Male Blue Damsels... Rare?

[jmg]

well the LFS said this little guy was rare... he said its a blue damsel male its got orange fins and face... and a lot bigger than our other female....
so is this rare or what? i didnt figure it would be. also how would he react to a valentini puffer?

 

[stapler]

Well I cant tell you if it is rare or not, but I have never seen one at all the LFS I go to regularily.

 

[jmg]

yea he said they were extremely rare... i just liked his color so i wanted him
wish he would come out more often though... hes smart lol my camera is on, hes hiding, but as soon as the bat dies or i turn it off, hes out swimmin, but as soon as my screen turns on my camera again, hes hiding lol...
ill get him one of these days

 

[neowind]

Well small word of warning one of my friends got a DogFace Puffer the other day and it ate his Damsel first night it was in the tank. I don't know if Valentines get that big or not but just an FYI.

 

[jmg]

well ill probably slap him into the other tank later... but i just got back from the LFS... they got 3 small puffers... each only get like 3-4" max, and they got baby hippo tangs and humu humu triggers... the babies are so cute lol he said if i wanted to grow one until it was too big for my tank, he would trade me later on for somethin else i wanted... so i might do that

 

[jmg]

more pics...

 

[jmg]

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[jmg]

the LFS also just got a huge shipment of other damsels, and there isnt another one of these puppies in that order.

 

[sea goblin]

its an orangetail blue damsel or the male blue damselfish. Its not rare, best i can tell yous might be more uncommon because it has the orange on its face. As far as being with the puffer it should be fine, the valintini is a dwarf puffer that wont get much bigger then maybe 4 inches.
Sea Goblin

 

[jmg]

cool thanks man.