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bv_reefer
07-13-2007, 05:05 AM
-ok i found a deal @ the local fishstore as follows-3 damsels/$15
and i really want 2 get em', but alot of ppl say not 2 get them as
they will really terroroze my clowns and all my other peaceful tank
mates! -so what do u guys think, shud i try 2 avoid them and go
with the good ol' chromis or do u think they'll be ok with peaceful
mates like ocellaris clown,tomato clown, and other peaceful ones?

bulletsworld
07-13-2007, 05:09 AM
seeing all your posts. You have a lot of reading to do. Sorry newbie.


Damsels you will learn are the devil fish. :lol: Yes, they are fast fish that love to nip and take off. They are cheap for a reason. But your won't learn to you try for yourself. So go for it.


:mrgreen:

bv_reefer
07-13-2007, 05:19 AM
- ok from the way u said that i'll take that as a no, cuz anything that nips the crap outta my softies iz a definite no-

-ok chromis it iz, can't go wrong with em'

bv_reefer
07-13-2007, 05:20 AM
-by the way do u know what uv stop means on double ended hqi bulbs?

Clown
07-14-2007, 01:00 AM
They are evil
They killed a clown of mine
you cant catch them
they bit the **** out of you when you put your hand in the tank
and in my opinion there ugly.

Mik_101
07-14-2007, 04:40 PM
Damsles are dumb...lol

fishoholic
07-14-2007, 06:52 PM
Damsels you will learn are the devil fish. :lol:


:mrgreen:

Come'on bulletsworld don't you love the :twised: damsels I gave you:lol: :lol: :lol: I'm glad your puffer and trigger are keeping them in line!

bv reefer put it this way, the damsels I had were so evil our mantis was afraid of them!!! Chromis are very peaceful and make much better tank mates

Mik_101
07-15-2007, 02:57 AM
Thers no way your mantis was affrade of it...

bv_reefer
07-15-2007, 04:47 AM
-ya you can never go wrong with good' ol chromisand a tomato clown-

fishoholic
07-15-2007, 03:54 PM
Thers no way your mantis was affraid of it...

Yes, honestly our 2 devil damsels (3 striped) would take turns dive bomming our mantis and the mantis would run and hide under the rock. Our mantis is small about 2", is a g-smithi and only eats mysis.

surgeonfish
07-16-2007, 05:47 AM
I WOULD AVOID THEM. I got several damsels as "starter fish" but now I don't want them anymore. I spend the last 30 min with a hook and line trying to get 5 domino damsels out of my tank. You think they are normally bad, wait until after they lay eggs every week.

p.s. I caught one within a few minutes (also caught an anthias). Then I think my hook got dull or the fish got smarter. I will try again tomorrow.

bv_reefer
07-16-2007, 06:51 AM
-oh man are they that bad?? i decided that I wouldn't get em' last week
but now that u told me about there lil' reproduction schemes they got scheduled there definitely not seeing the living light of my tank ever!

-ight thanx again man...

TheReefGuy
07-16-2007, 06:55 AM
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Mik_101
07-16-2007, 06:59 AM
Look Im bv_reefer im super dupper cool nana boo boo:razz:

That is random...you should cool of your only a Junior member eh!

albert_dao
07-16-2007, 07:36 AM
I love damsels. Much like I love myself. I love myself more than I love most people. People should love damsels. People love me.

How's that for random?

TheReefGuy
07-16-2007, 07:43 AM
Thats stupid...lol it is quite so very random......Damsles are evil little dinks.

bv_reefer
07-16-2007, 07:57 AM
-from what i've heard there a little fish version of the devil, but good luk on the whole random thing lol

TheReefGuy
07-16-2007, 04:57 PM
Don't get damsels watch them be little salt water piranhas. That would be funny.

TheReefGuy
07-16-2007, 05:01 PM
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Mik_101
07-16-2007, 05:09 PM
Wow whats wrong with you man...you realy dont like bv_reefer very much do you I dont see what he did to you so you should just shut ** eh.

Clown
07-16-2007, 06:16 PM
Yes, honestly our 2 devil damsels (3 striped) would take turns dive bomming our mantis and the mantis would run and hide under the rock. Our mantis is small about 2", is a g-smithi and only eats mysis.

Rofl
Id figure the mantis would kick the **** of em

Mik_101
07-16-2007, 06:35 PM
That is what I thought as well.

albert_dao
07-17-2007, 04:43 AM
I've lol'd my share's worth out of this thread.

Anyway, you can always get some of the tamer damsels (tabolt's, starki's, most of the Pomacentrus species) and add them last to your tank if you really wanted a damsel.

bv_reefer
07-17-2007, 05:12 AM
-2 tell u the truth there nuthin' special i just like some of em' like the yellow damsel,talbots,tuxedo and fiji blue devil-

Mik_101
07-17-2007, 05:46 AM
After what I heard they do---I HATE DAMSLE FISH!!

surgeonfish
07-17-2007, 05:48 AM
I should correct myself. I do have a few species of damsels in my tank which are colorful and seem to be quite docile like the Yellow Tail Damsels. They were the first fish in my tank (used to cycle it) and they are still alive and doing well 2 years later. I have never seen them bother any other fish. However, most of the other 6 species of damsels in my tank are very aggressive.

michika
07-17-2007, 04:10 PM
I have a pair of yellow damsels, and they are great fish, no agression, nothing. I've had them since I started my tank.

bv_reefer
07-17-2007, 06:27 PM
-ya yellow damsels are the only ones i was considering really, although not 2 crazy about how it says ''semi-aggessive'', but did it ever nip even a
lil' bit @ any of ur corals?

michika
07-17-2007, 07:36 PM
They never touched, and still don't touch, anything. I've had them with all sorts of LPS, SPS, and amost every type of clam. They've never nipped anything, they don't chastise or chase other fish, very fun fish, always out and about.

bv_reefer
07-17-2007, 07:51 PM
-ya probably gonna go with one of those but thats it no other damsels!
also love the yellow color and there not expensive @ all so ya yellow dam-
sel all the way!

michika
07-17-2007, 08:01 PM
These are the damsels I'm taking about, just so we're talking about the same thing:

http://www.peteducation.com/images/articles/pw_70431yellow_damsel.jpg
or
http://www.underwater.com.au/content/7200/damsel_fiji.jpg

One of mine, who I asume is either male or female has vertical brown-black bars on its dorsal fin. I'm sorry I can't find any good photos of it.

bv_reefer
07-17-2007, 08:13 PM
-yup that's exactly the one I'm talkin' about, the IDEAL reef fish, doesn't
disrupt reef tanks and set-ups, and is peaceful to other tank mates,
and also hardy...works for me.

Mik_101
07-18-2007, 07:13 AM
Kind of looks like a mini version of a yellow peel angle. lol.

michika
07-18-2007, 03:17 PM
Sort of.

I loved my lemonpeel angel. Definitely one of my most favorite fish that I've ever kept.