yellow tail damsels!!

[mallery8p]

My tank has been fully cycled for about 2 weeks now and the first fish I put in it were yellow tail damsels, I kept them for about a week and then got some fire fish and now the damsels are nipping at the firefish. My question is if I put the damsel in quarantine and move around the rock and let the fire fish adapt first would the damsels still show aggressive behavior towards the firefish. I have a 35 gal octagon tank

 

[Loves2Reef]

Yes. unless the other fish is quite a bit bigger and more aggressive then the damsel it will always bully other fish. They are just mean as hell and dont go well in a peaceful tank.

 

[mallery8p]

So the best option is to get rid of the damsels

 

[Kworker]

Most likely. Try giving him up for free to a local that may be looking for frag tank fish.

 

[racin2438]

Those damsels are not reef safe.

So if your to go reef then they need to go.

They are just big bullies, and get worse as they get older.

 

[mallery8p]

****, my wife thinks the so pretty to

 

[mallery8p]

I got them in a little breeding tank, hopefully they'll live til tuesday. That's when my lfs opens

 

[tyler1503]

Those damsels are not reef safe.

So if your to go reef then they need to go.

They are just big bullies, and get worse as they get older.

I've kept yellow tails with corals without issues before. I've never heard they're not reef safe :S

I would personally take the damsels out and either pass them onto a local reefer or ask the LFS for store credit for them. Who knows, your wife may find a fish more suitable that she likes even better for exchange for the damsels :)

 

[mallery8p]

There are other fish she like but are not recommended for our tank size, like blue tangs, butterfly fish and angels

 

[mallery8p]

Our first tank

 

[3dees]

yellow tails are one of the most peaceful damsels, but they are still damsels. I have two in my 120 gal. reef and other than a little aggression between each other they are no problem. not reef safe? never heard anyone having problems with corals and damsels. your mistake is adding them to the tank first. should be last or close to last. fire fish are timid fish which may never feel safe with damsels.

 

[PatW]

Yeah damsels can be really cute. But as stated most of them are mindlessly aggressive. I scuba dive. I have been with sharks, barracuda, Goliath grouper the size of mini coopers and the only fish that have ever attacked me are pesky little damsels. If they will attack a diver, they will attack anything.

 

[H2Ohio]

Just a thought I've had because my wife also thinks the damsels are cute... Anyone ever do a Damsel only tank? They come in so many varieties and are pretty cheap.

 

[racin2438]

A really good reef safe damsel is the Kupang. Damsel.

I did a lot of research online, books, calling many LFS, my fish guy - guru. ..

These are blue/yellow, but the yellow starts underneath belly and goes into the entire tail.

My lfs has since started to stock them and have sold many.....

 

[mallery8p]

Unfortunately I had to get rid of my damsels, they just wouldn't leave the firefish alone, I caught them and out them in a quarantine tank and thought about putting them back in and realized that I didn't want to have to catch them again so I took them back to my lfs for a credit and got a clown fish

 

[racin2438]

You you likely had the common blue damsel which as many and I already said are big bullies, , fire fish, bar gobbies, and the like ant tolerate those find nipper blue damsels. Glad you got them out..

 

[mallery8p]

I had the yellow tail blue damsels

 

[rosshamsandwich]

i hae the yellow tail damsels

 

[NinnJinn]

I caught them

Congratulations on catching them without destroying your tank. A lot of them are extremely fast and you pretty much have to destroy the inside of your tank (rock work) just to catch the little boogers.

 

[Cuzuco]

Unfortunately I had to get rid of my damsels, they just wouldn't leave the firefish alone, I caught them and out them in a quarantine tank and thought about putting them back in and realized that I didn't want to have to catch them again so I took them back to my lfs for a credit and got a clown fish

How did you do that? I am having a hard time catching mine. Did you use a trap of some sort?