Lol, those little monsters.I saw these blue damsels at LFS and they looked so pretty and nice. Then I met a guy there. Another customer he told me he has 40 in is 100 gallon tank so I thought I could have four in my 40. Well, here are the results. This fire shrimp didn't last 30 hours. they are also going after my white sand sifter.
I believe Springer Damsels are safe. I would like to get one myself but would like to make sure they aren't aggressive due to past experiences. Damsels are entertaining fish to watch, they are very active swimmers and graze all day.
I had two blue devils to start off my tank, and it was a nightmare. One was very aggressive towards the other. I came home one day and found the passive one stuck in a corner of the tank ready to die. I ran to my LFS and got a breeder box and threw him in it. These are very hardy fish and I was able to nurse him back to full health. Threw him back in the tank and same issue with the aggressor. So I ended up separating the tank with some egg crate in hopes they would figure it out. One day I came home from work and saw both swapped sides. Well, the aggressor would force himself under the sand and the egg crate to wedge himself under to get to the other side. He was determined to kill the other damsel. Tore down my entire tank to catch the little demon, and I rehomed him. I kept the passive one, but he started to attack newcomers, so away he went as well. This time what I did to catch him was put a cube of mysis in the breeder box and he jumped right in lol.
Yup, they are hell in a small package!!I saw these blue damsels at LFS and they looked so pretty and nice. Then I met a guy there. Another customer he told me he has 40 in is 100 gallon tank so I thought I could have four in my 40. Well, here are the results. This fire shrimp didn't last 30 hours. they are also going after my white sand sifter.
There are probably 1000 threads on here discussing damsel aggression. The yellow tails you have are known demons. Springerii and Starcks not so much. Larger tanks curb aggression to an extent because fish can carve out territory. Many species will be peaceful in a 150 that won’t in a 40. Long vs cube can affect this as well.I saw these blue damsels at LFS and they looked so pretty and nice. Then I met a guy there. Another customer he told me he has 40 in is 100 gallon tank so I thought I could have four in my 40. Well, here are the results. This fire shrimp didn't last 30 hours. they are also going after my white sand sifter.
I don’t ever see it eating them, but I have some Acoel flatworms in my refugium but never see any in the display. I also have a melanurus wrasse too.
They are not safe. I had a springerii damsel a few years ago and then tried to put a few saltwater Mollys into the tank. Damsel absolutely destroyed the mollys. After one day only 3 of 5 were alive and I had to remove them. I couldn't catch the damsel though, so the mollys had to go.I believe Springer Damsels are safe. I would like to get one myself but would like to make sure they aren't aggressive due to past experiences. Damsels are entertaining fish to watch, they are very active swimmers and graze all day.
I had two blue devils to start off my tank, and it was a nightmare. One was very aggressive towards the other. I came home one day and found the passive one stuck in a corner of the tank ready to die. I ran to my LFS and got a breeder box and threw him in it. These are very hardy fish and I was able to nurse him back to full health. Threw him back in the tank and same issue with the aggressor. So I ended up separating the tank with some egg crate in hopes they would figure it out. One day I came home from work and saw both swapped sides. Well, the aggressor would force himself under the sand and the egg crate to wedge himself under to get to the other side. He was determined to kill the other damsel. Tore down my entire tank to catch the little demon, and I rehomed him. I kept the passive one, but he started to attack newcomers, so away he went as well. This time what I did to catch him was put a cube of mysis in the breeder box and he jumped right in lol.
+1 my girlfriend though it looked so cute and he is constantly re-arranging my coral frag tank (20 gallon) and makes me insane.
I was going to keep them cause I thought they were so beautiful. Shame they are just little terrors. I had to rehome both, they both went to very large tanks. So I’m sure they are fine now.
These are very hard to find lately
