It's a uniquely damsel "thing". All my sapphire devil damsels do this; the azure didn't and the talbot, 2-stripe and domino don't do it either (for whatever reason - probably because they found a lair that didn't require excavation).
I had one of those on my humble qt for ages, and seeing this just now I realize he’s no longer in there.I have a yellow tail damsel, added last. Very peaceful and is actually at the bottom of the pecking order in my tank. I swore off damsels decades ago after buying a beautiful but evil orange tail that would kill any fish I put in the tank. But after reading about the reputation of yellow tails and wanting a splash of blue in my tank I went with the yellowtail without any regrets.
Lol thats funny. I dont touch my sandbed, thats my engineer goby’s territory. She is particular how her sand piles are!
My goby/shrimp pair are also quite the sand movers. I’d love to see them in a war with the damsel, but their territory is on the opposite side of the tank.Then it should be interesting if the two of them decide to "but heads" and engage in a sand bed war!
Oh the engineer will win, shes probably 10 inches now and shes not afraid to stick her head out of her hole! She even stares down my lionfish and snatches food from her which is bold considering the lion is well a lionfishThen it should be interesting if the two of them decide to "but heads" and engage in a sand bed war!
Cant get a dang laughing emoji in, keeps deleting it!
My LFS has them all the time. Not sure where to find em online thoughWill the real Springeri damselfish please swim up? | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog
Chrysiptera springeri is an amazing species of damselfish which we’ve long admired. Over the last couple of years we’ve seen at least two color forms of damselfish being offered up as C. springeri…reefbuilders.com
Where can I find true springeri?
I've tried a lot of sites but they have the picture of the "false" springeri.
From the article;
“The dark Chrysiptera is an undescribed species from the Philippines that is closely related to C. springeri“. He went on to add that he and some colleagues are in the process of describing the black and blue Chrysiptera species. So there you have it, the blue fish is the true C. springeri and the other morph is in the process of getting a name of it’s own.
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