damsels

I'm thinking of buying a couple of damsels. I remember watching a TV
program which showed black damsels which were cultivating a patch of reef
and helping it recover from a serious loss. could these help my maintenance
of the reef.
I had a lot of bother with two unholy terrors of Fijian damsels which
terrorised a whole community.
what are your experiences with damsels and which would you recommend.

Robin

Never had a good one, i have always used them to start a tank then 6 months
down the line they are ****ing me off terrorizing everything and i think why
do i do this everytime, then i have to go to the trouble of catching them
and giving them away...DONT GET THEM




"rjag" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of buying a couple of damsels. I remember watching a TV
program which showed black damsels which were cultivating a patch of reef
and helping it recover from a serious loss. could these help my
maintenance of the reef.
I had a lot of bother with two unholy terrors of Fijian damsels which
terrorised a whole community.
what are your experiences with damsels and which would you recommend.

Robin

I've always had a blue damsel in my tank, but they can be a
problem. Why not just buy the fish you really want? Is
this a test fish on a new system?

Marc


rjag wrote:

I'm thinking of buying a couple of damsels. I remember watching a TV
program which showed black damsels which were cultivating a patch of reef
and helping it recover from a serious loss. could these help my maintenance
of the reef.
I had a lot of bother with two unholy terrors of Fijian damsels which
terrorised a whole community.
what are your experiences with damsels and which would you recommend.

Robin



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my system has been running for over a year now but the whole lot went
through a period of die back and now only the sturdiest survived. these are
doing fine but I thought of what I could buy to help re-establish the reef.
I have only one clown, a mandarin and a brittle star as the main inhabitants
with about 10 red-legged hermits and 3 or 4 turbo snails for a cleaning crew
(all nocturnal ????).
the ammonia was always zero (used live rock from previous tank) nitrite was
never a problem. Nitrates had been under control and then out of the blue
they spiked but now seem to be back to around 5ppm. algae was always a
problem but it is just enough to colour the rocks but not really noticeably
thick enough to be removed.
would I be better with a yellow tang for algae removal, a goby to keep the
gravel turned over or another maintenance fish?

Robin

What sized tank?

Marc


rjag wrote:
my system has been running for over a year now but the whole lot went
through a period of die back and now only the sturdiest survived. these are
doing fine but I thought of what I could buy to help re-establish the reef.
I have only one clown, a mandarin and a brittle star as the main inhabitants
with about 10 red-legged hermits and 3 or 4 turbo snails for a cleaning crew
(all nocturnal ????).
the ammonia was always zero (used live rock from previous tank) nitrite was
never a problem. Nitrates had been under control and then out of the blue
they spiked but now seem to be back to around 5ppm. algae was always a
problem but it is just enough to colour the rocks but not really noticeably
thick enough to be removed.
would I be better with a yellow tang for algae removal, a goby to keep the
gravel turned over or another maintenance fish?

Robin



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sorry 36 Gallon tank with 15 Gallon sump.

Robin

I wouldn't put a tang in a 36g, as they just need more space
to swim, frankly. You could get a Lawnmower Blenny to eat
algae of the rocks. They perch everywhere and look cute.
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1204/howdy.jpg

Another perching animal is a Longnosed Hawkfish, which will
eat bristleworms that come out in the open.
http://melevsreef.com/id/ln_hawkfish.html

Check out the rest of the fish on my ID page (page 2)
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/

You might find one you like.

Marc


rjag wrote:

sorry 36 Gallon tank with 15 Gallon sump.

Robin



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That is an awesome quality picture. What do you use for a camera?


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"Marc Levenson" wrote in message
m...
I wouldn't put a tang in a 36g, as they just need more space to swim,
frankly. You could get a Lawnmower Blenny to eat algae of the rocks. They
perch everywhere and look cute.
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1204/howdy.jpg

Another perching animal is a Longnosed Hawkfish, which will eat
bristleworms that come out in the open.
http://melevsreef.com/id/ln_hawkfish.html

Check out the rest of the fish on my ID page (page 2)
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/

You might find one you like.

Marc


rjag wrote:

sorry 36 Gallon tank with 15 Gallon sump.

Robin

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It is a Fuji S602Z. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujis602z/

Marc


Ray Martini wrote:
That is an awesome quality picture. What do you use for a camera?



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I've been using it for the past 1.5 years. Before that was
an HP215 pocket digital camera with Macro mode.

Marc


RicSeyler wrote:
Dammit, I just got the Canon G6 but it will be a while before
I have another tank to shoot. LOLOL

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canong6/


That Fuji does a damn nice job!!
You haven't been using that all along have you Marc?
Recent purchase?

Marc Levenson wrote:

It is a Fuji S602Z. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujis602z/

Marc


Ray Martini wrote:

That is an awesome quality picture. What do you use for a camera?





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