Input: Fish compatability help wanted.

[Skipponator]

Okay I have always liked the looks of Blue Damsels, or even the Yellowtail Blue Damsels. I see they are labled "semi-aggressive" and I hear people have hard times with damsels being mean. I have a 3 Stripe Damsel already that is labled"aggressive" and gets along fine with everyone in my tank, at first it didn't like the 6 Line Wrasse, but after a few days, it was all good. It had no problem adapting to 6 Chromises, prolly cause my Clown made instant friends and would chase the damsel if it tried or ever tries to pick on a chromis.

Anyhow, think I could peacefully add a couple blue damsel or yellowtails to my 90 without them being mean?

Oh I would also like to add a bi-color psuedochromis or Royal Gramma sometime too.

Thanks,

-Skip

[MyUnderWaterWorld]

Blue damsel might not be aggressive towards other fish but will be towards its own species. I used to have two in a 55 reef which was one of the worst mistakes I made (besides a diamond goby). I ended up giving them to a friend after all the frustration they cause me. Just my bad experince with blues damsel. They do make great fishes for cycling though.

[kpax]

I just got rid of a blue damsel because it was so aggressive towards a new kole tang. I would avoid them myself, especially if you plan on having anything else in the tank other than damsels. Just my 2 cents.

[otolith]

I did the typical "cycle your tank with a couple damsels" thing when I set up my 75. They were yellow-tailed, and boy were they aggressive. Actually, the larger one was real agressive (towards anything in the tank, especially towards the smaller one). I caught them and brought them back to the LFS when the larger one was kicking everyone elses butt. I unfortunately put both of them together in a small container and the larger one beat the crap out of the little one and killed it before i could get them back to the store. I wish I would have kept the small one, but I can't tell how dominant it would have become. I will never keep another damsel in one of my tanks. They are cool fish, but they are so agressive (the large one also beat up a royal gramma I had as well), and that's why I got rid of them. If you have fish that can keep them in line, then they may not be bad.
FWIW, YMMV,

[reeftanktime]

I also cycled with 2 cheap yellow tailed damsels and ended up returning one to the store. Yep, the big one killed a smaller one. This might be where rule #3 comes in.

[Irenicus]

I had a problem with 2 yellow tailed damsels harassing my emperor angel stressing him out greatly. Had to tear things down to catch the buggers. I then put them in my old roommate's tank where he was better equiped for them.

[tico mike]

I've got you all beat. I still have three dominos and a three strip in my tank. I've had them for a few years and they have gone from about nickel size to three inches. They are going to coming out though as I know some people that want to cycle new tanks and the largest domino is becoming very agressive. For now though, it's more territorial.

[Skipponator]

Hmm so sounds like I'll find something else. I am glad that my 3 Stripe is very good in my tank, I think there is a heirchy going on in there and everybody respects everyone else.

Thanks for the input.

-Skip

[Skipponator]

Will a Tomato Clown and a False Perc get along together(not mate obviously) or a Saddle Brown Clown witha False Perc?

[FastFish720]

I've seen Saddleback and F. perc in Dwaynes tank get along. I've seen tomato and f. perc in my other friends tank get along. The usual problem is long term success. I do believe your tank is too small to try and host multiple pairs.

[Skipponator]

I don't have multiple pairs. I have 1 False Perc, so I'd like to get another clown, thinking of mating the False Perc, but I really like the looks of a Saddleback, or a Toamto.

[the_colonel]

Originally Posted by Skipponator

Will a Tomato Clown and a False Perc get along together(not mate obviously) or a Saddle Brown Clown witha False Perc?

I've got a False Perc & a Tomato. They get along most of the time, although the Tomato is usaually the aggressor when there not getting along. They are in a 90, so there is enough room, I wouldn't want them together in a small tank.

[djyox]

I had a yellow and blue damsel that were fine together, but once I placed a clown in there with them, it was a tag team on the clown.

Now I still have the blue, and just bought a new clown, but made sure I picked one out that was quite a bit larger than the damsel, no probems so far!

[Frogbone]

2 yellow damsels and a blue damsel... plus a Tomato clown and a pair of FP.

All seem to get along. Sometimes they chase each other after I feed them but that's about it.

The damsels usually go after a newcomer in teh tank but only for a little while. Then everything calms down.

So, no problems to report from here

[Sea monkey]

i have a domino damsel that ate the tail off one of my other fish and killed him