Anyone here a damsel lover?

SeeCrabRun · May 27, 2015

and wishing to add to their collection?

I've been keeping a damsel only tank and I've decided to start getting out of the hobby or downsizing to only a nano.

I'm just putting feelers out right now. I have a 3" neon velvet (they grow to 6") and she's my favorite but she needs to be kept in a big tank (for size and also aggression). I've had her almost exactly a year and she is a great personality.

Let me know if you might be interested and we can chat. It breaks my heart to do this but I have health problems and I just can't physically handle the work anymore.

None of my fish have ever been sick and I've tried very hard to keep a disease free tank.

4FordFamily · May 27, 2015

I hope you feel better soon. I personally despise damsels but surely someone wants it!

mlivvy · May 27, 2015

Get well soon!

I'm sure that in the depths of hell theirs a fiery ocean with sharks and damsels.

But i've seen people who like them so someone will take him.

jedimasterben · May 27, 2015

I love damselfish (one of my favorite families), but velvets are only nice looking when they're tiny. They grow big and ugly

SeeCrabRun · May 27, 2015

Sadly this is why I feel stuck. I LOVE damsels, I love aggressive creatures, and I love singular colors and black LOL
So the big, "ugly, mean" fish is my favorite and I don't think I'll find someone else to love her as much as I do, so I'm stuck killing myself over a big tank's maintenance for her :/

BaritoneJP · May 27, 2015

Could you post a picture? (Don't get me wrong, I already have fish that wouldn't work with a Damsel, but I just thought a picture would maybe help.)

Chameleon · May 27, 2015

I've got a damsel only tank. Do you think it would get along with a large lemon peel damsel? That is the only fish in the tank at the moment.

SeeCrabRun · May 27, 2015

What size is the tank? That's the biggest sign. They are mostly aggressive because they are very territorial.

4FordFamily · May 27, 2015

SeeCrabRun said:
What size is the tank? That's the biggest sign. They are mostly aggressive because they are very territorial.

In my experience, the more aggressive fish you have the better- two fish in a tank (with one established) is a recipe for disaster... No way to spread the aggression. Very targeted. It may be worth a try but you should be prepared to fish him out of there are issues.

Diesel · May 27, 2015

I'm a long time in this hobby and from the first day I went salt I had to have a Yellow Tail still as today a Yellow Tail is swing among my High priced fishies.
I got other Damsels in my frag tanks as they keep all corals clean if they come with something on it.

SeeCrabRun · May 28, 2015

This is a video of the adult velvet at our children's museum that I've visited every time we've gone and is the reason why I got this fish. I thought at the time I'd be able to handle a big tank, but at the time I only had a 29g, and I regret ever upgrading.

And this is a video of them in the 29g, so older video. She's a little bigger now and obviously they are in a different tank.

Chameleon · May 28, 2015

Maybe i'll have to pass. My tank is only a 40B.

SeeCrabRun · May 28, 2015

Yeah with the larger damsels they need like a 2' radius of their own territory to not fight constantly.

SeeCrabRun · Jun 5, 2015

Still looking for a home

SantaMonicaHelp · Jul 3, 2015

I hope you find one.

sprinklerdudes · Jul 4, 2015

i have had damsels for several years, Have not had much aggression problems, but they have plenty of places to hide, I have two now, and each has there own side of the tank, been that way for quite a while. a few years back I had 4 and they were always bullying each other, but the tank was wide open, and not many places to hide, They are very interesting fish, and often underestimated in my opinion. you just need to give them there space.

BR549 · Jul 9, 2015

Oo

SeeCrabRun said:
and wishing to add to their collection?

I've been keeping a damsel only tank and I've decided to start getting out of the hobby or downsizing to only a nano.

I'm just putting feelers out right now. I have a 3" neon velvet (they grow to 6") and she's my favorite but she needs to be kept in a big tank (for size and also aggression). I've had her almost exactly a year and she is a great personality.

Let me know if you might be interested and we can chat. It breaks my heart to do this but I have health problems and I just can't physically handle the work anymore.

None of my fish have ever been sick and I've tried very hard to keep a disease free tank.

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