doing pretty well.
102 gallon reef, mixed damsels with royal gramma, blennies, ywg gobies, etc.
The fastest grower and apparently the most dominant is the 4-stripe dascyllus. I acquired a golden dascyllus because he was quite spectacularly pretty, but I stood very ready to take him to the lfs if the two dascyllus went ballistic---they're the most aggressive damsels I know besides the blue velvet, which is a little too rowdy for a wedge-shaped tank.
Well, to my surprise, they run together. They never quarrel. And the 4-stripe, which had gotten a little pushy with the Fiji blue devil and occasionally the blue star, has mellowed a bit, apparently having the golden to occupy his small brain.
The black axil chromis are doing what chromis do, moving about; and the blue star and Fiji devil are just poking about hoping for mysis. The azure is just generally out and about.
I'd rather thought the Fiji devil might become the boss, but it seems the 4-stripe will take that role: he's fat as a tuna and a third again as large as when I got him. The damsels in general don't bother anybody but other damsels, and even so it's just a bluster and a shove, never actual contact. Nobody's been nipped. No inverts eaten. The shrimp remains safe. The urchins mind their own business. And the tank is continually active: damsels are never satisfied with where they are.
If you have a hundred gallon tank or larger, damsels remain a good choice. Not at all for smaller tanks.
102 gallon reef, mixed damsels with royal gramma, blennies, ywg gobies, etc.
The fastest grower and apparently the most dominant is the 4-stripe dascyllus. I acquired a golden dascyllus because he was quite spectacularly pretty, but I stood very ready to take him to the lfs if the two dascyllus went ballistic---they're the most aggressive damsels I know besides the blue velvet, which is a little too rowdy for a wedge-shaped tank.
Well, to my surprise, they run together. They never quarrel. And the 4-stripe, which had gotten a little pushy with the Fiji blue devil and occasionally the blue star, has mellowed a bit, apparently having the golden to occupy his small brain.
The black axil chromis are doing what chromis do, moving about; and the blue star and Fiji devil are just poking about hoping for mysis. The azure is just generally out and about.
I'd rather thought the Fiji devil might become the boss, but it seems the 4-stripe will take that role: he's fat as a tuna and a third again as large as when I got him. The damsels in general don't bother anybody but other damsels, and even so it's just a bluster and a shove, never actual contact. Nobody's been nipped. No inverts eaten. The shrimp remains safe. The urchins mind their own business. And the tank is continually active: damsels are never satisfied with where they are.
If you have a hundred gallon tank or larger, damsels remain a good choice. Not at all for smaller tanks.
