Whats your opinion on Damsels?

Calogero831

Calogero831

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What are your guys opinions on Damsels?
I want to build a reef with small fish such as gobies clowns and stuff, are damsels a good idea to put in now or are they considered stupid beginer fish im gonna want to get rid of later?
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They are obnoxious and get really mean as they get bigger. They will bully everything in the tank. Great as a single species display in groups, but really have no place in a reef.
 
Keep them in the ocean. That is if the ocean wants them. Better off in there ocean than going through a loop at a lfs and cycling a tank.
 
IME (and apparently ONLY my experience) they aren't as bad as they are said to be. i have two in a smaller tank with a clown and firefish and they aren't too bad.
but if you get worried and don't know whether or not you want them don't get them as they ARE as hard to catch as 'they' say.
 
Some I think are better then others, the 3 & 4 strip seem to get mean the 3 spot and the blue ones also, I do have a blue/yellow (not the one with just the yellow tail) and it's very good around other fish. in fact I added a black molly to the mix, had him in there for about a week and gave it to a LFS it got real nasty even with the damsels.
 
if you want to keep them IMO i would add them last as if you add them first they think the own the tank :)
 
Nolapete said:
In a fish only tank or FOWLR, they are ok until they gain some size. Keep them long enough and you'll see.
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DUDE!! I went to my LFS and saw a velvet and some other damsel and they where HUGE!!! Not the little size of your thumb kind everyone else encouters this was maybe the size of your palm!!! VERY COOL


The scoop on damsels are they are really pretty in coloring but come with a nasty temp. I will prob add a velvet when I start my pred tank. A school of chromis look good in a reef tank. I have a school of 11 w/ 4 clown gobies. and they seem fine and have NEVER messed with them once they choris establish the peackin order your golden plus it looks pretty nice to have a big schole (sp) moving back and forth in the tank.
 
yeah and not all dasmels stay small, as said velvets get big, also dominos, neon velvet, sergent majors and quite a few of the "oddball" or at least lesser seen damsels do. garabaldis even get about 2 feet!

and Nolapete, i do have them in a reef for about 6 months now
 
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