Well, Dave is slacking on emptying the cup, so I'm stepping in before it really starts to reek in here. Of course, that means I don't have to be diplomatic and use someone else's idea. :Angel:
New Topic: Tell all about the damsels you have owned, both the vile little buggers and the ones that make the cut.
Like many, I made the mistake of buying damsels as the first occupants of my tank. It was heavily seeded from a buddies tank, so the damsels were more 'test' fish than to cycle the tank. A three stripe, a yellow tail, and a blue damsel were all added at the same time. The yellow tail was abused and killed within the first week or so. The 3 stripe became the biggest, most obnoxious bugger in the system, harrassing every single fish that was added, including a large lion fish and a trigger. He was eventually traded to a friend, where he was happily abusing triggers and hawks last I heard. THe blue damsel is actually still around, in the reef tank. He's been a model fish, always out in the open, and never terrorized the other fish--I suspect he saw what happened to the 3-stripe and learned the lesson early on.
Only complaint--that little bugger is the most difficult fish to catch I've ever seen! Everyone else can be tricked or cajoled into swimming into a large jar, but Old Blue. Catching him requires removing EVERY rock in the tank, and taking it down to about 4 inches of water. Can you say PITA?!?
New Topic: Tell all about the damsels you have owned, both the vile little buggers and the ones that make the cut.
Like many, I made the mistake of buying damsels as the first occupants of my tank. It was heavily seeded from a buddies tank, so the damsels were more 'test' fish than to cycle the tank. A three stripe, a yellow tail, and a blue damsel were all added at the same time. The yellow tail was abused and killed within the first week or so. The 3 stripe became the biggest, most obnoxious bugger in the system, harrassing every single fish that was added, including a large lion fish and a trigger. He was eventually traded to a friend, where he was happily abusing triggers and hawks last I heard. THe blue damsel is actually still around, in the reef tank. He's been a model fish, always out in the open, and never terrorized the other fish--I suspect he saw what happened to the 3-stripe and learned the lesson early on.
Only complaint--that little bugger is the most difficult fish to catch I've ever seen! Everyone else can be tricked or cajoled into swimming into a large jar, but Old Blue. Catching him requires removing EVERY rock in the tank, and taking it down to about 4 inches of water. Can you say PITA?!?
