royal gramma

[findgnemo]

are they worth getting or do they just hide within the rock work?

[meco65]

I have one he comes out to see me most of the time but he is in a tank of his own. Cool fish.

[Sk8r]

Pretty, but nippish. I've never found them timid. Make sure what you buy is a royal gramma: there is a lookalike.

[Clarkii3]

mine was out all the time, make sure to add them last though, mine was aggressive

[55Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7385733#post7385733 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sk8r
Pretty, but nippish. I've never found them timid. Make sure what you buy is a royal gramma: there is a lookalike.

There is also a Brazilian Royal Gramma's
Don't be mistaken by a Bicolor Pseudochromis
Royal Grammas are great fish though.

Good Luck

[IPowderBlueTang]

Mine hides all the time and is very timid, stays in his cave all the time and wonders out only to grab some food and hides again. But a beautiful fish.

[adnup]

Mine was one of my first fish and has never bullied any fish. He is a great fish, he'll stare back at me when I'm looking in the tank. And he's out all of the time...

[4MB]

Just got one today. Found himself a cave and has left it very few times since. A little skittish. Hopefully that will change. When I feed mysid shrimp he looked eager but just hesitant as my clowns were gobbling them up all over the tank. I have hopes that hell eventually swim around.

[fsa]

mine is pretty much out all of the time. It took a month or two for him to get acclimated. I had a lemon peel that bullied him quite a bit, but he presevered. Out all the time now.

Frank

[Andrew]

Mine doesn't hide much at all. The last one I had, I never saw him. I guess it's a hit or miss on rather you will get one that hides or not.

[BigWaveDave2]

Mine used to hide in his cave, but after I added a school of chromis he is out all the time. Beautiful fish too

[CrOsSwIrE]

Mine is cool. He hides when the light is off, but when the lights are on he is out waiting for food, and he does look directly at you when you are looking in the tank. makes it hard to take a picture.

[Teremei]

Mine deffinatly isn't out as much as say my clownfish or Coral Beauty (which are visable ALL the time) the gramma is deffinatly out here and there. I can spot him once out of every 5 times I look over there.

[Gluestick]

I've only had mine a few days and he's out al lthe time. The first day he hid a lot. I would definetly reccomend one

[Tat2demon]

I had one for a bit over 3 years. It was probably my favorite fish ever. Never caused any problems and was always out.

[VengefulSakhmet]

I got one a couple of weeks ago. He hid by the skimmer a bit, but when I had to remove it for cleaning he decided to come out of his cave like shelter. Now he hangs out in the middle of the tank all the time, but occassionally hides in the cabbage coral when there is a rucus. He really is a great color addition to any tank.

[Freed]

Rumor has it these are very dirty fish. Someone saw gill flukes on one once so from that they are really dirty fish.