Hi everyone.
I am new to this forum. I own a huge 500 gallons (+150 gallons sump) FOWLR for almost 10 years. We let it go for a while now cause couple years ago we add a problem and everything died. We were fed up but interest came back a little son I wanted to add fish. We currently have only like 10 fishes, so I went to my LFS and saw those cute damsels. I wanted something very hardy because the aquarium is not doing super good as it should be and they were cheap and nice looking. (Wanted a schoolfish too)
The owner told me it would totally be fine in a 500 gallons despite being agressive fish since they wouldn’t fight for territory. He also told me to get a group of same species. He is never been the kind to sell just to sell, sending me back home even empty handed at times. So I trusted him and bought three dominos and three 3 -stripes and started reading about them AFTER I added the fishes to the aquarium. Silly me. All I kept reading was horror story about how little bast*rd they are. I wanted them out as soon as I put them in. They seems just fine by now with my other fishes by now (I mainly have big tangs and a pair of clowfish and an Anthias) and didn’t even attempt to agress one expect a tiny bit their own kind, but they are new. The older fishes show the damsels their places and the damsels respect it. What I didn’t thought about is what when I want to add NEW fishes? What about when they grow up? I read the Dominos can get 6 inch long???? Ergh.
But I can’t even imagine how to get SIX little fishes out of a HUGE 500 gallons tank (3 feet deep x 9 feet long).
So I am a little bit stressed. I made a silly mistake. Should I read about the damsels before buying them. Lesson learned!
What would you guys do at my place? My lfs told I could bring them back for a credit but was convinced it would be fine.
Also, now that I have those in, what could I get next? I would love some fishes that maintain my aquarium like algea and parasite/worm eater. Any suggestion? Or just beautiful cool fishes that are easy to take care of and that will fit in my community.
This is what I have:
-Blonde Naso Tang (8 inch long)
-Purple tang (4 inch)
-Yellow Tang (4 inch)
-Blue Tang (3 inch)
-1 Lyretail Anthias (male)
- Percula paired with an Ocelaris
-1 big Pajama Cardinal fish
-3 three-Stripes Damsel
-3 Dominos Damsels
I am new to this forum. I own a huge 500 gallons (+150 gallons sump) FOWLR for almost 10 years. We let it go for a while now cause couple years ago we add a problem and everything died. We were fed up but interest came back a little son I wanted to add fish. We currently have only like 10 fishes, so I went to my LFS and saw those cute damsels. I wanted something very hardy because the aquarium is not doing super good as it should be and they were cheap and nice looking. (Wanted a schoolfish too)
The owner told me it would totally be fine in a 500 gallons despite being agressive fish since they wouldn’t fight for territory. He also told me to get a group of same species. He is never been the kind to sell just to sell, sending me back home even empty handed at times. So I trusted him and bought three dominos and three 3 -stripes and started reading about them AFTER I added the fishes to the aquarium. Silly me. All I kept reading was horror story about how little bast*rd they are. I wanted them out as soon as I put them in. They seems just fine by now with my other fishes by now (I mainly have big tangs and a pair of clowfish and an Anthias) and didn’t even attempt to agress one expect a tiny bit their own kind, but they are new. The older fishes show the damsels their places and the damsels respect it. What I didn’t thought about is what when I want to add NEW fishes? What about when they grow up? I read the Dominos can get 6 inch long???? Ergh.
But I can’t even imagine how to get SIX little fishes out of a HUGE 500 gallons tank (3 feet deep x 9 feet long).
So I am a little bit stressed. I made a silly mistake. Should I read about the damsels before buying them. Lesson learned!
What would you guys do at my place? My lfs told I could bring them back for a credit but was convinced it would be fine.
Also, now that I have those in, what could I get next? I would love some fishes that maintain my aquarium like algea and parasite/worm eater. Any suggestion? Or just beautiful cool fishes that are easy to take care of and that will fit in my community.
This is what I have:
-Blonde Naso Tang (8 inch long)
-Purple tang (4 inch)
-Yellow Tang (4 inch)
-Blue Tang (3 inch)
-1 Lyretail Anthias (male)
- Percula paired with an Ocelaris
-1 big Pajama Cardinal fish
-3 three-Stripes Damsel
-3 Dominos Damsels
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