anyone else find that yellow tail damsels are aggressive ? mine is always bullying my clown fish and now i noticed it attacked my starfish it has a small chunk out on the middle of one its legs. think its time to get rid of the damsel. anyone know if the other types of damsel are just as aggressive ?
I Hate Damsels
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yeah i seen a blue/green chromis damsel fish in the LFS they are nice but so are the blue ones with like a neon stripe lol i couldnt decide wich one to get so ended up with the feather duster lol next week more rock and probally a chromis or blue damsel
STD
Fish Addict
Almost all Damsels are aggressive as are many of the closely related clowns
The problem is many fish shops sell them to beginners without explaining the down side
The problem is many fish shops sell them to beginners without explaining the down side
nanocubeking
Fishaholic
Get rid of them there aggressive, and its one more fish that is out of the tank and one more new fish that can be put in the tank.
STD
Fish Addict
True and a tank with just damsels can be very nice
yeah on every shop website it says there great fish for beginners, good for a community tank, and most them say there peaceful fish. if they would of told me there show any agression at all to other fish i wouldnt of got one, i dont want it attacking my more expensive fish lol. i think il get a bigger fish next week and hope it puts the damsel in its place. i did read the green/blue damsels are the most peacefull of all the damsel fish so might try one of them after gettin a bigger fish.
STD
Fish Addict
If you go the bigger fish route they are quite capable of attacking that as well
If you go for a bigger aggressive fish you are getting into an on going cycle of aggression
If you want to keep the damsels add a fish that looks very dissimilar and doesn't compete with them
IMO if you are unhappy with an aggressive tank get rid of the Damsels
A shoal of Green Chromis work well with very little aggression
Adrinal
4k gallons and growing!
Many damsels look as good as angles when they get some size on them. Just realize they are aggressive... but most sw fish are compared to their FW cousins.
The fact is most of our tanks are smaller than a tide pool... Anything less than 300g is a nano as far as 99% of the fish in the hobby are concerned.
We don't hate Oscars because they eat our neons... we just know they do that... why hate damsels?
The fact is most of our tanks are smaller than a tide pool... Anything less than 300g is a nano as far as 99% of the fish in the hobby are concerned.
We don't hate Oscars because they eat our neons... we just know they do that... why hate damsels?
BoneSnapper
Fish Fanatic
One of mine(I took him back to the fish shop), would try to pester my Coral Beauty. They don't really care how big the other fish is.
Lynden
a "fish hater"
Very true. Admirable, but occasionally pestilent. My domino (reputed to be among the worst) bullies the mollie but leaves the other fish alone, with the exception of the morays which he whacks with his caudal fin when they appear. Lucky for him they don't clamp on and tear him to shreds.
Damsels are a great fish really they just need to have the right conditions to really shine, and not just be a pain in the a$$.
chrissaysyes
Nereus
I almost always cycle with yellowtails. They make beautiful tank mates in the right conditions. Not very fair to say you hate all damsels when you've only kept yellow tails, not to mention because it bullied your clown. Clowns always seem to be the first to get bullied in my experience.
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