were very healthy and there colour was vibrant. I'll PM you as to where you can get hold of them.

 

good on you man Im glad someone could keep them sucessefully.good luck private.

 

I currently have 5 of them and they're doing well.... I expect them to start pairing off soon (They're in with 8 Kribs and there is no conflict).... (I've removed the spanner barbs seen in the photo)





Only realise now the poor quality of the photos, but if you look closely.... They are in there.

 

are you guys running them with low or brak salinaty ? could it be they do like high salinaty ? or did I just suck at looking after them

 

My tap water is around pH 7.1/ 7.3 ...... I know they enjoy frequent water changes... (I never add anything to the water)

 

I had them in my community tank with guppies, neons, runnynoses and corys. I threw in a handful of aquarium salt after every third water change. I know that the species do not belong together but the Orange Chromides were breeding and of excellent health and colour and all the other fish were also thriving. I know I was pushing the boundries with mixing them like this. The corys also laid eggs and the guppies had fry. It is a 1.2 m tank with a PH of around 7.5. I did start off with 6 Orange Chromides and then returned 4 of them when I had a mating pair.