Species profile
Green chromis
Chromis viridis
ai-generated confidence: medium
AI-generated aquarium-care values from common marine hobby consensus; group behavior varies, so expert review is recommended.
Care table
| Water type | saltwater |
|---|---|
| Care level | easy to moderate |
| Minimum tank | 55 US gal / 208 L |
| Minimum group size | 1 |
| Adult size | 9 cm |
| Temperature | 24-27 C |
| pH | 8-8.4 |
| Hardness | Not applicable or not reviewed-Not applicable or not reviewed dGH |
| Salinity | 33-35 ppt |
| Temperament | peaceful to semi-aggressive schooling |
| Aggression notes | Active open-water damselfish; groups can develop hierarchy issues in small systems. |
| Diet | omnivore |
| Swim zone | middle/top |
| Activity level | very active |
| Bioload | medium |
| Reef safe | Yes |
| Plant safe | Not applicable or not reviewed |
| Invert safe | Yes |
| Compatibility tags | saltwater, reef-safe, active-swimmer, schooling, semi-aggressive, open-water |
| Avoid with tags | small-tank, timid, multiple-chromis-small-tank |
Tank mate compatibility
Generated same-water-type pair checks for Green chromis.
- Can Green chromis and Banggai cardinalfish live together? compatible
- Can Green chromis and Blue tang live together? caution
- Can Green chromis and Firefish goby live together? not recommended
- Can Green chromis and Mandarin dragonet live together? not recommended
- Can Green chromis and Ocellaris clownfish live together? caution
- Can Green chromis and Royal gramma live together? compatible
- Can Green chromis and Yellow tang live together? caution
Sources and attribution
Source links are verification references for taxonomy and identifiers. Aquarium-care values are AI-generated from common hobby consensus and need expert review before launch-quality advice.
- Wikidata search - Taxonomy/identifier verification lead only.
- GBIF species search - Taxonomy verification lead only.
- WoRMS taxon search - Marine taxonomy verification lead only.