Can you mix damsel species?

[daftwazzock]

I have a 75 gallon display tank (RSR 350) that's sparsely stocked with fish and I'd like to add some damsels to it. Here's my current stocklist. Any help would be appreciated, don't want to run into future issues here!

1 Firefin Goby
2 Ocellaris Clownfish
1 Six Line Wrasse
1 yellow coris wrasse
1 Cleaner shrimp
various hermits and snails

I'd like to add some (not all) of the following damsels.
Azure demoiselle
Yellowtail demoiselle
Springer's demoiselle
domino damsel
Whitetail dascyllus
Cross's damselfish
Blue devil damsel

Which of these will cause problems with each other, the current inhabitants, and future inhabitants?
Other future inhabitants
Sailfin blenny or lawnmower blenny
pistol shrimp
foxface rabbitfish
snowflake eel or golden dwarf moray

 

[nereefpat]

You can mix damsels, but a few you listed are monsters. The Azure, yellow tail, and Springer's are all good. Stay in that genus (Chrysiptera). You don't want anything in the Dascyllus genus (domino, white tail, 3/4 stripe), and you don't want any Neoglypidodon (Cross's) either.

 

[daftwazzock]

You can mix damsels, but a few you listed are monsters. The Azure, yellow tail, and Springer's are all good. Stay in that genus (Chrysiptera). You don't want anything in the Dascyllus genus (domino, white tail, 3/4 stripe), and you don't want any Neoglypidodon (Cross's) either.

Thanks for the tip! I'll stick with the Chrysiptera damsels then. I was aware of the aggression of certain damsels, just not which specific ones/genus was the superaggressive type.

 

[ca1ore]

Thumbs up for chrysiptera; thumbs down, waaaaay down, for the others .

 

[Mrod]

Had lots of luck with azure and talbot damsels, even in a small 16 gallon nano

 

[Hemmdog]

Rolland’s and Talbots are less evil than others ime.

 

[daftwazzock]

Thumbs up for chrysiptera; thumbs down, waaaaay down, for the others .

Yep, that's the info I was after!

Of note, Chrysiptera Cyanea aka the "blue devil" is probably one to stay away from though from what I gather..

 

[Katrina71]

Blue velvet is the biggest baby in my son's tank. All are mature, ZERO aggression. This is when they were babies.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Yes but prepare to be a referee or should say : REEF-EREE ?

 

[ca1ore]

Yep, that's the info I was after!

Of note, Chrysiptera Cyanea aka the "blue devil" is probably one to stay away from though from what I gather..

Yes, probably a good one to avoid. Not three stripe aggressive, but more aggressive than most of the chrysiptera. I have about 60 in my tank, mostly yellow tails, but some azure, talbots and Rolland.

 

[Mhuq1197]

Yes, probably a good one to avoid. Not three stripe aggressive, but more aggressive than most of the chrysiptera. I have about 60 in my tank, mostly yellow tails, but some azure, talbots and Rolland.

How many gallons is your tank? I have set up a BioCube32 for Damsels only. Thanks!

 

[nereefpat]

How many gallons is your tank?

Unless he's upgraded again, he has a 450 gallon.

 

[blaxsun]

I'd also steer clear of yellow belly damsels. They are kind of jerks and go out of their way to dig holes everywhere in the substrate.