What should I do with the Damsel

[Mr. Foo]

I have a Damsel that is harassing my other fish. During the time we were
selling our house I didn't stock
my tank and ended up having this blue yellowtail damsel in the tank as the
only fish for about 2 months
so he thinks its his tank. Now that I have added a Maroon Clown and Blue
Tang the damsel is picking
on both. My LFS won't take damsels what should I do with it?

thanks,
Kelly

[Charles Spitzer]

"Mr. Foo" > wrote in message
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> I have a Damsel that is harassing my other fish. During the time we were
> selling our house I didn't stock
> my tank and ended up having this blue yellowtail damsel in the tank as the
> only fish for about 2 months
> so he thinks its his tank. Now that I have added a Maroon Clown and Blue
> Tang the damsel is picking
> on both. My LFS won't take damsels what should I do with it?
>
> thanks,
> Kelly
>

find a local fish club and donate it to their auction/prize giveaways. make
a tiny tank for someone (a child?) and have it be the only fish in the tank.

[Billy]

"Mr. Foo" > wrote in message
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|I have a Damsel that is harassing my other fish. During the time we
were
| selling our house I didn't stock
| my tank and ended up having this blue yellowtail damsel in the tank
as the
| only fish for about 2 months
| so he thinks its his tank. Now that I have added a Maroon Clown and
Blue
| Tang the damsel is picking
| on both. My LFS won't take damsels what should I do with it?
|

Got a sump? My 20g sump\fuge has LR, DSB and is lighted since I grow
macro for nitrate reduction. My yellowtail was picking on everyone,
so into the sump he went, with the intention of finding him a new
home. He's quite happy in there, with only a choc-chip star and a
couple hermits to keep him company.


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[Anthony Pruitt]

"Mr. Foo" > wrote in message
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>I have a Damsel that is harassing my other fish. During the time we were
>selling our house I didn't stock
> my tank and ended up having this blue yellowtail damsel in the tank as the
> only fish for about 2 months
> so he thinks its his tank. Now that I have added a Maroon Clown and Blue
> Tang the damsel is picking
> on both. My LFS won't take damsels what should I do with it?
>
> thanks,
> Kelly
>

It's a little dirty, but one morning about an hour before your lfs
opens.......bag the damsel and leave him by the front door. They won't let
it die, they will take it and put it in a tank. I know from first hand
experience, I worked retail pet for 10 years and I had it done to me
countless numbers of times.

[Annette Kurten]

"Mr. Foo" > wrote in message
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> I have a Damsel that is harassing my other fish. During the time we were
> selling our house I didn't stock
> my tank and ended up having this blue yellowtail damsel in the tank as the
> only fish for about 2 months
> so he thinks its his tank. Now that I have added a Maroon Clown and Blue
> Tang the damsel is picking
> on both. My LFS won't take damsels what should I do with it?
>
> thanks,
> Kelly
>
It is his tank, Though I am surprised the Maroon isn't sorting him, mine
takes so much, then sorts out the damsels, then rearranges half the rocks in
the tank.

Damsels are boisterous to say the least, dominoes leccy blues.
That is the way it is , what do you want us to say ,Flush him?

[Mr. Foo]

I like Charles idea I'll put together a small fish only tank for my 4 year
old sons room he'll like that.

thanks

"Annette Kurten" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Mr. Foo" > wrote in message
> news:44K2d.437647$M95.61816@pd7tw1no...
>> I have a Damsel that is harassing my other fish. During the time we were
>> selling our house I didn't stock
>> my tank and ended up having this blue yellowtail damsel in the tank as
>> the
>> only fish for about 2 months
>> so he thinks its his tank. Now that I have added a Maroon Clown and Blue
>> Tang the damsel is picking
>> on both. My LFS won't take damsels what should I do with it?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Kelly
>>
> It is his tank, Though I am surprised the Maroon isn't sorting him, mine
> takes so much, then sorts out the damsels, then rearranges half the rocks
> in
> the tank.
>
> Damsels are boisterous to say the least, dominoes leccy blues.
> That is the way it is , what do you want us to say ,Flush him?
>
>

