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there are other factors at play obviously. Tank size, fellow inhabitants, hiding places/rockwork, will you be feeding them regularly and sufficiently, where they introduced first/last, ect, all play a role in behavior, right? Yet you can put a fish in a perfect enviorment and get an unpredictable result because they’re wild fish and because like you said, not every individual will behave according to plan. Yet we can make accurate predictions because we know the characterization of fish as they have been well documented by ichthyologists, marine biologists, reputable hobbyists with a penchant for writing and so on. There’s a history there and just about every source I turn to says damsels have a tendency to be aggressive and territorial, especially to similar species and similarly sized fish. I want a domino damsel but everything I read about them says they are pugnacious and territorial, so i’ll leave them alone (for now), because I don’t want to destroy my peaceful community tank. i’ll leave that to the parasites that hitchhike in on some innocent looking chaeto or something. I hope you find the pretty and peaceful damsel you are looking for but I also hope whichever damsel you take home doesn’t become a nightmare for ya. Good luck! By the way, I think I mentioned this earlier but the yellowtail damsel is one I have personally seen get along peacefully in a community tank though i’m wary to recommend putting one in a Peaceful community tank