Blue/Green Chromis Fish Behavior
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Blue/Green Chromis Fish Behavior
By Taylor Morris and Caroline Montgomery
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Taxonomy
• Kingdom: Animalia• Phylum: Chordata• Class: Actinopterygii• Order: Perciformes• Family: Pomacentridae• Species: Chromis viridis • Popular Name: Green Chromis - Blue-Green
Chromis - Black-axil Chromis - Blue-Green puller - Blackfin Chromis
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Background
• Found in the Indo Pacific in coral reefs• Found above corals not below, rarely hide• Peaceful in small groups• Female is larger than male• Feed on plankton and other small organisms
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Why The Reef Chromis?
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Hypothesis
If we change the conditions of the tank, the Green Chromis fish will adapt to the changes, responding in a positive way, and will continue to thrive in their new surroundings.
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Proposal
• The goal of this lab is to discover the behaviors between the Chromis, the other organisms and changes in the tank.
• We observed there behaviors each day, and later used an Ethogram to collect data.
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Questions
• Do changes in the tank effect the Behavior of the Chromis?– Moving power heads back– Moving or taking out corals– Not cleaning tank– Feeding timesThese questions lead to others:– What is the fish’s dynamic in the tank?– Did moving the power heads cause the second males
death?
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General Observations
• Ethogram• General observations during November and
December
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1st Change
• Changed the placement of the powerheads in the tank.
• We moved them both forward from the back of the tank.
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Placement in Tank
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Interaction
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Swim Patterns
Videos:
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Video• General Behavior• Swim both together and apart• Social• Like to feed in the current• Video:
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The Case of the Missing Fish
• Disappeared in November• Concluded dead after two months of
searching• Either was killed off by other Chromis or
simply died• During power head observations• http://bluegreenchromisbehavior.wiki.lovett.o
rg/February
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Second Change
• Coral Growth• Was not an original change, but cause a behavioral
change• Chromis moved areas of the tank because of coral
growth
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Third Change• Created a high stress environment• Allowed red algae to build up throughout the tank• Stressed, more tense• Ate red algae
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Conclusion• Many of our observations supported our hypothesis • Some behavioral patterns were found, but no major behavioral
changes were seen• Very simple fish, with simple behaviors• First time they had been studied in this class• Most important interactions were with each other• Video:
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