[Annette Kurten]

"Anthony Pruitt" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Mr. Foo" > wrote in message
> news:44K2d.437647$M95.61816@pd7tw1no...
> >I have a Damsel that is harassing my other fish. During the time we were
> >selling our house I didn't stock
> > my tank and ended up having this blue yellowtail damsel in the tank as
the
> > only fish for about 2 months
> > so he thinks its his tank. Now that I have added a Maroon Clown and Blue
> > Tang the damsel is picking
> > on both. My LFS won't take damsels what should I do with it?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Kelly
> >
>
> It's a little dirty, but one morning about an hour before your lfs
> opens.......bag the damsel and leave him by the front door. They won't let
> it die, they will take it and put it in a tank. I know from first hand
> experience, I worked retail pet for 10 years and I had it done to me
> countless numbers of times.
>
COWARD

[Billy]

"Annette Kurten" > wrote in message
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| COWARD
|

Now, Now, name-calling will solve nothing. Besides, it's a good idea.
The store won't take it when they're open, only *one* that I frequent
would consider taking back a damsel, and that's a small outfit with
no employees other than him, his wife, and 2 small kids.<g> His only
other options are:

1: Kill it.
2: Spend a ****load of money and find room for another fishtank for a
silly damsel.

The 'leave it on the doorstep' method, while it may appear a bit
unethical, is a decent option IMO, when considering the needs of the
animal.


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Oh for petes sake. Give me a e-mail address Or your RC name(if your on there that is),and if your
close I'll pick him up otherwise you can ship him to me if you want.
I'll put him in my 75G sump.

[Anthony Pruitt]

"Annette Kurten" > wrote in message
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>
> "Anthony Pruitt" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Mr. Foo" > wrote in message
>> news:44K2d.437647$M95.61816@pd7tw1no...
>> >I have a Damsel that is harassing my other fish. During the time we were
>> >selling our house I didn't stock
>> > my tank and ended up having this blue yellowtail damsel in the tank as
> the
>> > only fish for about 2 months
>> > so he thinks its his tank. Now that I have added a Maroon Clown and
>> > Blue
>> > Tang the damsel is picking
>> > on both. My LFS won't take damsels what should I do with it?
>> >
>> > thanks,
>> > Kelly
>> >
>>
>> It's a little dirty, but one morning about an hour before your lfs
>> opens.......bag the damsel and leave him by the front door. They won't
>> let
>> it die, they will take it and put it in a tank. I know from first hand
>> experience, I worked retail pet for 10 years and I had it done to me
>> countless numbers of times.
>>
> COWARD
>
>

Coward ?.....isn't that a little extreme over the desposition of a damsel ?
It's a viable option, maybe not one you agree with, but it solves the
problem. I worked in a LFS, and Pet Smart, and a major coral breeding
facility, for a total of over 10 years, and we got fish weekly that way. The
employees got first dibs at whatever came in that way, and if no one wanted
the fish, it went into a tank and stayed there for a week to make sure it
was ok. It was often used as a gimmie if a regular customer wanted it.
Sometimes they went into one of our several display tanks, or was sold at a
greatly reduced price, or if no one ever wanted them, they ended up as live
grouper or lionfish food. Either way, it's a win win situation.

Coward ?.....isn't that a little extreme over the desposition of a damsel ?

I really don't understand peoples problems with Damsel's
Yes, Coward fits
Like I said I'll take him , put him in my sump if he's that bad

[Anthony Pruitt]

> wrote in message
...
> Coward ?.....isn't that a little extreme over the desposition of a damsel
> ?
>
> I really don't understand peoples problems with Damsel's
> Yes, Coward fits
> Like I said I'll take him , put him in my sump if he's that bad
>
>


Hell dude, it's not my fish, I don't buy ones I don't plan on keeping. But
when you get right down to it, it's just a fish. Do you try to save the life
of every McFish sandwich at McDonalds ? If they keep it or flush it, I'm not
losing any sleep over it. There are alot of people who say and do things
online they would never do in person, and you are one of them. I PROMISE
you, that you'd never call me a coward to my face, at least not more than
once. If you are such a bleeding heart liberal that the fate of one damsel
gets you this worked up, join Green Peace and go hug a tree.

bleeding heart liberal?
You Crack me up. You just replied to the most consevertive mother ****er
you have ever met. As far as my tanks go. It's My responsibly for them ,nobody else
If someone needs a hand, I'm there.
Your reply wreaks of BS.
Grow up.
You want to be a tuff guy ? Post your address
Mine is already out there, Do you really want to play?

