not agressive but wont back down and will woop some a@$

[demon666]

i have one mean sob jewel damsel that atacks everything that moves in my tank he just ate both of my new pepperment shrip right in front of my eyes..... he is hurassing my new regal tang and ****ing me off so my question is what type of fish would you recomend that would give this jewel an ass wooping of a like time if he atacked it???? and it has to be reefsafe?

[marie]

I have a clarkii clown that could woop his butt and leave him sobbing in the corner :lol:

She is the matriarch of my 55g, anybody who trys to challenge her position regrets it

[Midknight]

Sounds like my Sargent Major Damsel. Attacks everything but my clown.
They tag team at meal time to keep everyone else away.

Anybody want a fish.... cheep?

[kellehar]

having the same prob my damsel is attacking my other fish,biting me, knocking over my corals and moving them around,sturring up the sand, and now Im missing my maroon clown it was going after.
anybody want a free damsel!

[demon666]

yup they can have mine too but i would like to see him get a taste of his own medicine first....... how about a niger triger?????

[fatpuffer]

i'll take them and put them me my fugu puff...that will definately kick its ass.


Js

[Quagmire]

I believe lion fish are reef safe,but not small fish safe :twised:

[Dale]

Not to be a poopy pants but why would you want to see your fish harmed for doing what comes naturally? It's not the damsels fault you put other inhabitants in its perceived territory.
Adding another aggressive fish won't "teach it a lesson" and will only result in injury or death to one or both of them. You can't "unlearn" instincts.
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[Reefhawk1]

I had a blue devil damsel once and he began to bite me when I put my hands in the tank to clean. after a year of taking beatings from the fish I placed it in my leopard eel tank. The blue devil damsel beat on the small eel for about six months, smacking the eel in the face with his tail. It all ended one day when I turned on the lights to the tank and found just the head of my blue devil damsel :mrgreen: That was a whoops.

It sounds like its time to give your aggressive damsel a new home. To someone with a larger tank perhaps.

Good luck

[scub steve]

you know what would beat it good?? the toilet fish flush the sob if its going to keep eating your stuff or for all you kind hearted people bring it to the fish store

[Skimmer Juice]

Kind hearted people! You mean humans that own a brain.

[demon666]

its a 5 dollar fish ppl that just ate 25 dollars worth of shrimp that sob ate better then i did lasnight!!!!!!!!!!! and hes in a 120 so i dont think a bigger tank will help i like you idea steve.........

[kellehar]

never said I wanted to kill the fish. Hence the (anyone want a free damsel)

[demon666]

i also did say that

[RicePaddy]

Come on folks, this is Canada. I am sure there is something in this poor fishes past life that is causing him/her to act this way. How was his childhood, did is father beat him or his mom?

Maybe we should just sent the fish to live in the US for three years. Oh wait that is just of molesters!! Oh and they are sent from the US to Canada.

Will

[kellehar]

lol good one will

[demon666]

thats great rolflmao

[fortheloveofcrabs]

Do you have a sump? If so, try putting him in there for a month or so, then re-introduce him. Then he'll be the new kid on the block again. It might make him less agressive as it won't be his turf. Just a thought...

[kellehar]

have a sump but not plumped it to the system. so only option is to find a new home

[EmilyB]

did you get him from muck by any chance....*cough cough* :lol:

[kellehar]

nope from a lfs here in edmonton

[EmilyB]

thank goodness ! I had passed along a similar critter..........:lol:

[demon666]

i have a sump but i tried for 3 hrs to catch the little bugger lastnight and did so to no avail...... i think i may have to tear down the rock work but i want to same that as a last resort...... any ideas on how to catch him???? i tried a net 2 nets and small fish hookis with krill for bait any more sudgestions?????

[marie]

i have a sump but i tried for 3 hrs to catch the little bugger lastnight and did so to no avail...... i think i may have to tear down the rock work but i want to same that as a last resort...... any ideas on how to catch him???? i tried a net 2 nets and small fish hookis with krill for bait any more sudgestions?????
If it comes down to moving the rock work, rather then doing that, I've had success removing the water, catching the fish and then pumping the water back in.
It took me an hour and a half from start to finish, catching fish in my 175g tank. I never had to move a single rock and the corals never even noticed anything wrong :biggrin:

[demon666]

ok ill give that a try