Gonna order fish tomorrow

abethedog

abethedog

Member
I'm going to order some fish tomorrow. I just wanted to run this by some of you. I appreciate your opinions and will certainly avoid adding non-compatible fish.
I have a 130 gal reef + 30 gal sump
I have currently in the tank:
2 clarki clowns
1 royal gramma basslet
1 pajama cardinal
Want to add:
bicolor angel
scopas tang
4 yellow tail damsels
2 cleaner shrimp
3 peppermint shrimp
various snails/crabs
I'm worried about the damsels. I've never kept damsels before.
Thanks in advance
 
grubsnaek

grubsnaek

Active Member
Damsels no good. honestly there are many horror stories with these. i can speak from experience. i would skip them they get very aggresive quick, and territorial. hard to add fish after them. the shrimp and snail no problem. as far as the angel and tang they should go into QT first. and the angel has a very good chance of nipping coral if you have a reef tank. im not saying not to buy any of these. but there are some considerations to the list. hope i didnt come off wrong, just trying to help ya out
 
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jrthomas40

Guest
+1 on that answer pick something else other than the damsels....but granted you have a large tank so you may be ok with them...i had 2 in a 45g and had to take them back to the store cuz the beat up everything i put in the tank
 
fallnhorse

fallnhorse

Member
I got a clarki clown and he's a damsel family. If my lionfish was aggressive as him. I would have to get rid of him. I also had a blue damsel they are just too territorial.
 
t316

t316

Active Member
No on the Damsels.
As an alternate, go with Blue/Green Chromis. Same family, but they don't act like the rest of the damsel's. Much more peaceful and schooling fish. But keep them in odd #'s such as 3,5,7 etc. Don't know why, but they always kill off the smallest even # fish.
 
eliteaqua

eliteaqua

Member
Damsels are very territorial!!! Blues I agree are bad I have 2 blue with yellow tail and one blue and OMG my yellow tails pick on my clowns which my clown(percula) is the biggest "B" !!!!!!!!! and my yellow tail goes for more. Gluten for punishment anyway they don't hurt each just a few hundred laps around the tank a day LOL. I had 2 Chromis NEVER a problem. Just be careful of the damsels.
 
ejensen

ejensen

Member
I would say you should adjust your order a bit. As for the damsels. Get some green chromis. If you have problems with the damsel then good luck trying to get them out. A Coral Beauty might be a better Angel with alot of color and personality.
 
abethedog

abethedog

Member
Thanks Everyone!
I always get great help on this message board. I will certainly adjust the order to not include any damsels. I will probably look into the green chromis as been suggested.
I kind of thought that was the answers I get on the damsels but they're so damn cute. My wife liked them too. Maybe instead of a name like "damsel." We should call them demonfish or hellfish instead so we'll know to stay away from them.
 
ninjamini

ninjamini

Active Member
There are so many great fish to put in your tank. Damsels can be a problem in any tank. IF you have to have them put them in as your last fish.
 
darric

darric

New Member
I agree on the damsel issue. I had a damsel that I used to start a tank, but after adding a royal gramma from saltwaterfish, the damsel snapped. It began to attack the gramma instantly. I can understand that because the damsels home was invaded, but the damsel also began attacking the clown fish that it has been living with for several months with no problems. If that's not enough it began to attack zoanthids, snails, and crabs. It took 4 hours to catch the damsel, not counting the time to set the rocks back up that I had to tear apart completely.
 
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