[Anthony Pruitt]

> wrote in message
...
> bleeding heart liberal?
> You Crack me up. You just replied to the most consevertive mother ****er
> you have ever met. As far as my tanks go. It's My responsibly for them
> ,nobody else
> If someone needs a hand, I'm there.
> Your reply wreaks of BS.
> Grow up.
> You want to be a tuff guy ? Post your address
> Mine is already out there, Do you really want to play?
>
>
>

Learn to live in the real world dude, sometimes things happen that you don't
like. I'm not going to get into an online ****ing match with someone so
apparently unbalanced. Go play with your tank and leave the real stuff to
us that can handle it.

[Mr. Foo]

Actually my biggest problem is catching it. I can't get near him in the
light and night time he sleeps in caves so I can't reach him. I tried some
night feeding to bring him out but he stays in the cave.




"Mr. Foo" > wrote in message
news:44K2d.437647$M95.61816@pd7tw1no...
>I have a Damsel that is harassing my other fish. During the time we were
>selling our house I didn't stock
> my tank and ended up having this blue yellowtail damsel in the tank as the
> only fish for about 2 months
> so he thinks its his tank. Now that I have added a Maroon Clown and Blue
> Tang the damsel is picking
> on both. My LFS won't take damsels what should I do with it?
>
> thanks,
> Kelly
>

[CapFusion]

"Mr. Foo" > wrote in message
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> Actually my biggest problem is catching it. I can't get near him in the
> light and night time he sleeps in caves so I can't reach him. I tried some
> night feeding to bring him out but he stays in the cave.
>
>
>

Find out which cave in stay most of the time. Use pantyhose catch him. It
will venture out soon or later. With that long pantyhose tunnel, it will
take awhile to find out the tunnel deadend. Make sure any escape exists of
that cave are covered.

CapFusion,...

[Tre' Landrum]

I love this method! I will add that if you do decide to kill him please do
that. Take a knife and slice the suckers head off. It is a heck of a lot
more humane that drowning in fresh water. Hypoxia, slowly smothering in
their own CO2 and ammonia in a small plastic bag would be greatly preferable
to that.

Tre'


"Anthony Pruitt" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Mr. Foo" > wrote in message
> news:44K2d.437647$M95.61816@pd7tw1no...
> >I have a Damsel that is harassing my other fish. During the time we were
> >selling our house I didn't stock
> > my tank and ended up having this blue yellowtail damsel in the tank as
the
> > only fish for about 2 months
> > so he thinks its his tank. Now that I have added a Maroon Clown and Blue
> > Tang the damsel is picking
> > on both. My LFS won't take damsels what should I do with it?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Kelly
> >
>
> It's a little dirty, but one morning about an hour before your lfs
> opens.......bag the damsel and leave him by the front door. They won't let
> it die, they will take it and put it in a tank. I know from first hand
> experience, I worked retail pet for 10 years and I had it done to me
> countless numbers of times.
>
>

[Rich R]

eat him as a snack! just kidding
thats why no little mean fish in my tank , they just dont get along with tankmates well.
www.reeftanksonline.com


"Mr. Foo" > wrote in message news:44K2d.437647$M95.61816@pd7tw1no...
>I have a Damsel that is harassing my other fish. During the time we were
> selling our house I didn't stock
> my tank and ended up having this blue yellowtail damsel in the tank as the
> only fish for about 2 months
> so he thinks its his tank. Now that I have added a Maroon Clown and Blue
> Tang the damsel is picking
> on both. My LFS won't take damsels what should I do with it?
>
> thanks,
> Kelly
>
>
>