DAMSELS what is your opinion on them

[mike31154]

Originally Posted by tt101

i would not have the heart to flush them lol......if i never got my mandarin yesterday i would have made this a damsel tank.....i doubt he would do well with them and i love him so i am not risking it

Actually a mandarin is generally fine with damsels. The danger with mandarins is mostly competition for their food source of pods, unless they've been trained to eat prepared food, which few will survive on long term. Mandarins do their thing & are left alone by most fish, even aggressive ones due to a distasteful coating they have. I've seen my damsel try to nudge my mandarin away from it's perceived territory, but that's about it. My Maroon clownfish has also only ever nudged the mandarin when he lingers a little too close to a clutch of eggs. Never any harm done. BTW, just in case you're not aware, clownfish are included in the damsel species.

[tt101]

Originally Posted by mike31154

Actually a mandarin is generally fine with damsels. The danger with mandarins is mostly competition for their food source of pods, unless they've been trained to eat prepared food, which few will survive on long term. Mandarins do their thing & are left alone by most fish, even aggressive ones due to a distasteful coating they have. I've seen my damsel try to nudge my mandarin away from it's perceived territory, but that's about it. My Maroon clownfish has also only ever nudged the mandarin when he lingers a little too close to a clutch of eggs. Never any harm done. BTW, just in case you're not aware, clownfish are included in the damsel species.

i think i heard about the slime coating in the past as well, im going to try a few azures, i don't have too extensive rock work so if it turns out bad then i'll catch them and donate them to flash or something like that lol. i want to add a single or possible a couple varieties of dwarf angel.....such as a bicolor and a flame...and yes i know about how angels will sometimes fight each other but i also heard of many success stories with them...the main idea was to introduce them at the same time. and yes i know that clowns are a variety of damsel but the way i see it is that they are a lot less aggressive, except for the maroons which can be &%$!@# sometimes. thanks for the info. i think i finally found my blue fish that i wanted to add

[Flash]

what size if your tank? do you have zoa's?

[tt101]

Originally Posted by Flash

what size if your tank? do you have zoa's?

my tank is a 65g, its not huge but i think its a respectable size. and the only zoas in have are these 3 heads that hitchhiked with a couple kenya tree frags. which also worries me because i dont want the angels pickingt at the corals and i hear that bicolors are known to pick more then others

[Flash]

no all angels in general will! well 50/50 I have a coral beauty in my 90 but i have no zoas! lol

[tt101]

Originally Posted by Flash

no all angels in general will! well 50/50 I have a coral beauty in my 90 but i have no zoas! lol

well......idk then lol. i guess now i need to choose between either the zoas or the angel......this is a hard choice lol. i feel like sometimes there are not enough fish choices for someone with my tank size compared to freshwater. do you know of any good snails that keep algae off glass and or sand

[Flash]

nassarius and mexican turbos!