Anyone been to Aquagiant lately

[marcingo]

Just wondering if anyone went to aquagiant lately. I was there today and bought a damsel from what I could tell. The employees couldnt really answer any of my questions or give me the name of the fish. Basically its a really dark dark blue almost black. It has two super bright blue fluorescent stripes across (horizontal) its body and one kinda yellowish vertical stripe right in the middle between the head and tail. Im looking for information on this fish so I need the name. Its in the tank with the 4 stripe black and white damsels.

By the way these really nice looking fish are only 7.99.

Thanks for the help in advance.

[marcingo]

I found the answer to my own question and realized I just made a big mistake.

[csnow]

What kind of fish was it? I noticed those when I was in Aquagiant the other day. Why do you say it was a big mistake?

[marcingo]

Well from what I found on google its a velvet damsel. The nice coloring they have is only there when they are juveniles. Then they just turn dark. Thats not the bad part. When they get older they can grow up to six inches and get highly aggressive, supposedly worse than other damsels.

And finally they are impossible to get out of your tank unless you get your live rock out, supposedly pretty quick and smart.

[Murminator]

Thats the one the pirahna of the ocean

[marcingo]

I guess I finally learned my lesson on impulse buys. Anyone know how long it takes them to grow up and become a terror. I took the smallest one they were selling maybe a half an inch in size.

[ponokareefer]

Time to bring out the fishing hook and give it a try!:biggrin:

[marcingo]

True.

Good thing I need to move my tank in 4 months I can get the fish and maybe give it to the LFS or someone who might want it.

[mark]

They were pushing the same on me
http://216.187.96.54/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=31966

[saltwatermaniac]

Hey all about those neon velvet damsels i have had one for a year now and he is the most friendly little fish in the tank even nicer than my clowns!! just though i would say something and by the wya he is in a 25 from a ten now.

[marcingo]

Is he still colored up nicely a year later?

[bubblepuffer]

watch out for the stupid damsel.. almost all of them is psyco in a tank.

[marcingo]

so far so good. The only aggression is between the clown chasing the damsel around in the tank.

[crystalz]

The large fish tank across from the live rock tank} Dead regals... wrasses with what looks like their mouths are rotting...clowns degenerating to a pale colour ...lack of proper quarantine and aclimation...I can't purchase fish from those kind of conditions no matter how cheap they are. It's sad to see the the way these fish will end their lives.

[Kryten]

On the other hand, if you don't mind the fact that their stuff isn't UL listed, they have 20" 36 watt pc fixtures with a 6700K bulb for $15 - could be good fuge lighting. They also sell 10000K bulbs that would fit.

[marcingo]

I thought in order to sell retail your stuff had to be UL listed and CSA approved?

[Kryten]

Well, I don't know about that, but their stuff doesn't have either of those things printed on them, it's all imported straight from China, some of it doesn't even have any English printing.