Azure Damsel - Any reason not to?

[DeniseAndy]

They would go fine in a 40g. They stay small. I had captive bred ones that were tiny and did fine (until the "purple tang incident" we do not speak of it). This time due to quantity, I got wild caught. still small though. I would have gotten captive bred as it would be my first choice.

 

[kyleinpdx]

Wait, a damsel thread with out "they are all devil spawn", never thought I'd see the day

But seriously they are great fish to bring life, movement and colour to a reef and the azures are arguably the best choice.
They tend to be very hardy so a normal qt protocol works fine unless the supplier is a bit iffy. I'm jealous you guys can get them captive bred, which is very hard to do over here.

My thoughts exactly, I came back to this thread today to see if the sentiments had shifted, but that hasnt happened. I thought it was borderline blasphemy for people to say that springeri damsels arent devil spawn either. Now theres 2?!

I dont know what to think anymore...

 

[mmw64]

Happy Tuesday!

I bought a captive bred Azure Damsel about 3 months back and the fish has been nothing but great. Takes to most foods, gives great color to the tank (also movement), spunky personality, and overall a great addition to a reef tank.

Out of all the damsels, this is the only one I have kept post cycle and been happy to move to my bigger display tank as time passed.

If you don't mind, where did you purchase them?

 

[Tuffloud1]

I went to my LFS yesterday and one of the staff was telling me that Azure’s are extremely aggressive especially in groups and have been known to “take down tangs”. They had one Azure which was brought back by a customer because it was in their 300 gallon and was harassing their tangs.

This is the opposite of what I read on here. I ended up ordering 7 so hopefully it all goes well! ;Nailbiting

 

[rishma]

There can always be a nasty individual but that “take down tangs” as a group like they are wolf pack seems a bit hyperbolic.

 

[mort]

I went to my LFS yesterday and one of the staff was telling me that Azure’s are extremely aggressive especially in groups and have been known to “take down tangs”. They had one Azure which was brought back by a customer because it was in their 300 gallon and was harassing their tangs.

Nice to see the drugs trade hasn't been impacted by lockdown in your local area

 

[Tuffloud1]

I put all 6 Azure’s in and all is well. It has been over a month and they are awesome additions to my 5 Tangs, Triggers, Flame Angel, Foxface, Gramma, Clowns, Hawkfish, Wrasses and Mandarin.

 

[ReefHog]

I put 4 in my 220 mixed reef. Shortly after my barred goby stayed hidden all the time. I narrowed it down to one of them. I was able to catch the little trouble maker and put him in with a trigger and puffer. The barred goby has been coming out more and more now that he’s gone. The other three are very behaved.

 

[User1]

Most, if not all, damsels in the Chrysiptera genus are considered reef and community safe if that makes sense. Most hobbyists report nothing but positive feedback. Talbots, Azures, Starcki, etc. All positive. @ca1ore has dang near 60 in his 450 gallon tank mostly Azures I believe. If you have a mature tank with plenty of rock work and mature corals you can easy support 5 to 10 easy. Mix them up Azures, Talbots, Rolands, and others all make wonderful display of color, speed, and activity.

The limiting factor is really the tank maturity. They do need their respected place of retreat and also a place to sleep. Sometimes they are not the same. Hope this helps. Great fish.

 

[Zionas]

I have decided I’ll be getting a trio. Would add so much movement and color to my tank. Small but active, get to only 2.5”. Having said this they’ll still be among the last fish if not the last to go into my tank.


My 180:

Full Tank Swimmers-

x3 Yellow Pyramid Butterflies

x1 One Spot Fox Face


Bottom Dwellers-

x1 Yellow Watchman Goby

x1 Orange Spotted Shrimp Goby

x1 Flame Hawkfish

x1 Long Nose Hawkfish



Small But Active-

x1 Twinspot / Red Stripe Hogfish

x3 Azure Damsels


Middle Tank Cruisers-

x2 Ocellaris Clowns (Captive Bred)

x1 Royal Gramma

x1 Halichoeres spp. Wrasse



Hovering Fish-

x4 Pajama Cardinals

 

[PatW]

A rule of thumb is the bigger the tank, the less problem from aggression especially from smaller fish. Many of the fish you have are not exactly shrinking violets. And the damsels are going in last. Also, it is one of the milder tempered damsels. It should be fine.

 

[h2so4hurts]

I went to my LFS yesterday and one of the staff was telling me that Azure’s are extremely aggressive especially in groups and have been known to “take down tangs”. They had one Azure which was brought back by a customer because it was in their 300 gallon and was harassing their tangs.

This is the opposite of what I read on here. I ended up ordering 7 so hopefully it all goes well! ;Nailbiting

LOL, LFS anecdotes are my favorite... These are very pretty fish that are only aggressive with each other. I started with 10 in my 500 and the 3 meanest and fattest have survived. They're like chromis... Fight to the death, only the strong survive

 

[trmiv]

I love the yellow/blue colored damsels. Such a flash of color. I had a Starcki in my last tank and he was great. This time I’m leaning towards the Azure. I was planning on just one, but it would be cool have a small group. Any advice for how many would work in a Reefer 350 (73g display 48x21x21)? I’m thinking either just the one or trying three. I’ve got six fish already so if I did three they plus a bottom dwelling goby would probably be my last additions.

 

[ReefHog]

I was planning on just one, but it would be cool have a small group.

Mine do not group together at all. Each has his own rock structure that they patrol all day only swimming into the main water column when feeding. Still very cool watching them swim in and out of their rocks.

 

[trmiv]

Mine do not group together at all. Each has his own rock structure that they patrol all day only swimming into the main water column when feeding. Still very cool watching them swim in and out of their rocks.

Yea that’s what I’m going for just nice flashes of color. As long as three of them don’t tear each other up in a 75ish gallon tank.

 

[Tcook]

Yea that’s what I’m going for just nice flashes of color. As long as three of them don’t tear each other up in a 75ish gallon tank.

Did you get the 3? How are they doing?

 

[trmiv]

Did you get the 3? How are they doing?

I haven’t gotten any yet.