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01-24-2008, 09:30 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2008
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 |  New 65 gallon salt tank
Moving from a 12 gallon salt to a 65. Tank cycled 2 weeks with 40 lbs of live rock, 60 lbs of live sand 2 gallons of old tank water, 2 cups of old tank sand and 2 packs of bio-spira MARINE.. all levels are normal, no spikes anywhere..
I wanted to add 2 black 3-dot damsels to the tank. my old tank has 2 pairs of oceallis clowns ( one pair is medium, one pair is small) , and a bullet gobie .. will i have a problem with the black damsels being too aggressive to my clowns???? better ot know now .. thanks | 
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01-24-2008, 09:35 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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if it where me I just add just one Just one a single yellow tailed blue damsel and let it ride for about 10 more weeks no skimming and only actinic lighting .. These fish stay small and are chickens and very tentative and shy about coming out not at all aggressive and are nice looking But you add more then one you could get a pair and two of any damsels in a tank that small will rule it all you need to keep cycling steady and healthy is just one. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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01-24-2008, 10:18 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2008
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thanks for the tips... and sorry i accidentally posted to the wrong board.. | |
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01-24-2008, 10:33 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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maybee two weeks is a bit soon for you cycle to be finnished. be patient  _________ 
55gl skimmerless, 80lbs live rock, DIY wavemaker running 3x MJ1200 with hydor deflector.
2 DIY fluidized reactors Carbon & ROWAphos
LIghts- 2x 50/50 atinics T10's , 2x life gro T10's ,
1x20,000K T12, 1x6,000K T10.
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01-24-2008, 10:37 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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oh, welcome to the 3reef | |
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01-24-2008, 05:43 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
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I'd think twice about those Domino Damsels. They get big and aggressive. They may become bullies of the tank. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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01-26-2008, 11:00 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Saskatoon, Sk Age: 21
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Not to be a pain tangster, but my yellow tail used to chase my domino around the tank when i had them. I have a talbots that is a wimp. Every fish has it's own personality, with damsels you are more often than not gonna get a pretty aggressive fish. GL with whatever you decide to go with. Both the domino and yellow-tail are good looking fish... for damsels 
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40g with 10g sump with 40 lbs liverock, 1.5" deep livesand bed.
Fish - halloween hermits, blue leg hermits, left-handed hermits, emerald crabs, assorted snails, chocolate chip star, 3x strawberry conches, tuxedo urchin, electric flame scallop, gold stripe maroon clown, carpenter's flasher wrasse, 6line, yellow tang, yellow watchman goby, white seabae anemone.
Coral - Yellow polyps, Kenya Tree, Purple Acro, Pink Birds Nest, Hammer coral. | |
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01-26-2008, 02:29 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
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How about a nice Royal Gramma or a six line wrasse. They are a little more expensive fish for a first fish, but if your tank is well cycled I dont see a problem. | |
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02-03-2008, 07:26 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Detroit, Michigan
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I have two 3 dotted damsels and 2 ocellaris clowns, they are all still young but the clowns and the damsels seem to like each other very much! they swim together and dont pick on each other, but I know they can be aggressive when they are older but from what I have read if they are introduced young they have a good chance of being ok with each other when they are larger.
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120g, 3 niger triggers, 2 tomato's, 2 puffers, 2 anglers,
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5g, 4 baby black ociis, haitian, rock and bubble tip anemone, frogspawn, hammers, candycanes, blue ricordia, zenia, leather, plate coral, peppermint shrimp, yellow jawfish, porcelain anemone crab, lrg ass. bristle worms | |
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02-03-2008, 08:04 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Northern Michigan
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The biggest problem with Damsels is getting them back out....
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75g mixed tank
2x 250w HQI MH
4x65w T5 accintics
Coralife 220 Skimmer
29g fuge/sump
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