Desperately need help - new fish fighting

Discussion in 'ASAP' started by RedThunder, Jun 3, 2010.

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  1. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    Well the bad thing is not that you got the clownfish..
    It is that you placed the damsel in first.. ( Unless you cycle with one usually to prevent agressiveness they go in last. That is if you want to get a damsel in te first place because they are still meanies)
     
    elweshomayor, Jun 3, 2010
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  2. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    I thought what you had to do is throw it at the wall and see if it sticks :D
     
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  3. RedThunder

    RedThunder Astrea Snail

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    Throat punching first works, right?
     
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  4. Reefordie12

    Reefordie12 Astrea Snail

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    Damsel's are well just bad bad bad bad bad fish
     
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  5. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    All I see in the pictures are damsels. Nothing to worry about red thunder. Of the 2 damsels, the black one is a tad feisty. Will become more drab as it gets older. Nothing special enough to keep around if it were mine. As for the orange damsels, they will stay out of harms way.
     
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  6. jaredrthrbswimn

    jaredrthrbswimn Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Ya watch out for people claiming fish are aggressive/non-aggressive...they may be just looking for sale or they really do believe that its not aggressive. The aggressiveness does depend on the fish but it also depends on fish around it. If the Damsel is the smallest fish in the tank its not going to have anyone to pick on (maybe the case with the previous owner/seller?) but in your case he had a little docile clown to bully. I had an innocent spotted sweetlips that is known to be aggressive but wasn't because there was already a "policeman of the tank" anthias but when he died, man, hell broke loose and I had to pull out the sweetlips. Just use caution and really do research before buying a new fish/any sort of livestock.
     
    jaredrthrbswimn, Jun 4, 2010
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