damsels

avatar71 · #1 03/11/2007, 08:39 AM

hello, i was wondering a bit about damsels.

i have one black white stripe in my 90 and it is being aggressive towards my new yellow tang.

1. do the damsels get less aggressive if they are schooled up? (3 or more)

2. are green chromis less aggressive than other damsels?

thanks,
dave

redox · #2 03/11/2007, 08:49 AM

damsels are very teritorial they will act agressive no mater what you do

jerrym21 · #3 03/11/2007, 08:54 AM

I would try to get it out of the tank if you want to have any harmony with your inhabitants. If you really like them, try to put them in last. Then they wont feel like every inch of the tank is theirs. . .but then again they might.
I started with Damsels on the poor advice of my LFS and regretted it for the year that it took to get them out.

avatar71 · #4 03/12/2007, 09:03 AM

now the tang has ich... damsel stress a contributor?

armagedon48 · #5 03/12/2007, 10:19 AM

stress often leads to illnesses. i would agree that the stress of going into a new tank, agression from the damsel and the whole "sales experience" has encouraged the outbreak of ick.

avatar71 · #6 03/12/2007, 10:27 AM

any suggestions on what to do other than...
1. remove damsel (does not help that it is so darn fast!!!)
2. garlic administration

No q-tank yet....

Monkeyfish · #7 03/12/2007, 10:36 AM

Buy a lionfish