Please ID my fish!

[Gene0514]

I was sold this fish as a damsel. My yellow-tail blue damsel is bullying it. I am probably gonna return this yellow one today.

Here is a pic

[imkevin20]

looks like an Anthias to me, maybe a female pink one.

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/images/2674_pink.jpg

For reference, looks about right.

[ProAquatics]

damsel not anthias

[Lucas Kane]

Id say the store and ProAquatics are right some kind of Damsel. Most damsels do best in groups of 3+ but that being said most damsels are aggressive little buggers that grow up into aggressive ugly(my opinion) buggers. I would Return them both but again just my opinion :P

Sorry could not be more help best of luck with the tank Gene0514 :D

[Gene0514]

Id say the store and ProAquatics are right some kind of Damsel. Most damsels do best in groups of 3+ but that being said most damsels are aggressive little buggers that grow up into aggressive ugly(my opinion) buggers. I would Return them both but again just my opinion :P

Sorry could not be more help best of luck with the tank Gene0514 :D

thanks
I like the blue one though
the store was closed so I'll return it this week

[Amphiprion]

Chrysiptera rex. Not as aggressive as some other damsel species, but pugnacious nonetheless. Most damsels either occur in groups or individually--keeping them in groups (despite the fact that they occur this way in the wild) is usually a bad idea.

[tamz273]

yeh id agree and say its a damsel... Damsels are great to cycle a tank, but afterwards they are just trouble as they grow up... i had 2 black domino damsels, and they grow to about 5 times their size within a year, and i just had to take them out because they caused way too much trouble in the tank..

[Hooked Newbie]

yeh id agree and say its a damsel... Damsels are great to cycle a tank, but afterwards they are just trouble as they grow up... i had 2 black domino damsels, and they grow to about 5 times their size within a year, and i just had to take them out because they caused way too much trouble in the tank..

I disagree. Letting the tank mature and cycle without fish is a better option IMO.

[tamz273]

yeh i agree wiht that, but when choosing the option of using fish to cycle the tank, a damsel would be my person first choice (and many others..)

[Hooked Newbie]

yeh i agree wiht that, but when choosing the option of using fish to cycle the tank, a damsel would be my person first choice (and many others..)

I agree that cycling with damsels is popular and "works" in alot of cases, but to make that statement seems to endorse it when there are more responsible options and many headaches to avoid. Fish are not needed to cycle a tank.

"Damsels are great to cycle a tank, but afterwards they are just trouble as they grow up"

[Gene0514]

alright thanks guys

i didn't cycle with the fish
just LR and LS