Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
A fish that will stand up to a damsel? Easy, a bigger damsel. 
Looking for a fish that will stand up to my damsel
- Thread starter leetch
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Well there's no blood in the water so far. The damsel gave the dotty a few whacks with it's tail for about an hour but since that time there have been no battles. The dotty has been swimming around the tank all throughout the rocks and so has the damsel. Even at feeding time there were no conflicts when they accidentally "kissed" from trying to grab the same shrimp.
We'll see as the dotty gets more acclimated and begins to claim his territory but so far everything has been peachy keen. If they get too out of control I'm just gonna get a lionfish and take care of everyone at once
We'll see as the dotty gets more acclimated and begins to claim his territory but so far everything has been peachy keen. If they get too out of control I'm just gonna get a lionfish and take care of everyone at once
Agreed, they should come with a warning label. Great fish, very active, great color but they should change the name to something more fitting like "buy me and I will harass your entire tank fish" or "I'm a psychotic Glenn Close, gonna boil your rabbit fish" or something like that. :hmm3:
Ceebuano
New member
Just give the damsel a timeout. Mine was the same way, then I moved him to a different tank for a few weeks, then put him back. Now he is a model citizen. I am sure he wouldn't readily accept another fish being added, but he gets along quite well now with everyone he was constantly harrassing.
He even shares his little cave with a gobie.
He even shares his little cave with a gobie.
MrTuskfish
Team RC
Me too. They cause more problems, for more people than any fish I know of. As long as you have this little S.O.B., the fish, not you, will decide what you can keep.
The Neon is doing really well...so far. I went home at lunch and it was swimming everywhere in and out of the rocks. It even swam up next to psycho and nothing happened. They floated together for about 15 seconds before they went their seperate ways.
All in all, the Clowns still own the tank. The damsel may swim all over the place but once it gets in clown territory, mama clown takes care of business. The damsel likes to rearrange things but nothing harmful so far and everyone seems to be happy...for now.
Don't ya love that...between my damsel..who is always swishing his tail at something he doesn't want somewhere..and my gobie picking things up in his mouth and tossing them....nothing in the tank they are in, is in the same place two days in a row. I tried repeatedly to put a sun coral up on a rock, and I actually caught my goby with this 8 headed sun coral in his mouth, tossing it....
billyzbear
Active member
You could try a four line wrasse or a hawk fish too. I to had a damsel until it killed everything added, after the coral beauty it had to go.
CW from the OC
New member
5 more damsels. Seriously. I'm thinking of putting about 20 in my 210.
