who keeps a shoal of damsels?

[benjamin]

just interested to see if any of you guys had/have a shoal for any length of time?

cheers
ben

 

[jhale]

hey Ben,

Kedd has always kept a group of blue green chromis.

 

[benjamin]

nice to see them stick together like that.

what about other types of damsels?

 

[LIZETTE]

Hey Ben damsels, yep yep that is my main fish load I've had tem for about 2 months so far. they are a beauty they are only temporarily but it is what I have!

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I had quite a bunch of them in my rock tank(150G sump) that you have to watch from the top until I went to Kansas.

All different kinds and are rejects from other reefers.

 

[Dre]

I'v had yellow tail damsels spawn in my tank just after the light goes off i think the female fans the eggs to release them in the water colm. Soon after the blue green chromis come out and eat them.I currently have one male and two females no babies in a while.They can be very aggresive they will take on fish that's much bigger than they are.Are clownfish damsels?

 

[benjamin]

cool. yeh dre, clowns are in the damsel family. thankfully some are not as boisterous as thier cousins.

 

[Dre]

If you are planning to keep the aggessive ones it's best to put them i your tank all at once or keep some in a small tank to give yourself time to get some more. Males are less aggressive to females and if they don't have any territory to defend so try to obtain more females but when the male is trying to mate thats another story.In some species the female has a more rounded belly than the male.Some damsels species go through dramatic color change.These are one of my favorite fish good luck.

 

[basiab]

From what I have read it seems that over time (a year or more) you will end up with one.

 

[ClosetFishGeek]

I started with 6 blue/green chromis over a year ago. I now have 4 that get along quite well.....no issues

 

[Sean]

I have over three dozen in a 350 for over a year now and about eight of them for 5 years in one of my clients tanks. They look great and as long as they are fed well they don't get aggressive.

 

[benjamin]

nice one. i wasnt thinking of getting green chromis as most shoals that i know of have dissapeared slowly to the last one.
i think i will go for yellowtail blues and see how it goes.
it feels weired because for the last 5 years i have been telling people to stay away from them,lol

 

[basiab]

Well, most of us don't have a 350. That is the difference between having aggression or not.