my golden domino, about phone-sized and beefy, is digging a nest like crazy, (uses her tail), buzzing (they do, loudly enough to hear in another room: sounds like a tank pump is up against the glass), and the only POSSIBLE mate for Miss Titanic is a modest-sized three-stripe. They're both dascyllus, but I somehow think nature did not design these genes to cross. The little blue damsels are staying out of their way.
It's hard to get her to pose, but by good fortune, the other tank inhabitants showed up for bit parts in the picture. I like corals---stony; and the one really good thing about damsels is that there's about one species that nips corals: the others don't bother them---except for two habits: sand-throwing (for anything on the ground) and the tendency to pick up a loose coral sitting near a 'doorway' to a cave and throw it. Mr. Stripes used to do this as a dominance demonstration when he and Ms. Titanic were settling issues, but if it's glued or puttied, and he can't budge it, no problem. They're a flock of characters, but the tank is constant movement of pretty colorful fishes.
