Four Stripe Damsel

[Toolfan333]

Hello, I have a 36 bow FOWLR, been up for about 3 months (plan on adding corals at some point, not for a while). I have a blue devil damsel, a yellow tail damsel, cleaner goby, lawnmower blenny and a maroon clown- tiny about 1.5". I had a four stripe damsel as well but when i added the maroon clown, the FSD was relentlessly attacking it. So i removed it with the intent to return it. That was about 5 days ago. My question is, if i were to put the FSD back in, do you think he go right back to attacking or would it be like he was a new fish and go to the bottom of the pecking order? The FSD is not much longer than the maroon clown, but it is double the mass. The other damsels are about 1.75 inches and about the same mass as the FSD.

 

[thegrun]

You have a tank with some very mean fish! Reintroducing the Four Stripe would not be a good idea. If it doesn't immediately go on the attack it is only time before it does. They get BIG, UGLY and super aggressive as they mature. There aren't many comparably sized fish that can take on a Maroon Clown (probably the meanest of the clowns) but a FSD is certainly one that can.