Damsels

Bluemon · 11/23/2011, 01:08 AM

I just saw this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by nanoreefer1000

it should be fine,I've seen them in <10 tanks

I was wondering if damsels could be kept in a 5.5 gallon.

I DOUBT IT but, just cheking

zhewitt04 · 11/23/2011, 01:40 AM

They get pretty big so i would say no.

Dustin1300 · 11/23/2011, 01:42 AM

I'd say no on that small of a tank but Damsels really don't get that 'large. They get up to 3" of size usually.

thegrun · 11/23/2011, 08:58 AM

No to long term housing in a damsel in a 5 gallon tank. Even the smallest damsels should be kept in at least a 20 gallon tank.

Sk8r · 11/23/2011, 12:02 PM

No, sorry. Nothing less than a 50 for the very smallest, and ideally 100 gallons.

For fish appropriate for a 10, try the tiniest gobies.

Reefing Newbie · 11/23/2011, 05:11 PM

Damsels need far larger tanks than most think. Like Sk8r said, 100+ gallon tank being ideal. I plan on keeping a starki in my 125 and it shouldn't be as bad as people say they are with all the space it will have.

Sk8r · 11/23/2011, 05:58 PM

Damsels are wonderful fish, bright, colorful, fast moving, will school---there's little not to love. I had a 100 g for years (and sold it intact) with primarily a mixed variety of damsels, and they never bothered gobies, blennies, angels, dragonets, pseudochromis, royal grammas, or clarkii clowns---in point of fact, it was the clownfish I had to move out as too aggressive and, with the dottyback, the only fin-nippers I had.

11/23/2011, 01:42 AM	#3
Dustin1300 Reefaholic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 5,135	I'd say no on that small of a tank but Damsels really don't get that 'large. They get up to 3" of size usually. __________________ INDMAS President Check out my tank in the Large Tank Forums, "A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build"! Current Tank Info: 600 Gallon DT, 140 Gallon Grow Out Tank, 125 Gallon Sump, 90 Gallon Fuge, 200 Gallon Fish QT, 15 Gallon Frag QT

11/23/2011, 12:02 PM	#5
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	No, sorry. Nothing less than a 50 for the very smallest, and ideally 100 gallons. For fish appropriate for a 10, try the tiniest gobies. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

11/23/2011, 05:58 PM	#7
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Damsels are wonderful fish, bright, colorful, fast moving, will school---there's little not to love. I had a 100 g for years (and sold it intact) with primarily a mixed variety of damsels, and they never bothered gobies, blennies, angels, dragonets, pseudochromis, royal grammas, or clarkii clowns---in point of fact, it was the clownfish I had to move out as too aggressive and, with the dottyback, the only fin-nippers I had. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

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11/23/2011, 01:40 AM	#2
zhewitt04 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kokomo, IN Posts: 764	They get pretty big so i would say no.

11/23/2011, 08:58 AM	#4
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	No to long term housing in a damsel in a 5 gallon tank. Even the smallest damsels should be kept in at least a 20 gallon tank.

11/23/2011, 05:11 PM	#6
Reefing Newbie Registered Member. Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,435	Damsels need far larger tanks than most think. Like Sk8r said, 100+ gallon tank being ideal. I plan on keeping a starki in my 125 and it shouldn't be as bad as people say they are with all the space it will have.