Stupid Stupid Stupid thing!!!

kimsie · 02-09-2008, 07:20 PM

Oh no! What have I done now!!??!?!?!?!

Ok... so I went into my LFS to get water for a water change... that and to trade in my kenya tree coral for something else (scored this REALLY cool piece - I'll have to show you that later - but I've been wanting it for months... long story - they were supposed to be babysitting it for someone who was just moving tanks - 2 weeks max... well 4 months later - it's still there - so now it's mine!) However -that's NOT the stupid thing...

Blue Damsels - THAT's the stupid thing! They had this CUTE little bright neon blue fish - only $5! So - I asked him - damsels - they're mean right? He said yeah - but only if you put them in first and they can claim territory - not if you put them in last... Think they would go good in my 29 - Yes he says!

Hmm - ok - I'll take 2! So - I get them home - do my WC acclimate them - and BAM - add them to my tank...

THEN I came to TRT to check in and search about these things - only to read crazy stories about them killing all peoples fish!

Now - in WHAT order did I do something wrong - I think it's obvious - I should have come here first!!!

Don't I know by now NOT to buy something on a whim?!

So - is my LFS right at all? Has anyone had any experience adding these things last to a tank and having them be ok?

ChrisPrusha · 02-09-2008, 07:55 PM

I don't think it matters when you add them. I'd catch them and take them back.

Can you put your rock in a bucket and try to catch them in the empty tank?

benzzz · 02-09-2008, 07:58 PM

I added mine first and they say that one will rule the tank but.......when i put in the percula they had words and they perc put him in his place. Now he is in there with a few other fish and has his own corner. Now for having two of them in a tank I dont know because perhaps both could gang up on something and kill it.
Keep your eyes open

kimsie · 02-09-2008, 08:07 PM

Wow Wow Wow - what did I do!?

So far tonight - everyone was picking on them... hopefully they won't plot revenge!

The Flame Angel and Pigmy Angel were particularly chasing them around... If I need to - I'm not afraid to bag them up and take them back... I guess I'll keep a close watch tonight..

Mindsgoneawol · 02-09-2008, 08:32 PM

hmm.. i guess i am really a strange one then. all my damsels have been great.. well.. .... ... except one. it liked toadstools. other than that they are more behaved than my clowns.

ChrisPrusha · 02-09-2008, 08:33 PM

Was your damsel eating the toadstool??

kimsie · 02-09-2008, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindsgoneawol

hmm.. i guess i am really a strange one then. all my damsels have been great.. well.. .... ... except one. it liked toadstools. other than that they are more behaved than my clowns.

This is encouraging - maybe there is hope!

Looks like everyone found a place to sleep tonight - and all of the old guys have claimed their usual places... so hopefully that's a good sign...

ccso139 · 02-09-2008, 09:23 PM

I had 3 damsels w/ a tomato clown, coral beauty and snowflake eel in a 29g several yrs ago. Other than the eel catching and eating one of them, everything was going well for about 6 months before I knocked a hole in the tank, but that is a whole other story...

hng · 02-09-2008, 09:48 PM

You'll have to wait and see. Although we can speak in generalities, every fish has it's own personality.

tellycoleman · 02-09-2008, 09:50 PM

well you dont have very timid fish. I think your flame and pigmy angel will hold there own. what other fish do you have? with a 29 gallon they are gonna be up in each others face all the time watch them very close.

chrischris · 02-09-2008, 09:54 PM

well in my exsperience they will start out fine and be dociel but then a few month later they will find there territory and become very aggressive

kimsie · 02-10-2008, 08:54 AM

Ok - so one didn't make it through the night!

Maybe it was kind of a blessing in disguise though... When I got it - it had a few nicks in it... and I think it was probably that and a combination of acclimating it during a water change? I thought better of that towards the end of that... Or - maybe someone didn't like it? I'm going to test my water - but the smaller of the 2 is what's left, so maybe it's better to just have 1 anyway...

hng · 02-10-2008, 09:00 AM

Sorry about the loss Kim. Try to get that body out ASAP so it won't foul up your system (you have a small tank, it will be affected much more dramatically than a larger system).

kimsie · 02-10-2008, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by hng

Sorry about the loss Kim. Try to get that body out ASAP so it won't foul up your system (you have a small tank, it will be affected much more dramatically than a larger system).

Thank you!!! I did - got him out right away!! As soon as the lights came on and I realized it... It's in my 29g and no one had gotten to him yet - so hopefully it'll be ok. I do have some extra water left over from my WC yesterday - maybe I'll just suck some out and dump that in just to be safe?

Is that fine to do?

hng · 02-10-2008, 09:05 AM

Should be, but you have to be more careful about matching temp and salinity when dealing with a small system.