Damsel in 24 gallon

[gone fishin]

Well if you are going for color you could get one black clown and one Normal orange, mine always got along :clown:

If the Midas blenny doesn't work out another nice yellow is the yellow watchman goby, and they pair with shrimp also ^^

( And the Catalina goby looks really nice, but I don't know much about them lol)

Catalina's are nice but they usually do not do well in our tanks. They are from colder northern waters and have a hard time with our typical tank temps.

 

[lonbrat]

Catalina's are nice but they usually do not do well in our tanks. They are from colder northern waters and have a hard time with our typical tank temps.

That's nice to know! ^^ I haven't seen them before, so I don't know too much about them, they are beautiful fish though

 

[gone fishin]

The only reason I know is I looked into getting one because of how nice they are.

 

[water is wet]

I wouldn't put any damsel in a 24 gal. That's why I recommended the pygmy wrasses. I was only stating my opinion of damsels and the one that I'd get

I'm with Sk8r on that damsels in general need a 100 gal tank. It kind of calms their aggression a bit.

I figured as much but thought I'd throw that out there incase someone read it as being OK. :fish1:

 

[SnoopyDaPimp]

Is putting a damsel in a 24 gallon a death wish? I know they are "semi-aggressive" according to LA, but I know the color on them can also be quite striking. There are lots of holes and crevices in my rock work for hiding, I just don't want to make a fatal mistake of adding one. I would only do a smaller one and only one.

Read this

 

[Sk8r]

Problem is, he may turn on any other fish you put in there. THey really aren't for that small a tank. If you want color, try a royal gramma, chalk bass, highfin goby, yellow watchman, (or firefish, with really good jump prevention).

 

[cloak]

FWIW I've kept multiple damsels in a 60, a 50 and a couple 20's before for long periods of time and everybody got along swimmingly. Here's an older picture just as an example. Once the clownfish paired up though the honeymoon was over for the other two. They had to go... If a 100 gallon tank is what's needed to make a damsel happy then the bare minimum for tangs is WAY off IMO. Don't get me wrong, there are certain varieties that are more aggressive than others such as a Domino, Sergeant Major etc, but when somebody says damsel I sure as hell don't think of the Devil.
It can work. GL.

 

[jenjen]

I run a predominantly damsel 180 gal. Of my crew the only one I might try in a small tank is the talbot. It's very chromis like and doesn't seem to get in anyone's face. That said, it's the smallest fish in a semi agressive system so no idea what it would do on its own.

What about a tailspot blenny? They hang close to the rocks but are so full of character!