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Yellowtail Damselfish.....bad idea?


boshk

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Saw a few videos on youtube and a few forum posts regarding Damselfish and how much of a pain they are in DT.

 

Are they that 'incompatible' in a small-ish tank 45G?

 

I do see it bullying the small YWG when it swims up to mid-upper areas of the tank (but then my goby is a bit....funny)

It has a go at my black clownfish but the clown is pretty aggressive and stands his ground

 

Future plans:

 

Firefish

Orange clown

Purple strip dottyback

Maybe Tail spot blenny or Diamond goby

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Damsels are know to be aggressive and it gets worse in smaller tanks, theres less territory.

 

Learned my lesson in 1 tank- i won't have a damsel again.

 

Dottybacks can be aggressive as well.

 

The firefish is a passive fish(skittish really) and may not do to well with the aggressive fish like damsel and dottyback. It does well with clowns.

 

Try liveaqauaria.com, they have a compatability chart. I find it very helpful.

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Oh yes the Tail spot blenny is so cute. Unfortunately the one I had seemed very shy and hid all the time, not sure if this is common.

 

I had a bicolor blenny that wasn't shy, tons of personality, it was an awesome little fish. I preferred it to the tail spot but thats my experience.

 

Clowns are great, so are ywg!

Purple firefish are really beautiful fish and so underated.

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