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10-11-2008, 12:19 PM
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| | Fire Goby
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Chesterfield, VA Age: 21
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well dont get domino damsels either they just as mean 
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10-11-2008, 02:36 PM
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#12 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New Hampshire Age: 34
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I had the same problem when I first set up my SW tank with domino Damsels. I originally bought 3 and had to get rid of them since they were so aggressive, not only toward my other fish but every time I tired to do anything in the tank they would all attack me.
Luckily I didn't loose any fish though and ultimately donated them back to the pet store I got them at.
And of course I had 80 lbs or so of lr in the tank that had to be removed in order to catch em.. _________  72 Gal Bow Front, 120lbs live rock, 70lbs ls, 20 Gal Fuge w/ Denitrator, Sand Filter, Remora Pro Protien Skimmer, Dual Bio Wheel Filter, Lighting T5 Glo Fixture X2(54WX4), Yellow Tang,Flame Red Angel,3 Green Chromis,Maroon Clown,Yellow Gobi,2 Cleaner Shrimp,Sand Star,Bubble Tip Anemone,Sabe Anemone,Xenia,Yellow Polyps,Sun Polyps,Assorted Mushrooms(Green, Red, Purple),Green Polyps,Assorted Snails/Hermit Crabs, assorted feather dusters,assorted Leathers. | 
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10-11-2008, 03:10 PM
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#13 (permalink)
| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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if i were you, i would build a fish trap, catch them, and send them on a one way trip to anywhere other then your tank
edt...Damsels are the spawn of satan in the home aquarium, closely followed by the dottyback _________ | |
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10-11-2008, 03:32 PM
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#14 (permalink)
| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Reno, NV Age: 26
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The blue and yellow tailed damsels are fine. The black and white ones you have will pick on any fish you add, period. They will either kill or be killed. Unless you want just a tank of the more aggresive damsels, take them back to your LFS _________ 40g: T5/MH/LED, Octo BH100F, AC70, 2X Koralia 1's, 70+lbs rock, 50lbs sand Livestock: Mated Pair O. Clowns, Blue Hippo Tang, Eyelash Blenny, YT Damsel, Skunk Shrimp, Turbo's, Hermits, Corals: FGSP's, Misc Zoa's, Torch, Pink Cloves, Shrooms, Pulsating Xenia  | |
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10-11-2008, 04:31 PM
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#15 (permalink)
| | Fire Goby
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Chesterfield, VA Age: 21
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Originally Posted by PackLeader  The blue and yellow tailed damsels are fine. The black and white ones you have will pick on any fish you add, period. They will either kill or be killed. Unless you want just a tank of the more aggresive damsels, take them back to your LFS | you know whats funny i had a yellow clown goby that lived in my tank for two years with a domino, 4 stripe, sgt major, a bunch of blues, and a sharpnose puffer. he seemed content to jump from zoa rock to zoa rock. my point is there is a place for damsel in reef tanks, even your buddy nemo is a type of damsel(pheniox do you hate nemo too?). in this hobby there are fish that don't play nice with any other fish, but damsels aren't one of them you just have to pick their tank mates carefully.
I lost the goby when i made the mistake of adding a hawiian hawkfish(that lil bastard would kill anything the same size or smaller then himself). | |
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10-11-2008, 04:36 PM
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#16 (permalink)
| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Reno, NV Age: 26
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Originally Posted by sostoudt you know whats funny i had a yellow clown goby that lived in my tank for two years with a domino, 4 stripe, sgt major, a bunch of blues, and a sharpnose puffer. he seemed content to jump from zoa rock to zoa rock. my point is there is a place for damsel in reef tanks, even your buddy nemo is a type of damsel(pheniox do you hate nemo too?). in this hobby there are fish that don't play nice with any other fish, but damsels aren't one of them you just have to pick their tank mates carefully. | +1 on all points. And yes, clowns are a damselfish. I have a blue damsel and a yellow tailed damsel, and they are fine in my reef. My O. Clowns bully them, if anything, lol. I did have Domino's though that had to go early on for being just a little too mean. | |
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10-15-2008, 02:59 PM
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#17 (permalink)
| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Oct 2008
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lol... dottybacks are evil, i think they are worse than damsels.. its sad really because i like them too. My first fish that i took care of on my own as a child was a dottyback and i couldnt add anything with him as he would try to kill it, eventually he and a larger six line wrasse i bought killed each other... haven't touched those demons ever since.
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