Dascyllus school?

[fishfreak2009]

Anyone ever tried a school of Dascyllus in a larger tank? I added 5 small Dascyllus melanurus to my 340 gallon (8'x4'x1.5' tall) display last night after a lengthy quarantine. All 5 seem to be fine with everyone else so far and they're still little now, so hopefully no issues for at least a while. The whole group lives in a large piece of liverock that looks like it was a large tabling acropora at some point. They are schooling with the 5 green chromis, the 5 lemon damsels (that look like and school with the green chromis), the 4 bicolor chromis, and the dispar anthias. I am hoping the big niger trigger and Koran angel help keep them in check. Worst case scenario they can live in the 150 gallon sump underneath.

 

[SoloChromis]

They wouldn't school, but they may tolerate each other since it's an 8 footer, so they can disperse their territories. I'd expect to lose at least 2-3 though. They're a cool looking fish, I love their cartoonishly rounded shape, I've always had a thing for that genus, but I'd only ever keep them in a bruiser FOWLR set up, or maybe as clean up fish in a frag tank or something. Good luck :beer:

 

[fishfreak2009]

They wouldn't school, but they may tolerate each other since it's an 8 footer, so they can disperse their territories. I'd expect to lose at least 2-3 though. They're a cool looking fish, I love their cartoonishly rounded shape, I've always had a thing for that genus, but I'd only ever keep them in a bruiser FOWLR set up, or maybe as clean up fish in a frag tank or something. Good luck :beer:

Well, for now they are schooling pretty tight, and between the big Niger trigger and the supermale princess damsel, they are staying together pretty well. I've got nets, a trap, and a barbless hook ready to go if needed though.

 

[fishfreak2009]

Nobody has ever tried this before?