Ok, I have read alot about "avoiding" damsels in the sw tanks. However, every fish store around here trys to push damsels on neewbies. Are they really as aggressive as they are made out to be. Are all the strains aggressive. Would a single specimen be okay with other similiar sized fish or should I just leave these guys by the way side.
Whats the beef on Damsels?
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Some are heniously aggressive, a few aren't. Dominoes are astonishingly aggressive, and get bigger than you'd think, humbugs (3 and 4 stripe) are pretty darn tough, blue devils aren't called that for nothing.
Some aren't too bad, some yellow tailed blues are ok, but you relly need to work out what you're buying , wich ain't easy. But the 'right' yellow tail blus isn't too bad.
Remember most reef fish are much more hurly burly than fresh /- I'd rate the saltwater level 'peacful', as up to convict icichlid n aggression levels. Aggressive really means it.
Some aren't too bad, some yellow tailed blues are ok, but you relly need to work out what you're buying , wich ain't easy. But the 'right' yellow tail blus isn't too bad.
Remember most reef fish are much more hurly burly than fresh /- I'd rate the saltwater level 'peacful', as up to convict icichlid n aggression levels. Aggressive really means it.
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holy crap - you make it sound like that crappy 1970/60's movie where everyone gets eatten up by pirahnas all of a sudden. Just kidding really, but I guess when I have most my experience in fw, and I personally have discus, I know how huge a discus can get, it's hard to believe a little damsel that is 2 inches can be a brute. Thanks.
