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06-13-2007, 02:37 PM
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I had blue chromis that were that big. It sure looks like one. but it could be another type of Damsel
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06-13-2007, 02:51 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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its a blue damsel. Chromis have forked tails. The blue chromis have a black stripe on their back. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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06-13-2007, 02:56 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Originally Posted by geekdafied  its a blue damsel. Chromis have forked tails. The blue chromis have a black stripe on their back. | It's kinda what I thought too. Do they usually get this big and how much bigger do you think he might get in a 55gal? How will I know if he's too big for my tank? | |
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06-13-2007, 03:00 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Ive seen some damsels get close to 6"s. People would trade them in at the LFS I use to work at. What are you feeding it? Its color looks a little dull.
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06-13-2007, 03:08 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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it's been that color for as long as I can remember. She eats New Life Spectrum Optimum flakes, Seaweed Selects Green Marine Algae and Mysis Cubes. Anything you'd recommend to brighten her up? She will eat just about anything that moves and is sometimes a bully to my Foxface Rabbit, but the Foxface stands it's ground and raises the spikes of death. LOL
The reason I say her is the following article I just found~~~~~>
Sex: Sexual differences:
Blue Damselfish are sexually dimorphic. The females are entirely blue without any yellow or orange coloration, some females depending on localities have a black ocellus on the lower posterior part of the dorsal fin. Also they have nearly translucent fins (see photo at the top of this page), versus totally blue fins in males. There is more information here: | |
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06-13-2007, 03:10 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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After reading more of the article, it seems as though, she is a Blue Devil Damselfish! | |
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06-13-2007, 03:16 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Blue devils aka fiji devils have an orange tail. | |
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06-13-2007, 03:17 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Im 100% positive its a blue damsel. Ive had a mated pair of them. Finally got those suckers out of my tank. | |
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06-13-2007, 03:27 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Ya' know..I was wondering if this was the first fish I put in the tank....It may have been! We did 2 blue, 2 purple and orange and 2 yellow's, along with my engineer goby. That was about 6 years ago! Dern!! That's cool....I think I''ve been asleep this whole time! lol Thanks for the replies! | |
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