I AM SOOOO STUPID AND KNEW BETTER (Damselfish)

[Ray Martini]

I knew better! I swore I wouldn't do it! I read all the horror stories. But
my daughter convinced me to buy two small Yellow Tail Damselfish as our
first fish in the new tank. WRONG!!!!! Bad bad bad!!!!

Little *******s torture anything their size or smaller. My friend bought me
a nice looking Clarkii Clownfish and I put in a very nice Royal Gramma. Both
are tortured daily by the SOB Damsels! The only thing they don't bother is
the Yellow Tang because it's so much bigger than them. Little ****S!!!

Now I am faced with the task of removing them from the tank without tearing
out all the LR. I am in the process of using the home made Minnow trap. It's
made from a 2 litre Coke bottle. I'm sure you've seen them. So far nothing.
They poke their heads in but not all the way in. Been about 3 days now and
no catches yet!

I cannot add any more fish until these two are gone. Any other ideas or
suggestions to removing them wothout disruption of the tank?

I totally knew better, what a dope I am!!! 8=)

Unless you're into them and want a species tank DON'T ADD DAMSELFISH! NO
DOMINOS, YELLOW TAILS, THREE STRIPERS, WHATEVER!!!!! You'll only end up like
me wanting them gone!

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Maybe some line and really tiny fishhooks. I feel your pain. I have a blue
damsel that I cannot get out of my tank. My mated pair of maroon clowns
seem to keep him in check. How long do these things live?

[DANorgard]

Damsels follow the "Rule of Inverse Cost in Relation to Co-Existance and
Longevity" theory which, boiled down, states that the less expensive the
Sal****er lifeform the meaner and longer-lived it will be.

Dan


> wrote in message
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Maybe some line and really tiny fishhooks. I feel your pain. I have a blue
damsel that I cannot get out of my tank. My mated pair of maroon clowns
seem to keep him in check. How long do these things live?

[Ray Martini]

Amen brother!!

I WILL get these little fu**ers! I'm on a mission from God.

"DANorgard" > wrote in message
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> Damsels follow the "Rule of Inverse Cost in Relation to Co-Existance and
> Longevity" theory which, boiled down, states that the less expensive the
> Sal****er lifeform the meaner and longer-lived it will be.
>
> Dan
>
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> Maybe some line and really tiny fishhooks. I feel your pain. I have a
> blue
> damsel that I cannot get out of my tank. My mated pair of maroon clowns
> seem to keep him in check. How long do these things live?
>
>

[George Patterson]

Ray Martini wrote:
>
> I cannot add any more fish until these two are gone. Any other ideas or
> suggestions to removing them wothout disruption of the tank?

Can you catch the other fish? If so, remove them and borrow a medium-size lion
fish for a day.

George Patterson
I prefer Heaven for climate but Hell for company.

[Marc Levenson]

ROFLMAO! That is one solution I would never have come up with.

Marc


George Patterson wrote:

> Ray Martini wrote:
>
>>I cannot add any more fish until these two are gone. Any other ideas or
>>suggestions to removing them wothout disruption of the tank?
>
>
> Can you catch the other fish? If so, remove them and borrow a medium-size lion
> fish for a day.


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[George Patterson]

Marc Levenson wrote:
>
> ROFLMAO! That is one solution I would never have come up with.

I knew people that cycled tanks with Mollies and then put in lions to get rid of
the Mollies. They were planning to keep the lions anyway, so ....

George Patterson
I prefer Heaven for climate but Hell for company.

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I had the same problem with two yellow tail damsels. then I completely
screwed up a partial water change that killed one of them plus a
feather duster. Now the one damsel left is shy and doesn't leave his
hiding place unless to feed;.