Damsel Mistake!

[75galOCD]

Did I make a mistake putting a couple domino damsels in the reef? Has anyone been able to keep docile fish in with them? The more familiar I get with the smaller reef fish the more interesting I am finding them.
Thank you!

 

[Fishhands]

I was always told to add damsels last. Also the darker they are the more aggressive. I could be wrong and that could be false, just what I've heard.

 

[Fin]

Probably one of the most aggressive damsels out there. That has been my experience with them anyway. I have had them even attack my hand.

 

[leepink23]

The ones I had were very aggressive, recently added a sapphire damsel which is listed as peaceful and so far is a model citizen.

 

[Maritimer]

Some damsels - even dominoes - are more "damsel" than others. Dominoes are usually pretty aggressive, but in a larger system they can sometimes get along. I once observed (over a period of several years) a spawning pair of dominoes in a roughly 500 gallon system, who got along with dottybacks, hawkfish, chromis and other assorted reef fish.

I wouldn't count on that level of cooperation from dominoes, though . . .

~Bruce

 

[75galOCD]

Yea I'm going to try and catch/trap them before I add anything else.
Thanks guys!
Dare I say it "TO THE TOILET BOWL WITH THEM BOTH!" ;Blackeye

 

[Fin]

Maybe just bring them back to the store??

 

[75galOCD]

If I have to spend $60 on a trap, a trip across town ain't happening! They are dead just don't know it!

 

[redfishbluefish]

The only damsels I'd ever consider putting in a community tank are paired clown fish. All other damsels are for a tank with similar aggressive fish. Not a community fish!

 

[saltyhog]

Awe come on, take 'em back to the LFS. They were just doing what Damsels do. It's not their fault. You can get a discount on your next addition to the tank!

 

[eatbreakfast]

^Agreed, so because you put them in the tank they have to die? It wasn't their fault.

 

[Stephen Glover]

I couldnt flush a fish, even if it was the devil

 

[75galOCD]

Don't get me wrong I'm all choked up about it too I still haven't gotten over the time I had to scrap the manjao off my rock with a screw driver!

 

[eatbreakfast]

Don't get me wrong I'm all choked up about it too I still haven't gotten over the time I had to scrap the manjao off my rock with a screw driver!

Just not choked up enough to drive across town to take them to the LFS rather than flush them.

 

[Stephen Glover]

Lol, that's why I have a second tank, houses my 13 yr old mean Maroon clown

 

[Barrett]

You really should do the right thing and take them back or at least put them on a local forum or Craigslist for free, someone will take them off your hands.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Always heard dominos and four stripes are the most damsel of the damsels.. Chrysiptera springeri. Completely un-damsel. Perfect reef fish and they eat flat worms.

 

[75galOCD]

Just not choked up enough to drive across town to take them to the LFS rather than flush them.

You get me!

You really should do the right thing and take them back or at least put them on a local forum or Craigslist for free, someone will take them off your hands.

You don't

 

[Velcro]

No offense, but if you flush these fish you don’t belong in this hobby.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

2 liter bottle, cut the cap off just big enough for the fish to fit thru. Now cut it in 1/3 and 2/3 sections with the 1/3 where the cap used to be. Turn the cap part inside the buttom part and hot glue it together. Place damsel's favorite food in the bottle and you have a fish trap for a dollar. You saved that $60 for gas to go to the LFS.