to red honey Damsel or not

jstack · 04/13/2016, 06:20 PM

current stock
pair of choc clowns
1 yellow wrasse
1 starry blenny
1 tiger wardi
1 fire shrimp
1 rainbow nem
56 column marineland combo
params
sg1.025
0 amonia
0 nitrites
0-5 nitrates
alk 8.7
cal 440
mag 1400
t247 lights, reef oct 1000, brs mini combo reactors highcap gfo & carbon. ro-buddy50gpd 4 stage
tank's been running 6 months' now. last additions were bta a month ago and nitrates have been a steady under 5 the day before i do my weekly 5g wc.
so that's outta the way my LFS got these guys in 1/2 inch atm these guys are beautys. Any input would be great if anyone has had one as I cannot seem to find any youtube or really anything on them.
be nice please I'm poor but work hard

CafeReef · 04/13/2016, 06:23 PM

it could be just fine. One thing to consider is if there is anything else you are wanting. A semi aggressive fish like a damsel should be the last fish added, this way your other fish have already established themselves.

Maritimer · 04/13/2016, 06:27 PM

Red honeys are lovely indeed as youngsters, but many damsels lose some color as they age. How's the red honey in that aspect?

I've got a trio of azures, which are reported to be among the most peaceful -of damsels-, but they can still be jerks to other fish. Especially newly-added other fish. (They're gorgeous, so they get a partial pass...)

~Bruce

jstack · 04/13/2016, 06:29 PM

well one last fish but i am waiting for a year to add it ither a Multi-bar or a Potter's I have heard bad thing's about Potters so I am leaning more towards the Mutli-bar

jstack · 04/13/2016, 06:32 PM

I had to move the Horn coral because it was stinging the hell outta my nem or hydrop something lps branching. tank is going to be lps and some softies

Sk8r · 04/13/2016, 06:41 PM

Most aggression is due to relative size of tank and fish. Enough room, no problem, but a red honey is one of the largest damsels, maxing at 5", thick-bodied, strong, and a neoglyphidon species at that---meaning it will fight a buzzsaw, if it's like other neoglyphidons. It will also almost certainly eat your shrimp and might harm the clowns (who are damsels). I'd recommend the chrysiptera damsel (3" and milder) type, like the rowdy azures--- or the blue star if you want a very quiet damsel. Other good choices are the basslets, like the royal gramma.

jstack · 04/13/2016, 07:30 PM

thanks food for thought blue might be a better color choice for me with damsels

CafeReef · 04/13/2016, 08:05 PM

I have a friend who said it best "damsels are dicks" haha. They will almost always be "pickers" I would recommend introducing it in a breeding net potentially to slowely incorporate it into the tank, rather than just throwing him in.

04/13/2016, 06:23 PM	#2
CafeReef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Elkhorn, NE Posts: 1,405	it could be just fine. One thing to consider is if there is anything else you are wanting. A semi aggressive fish like a damsel should be the last fish added, this way your other fish have already established themselves. __________________ 50 Gallon cube

04/13/2016, 06:27 PM	#3
Maritimer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: SW Connecticut, U.S.A. Posts: 419	Red honeys are lovely indeed as youngsters, but many damsels lose some color as they age. How's the red honey in that aspect? I've got a trio of azures, which are reported to be among the most peaceful -of damsels-, but they can still be jerks to other fish. Especially newly-added other fish. (They're gorgeous, so they get a partial pass...) ~Bruce __________________ Because anything else ... is just a fishtank. Zoey's Reef has come to life! Zoas, 'shrooms and LPS of several sorts, CUC, dartfish, wrasses and others swim above the sand . . . Current Tank Info: Kingston & Zoey's Reef; 220g, Deltec skimmer, 2 MaxSpect Gyre x-50s, 2,500gph or so through the sump. SPS are surviving . . .

04/13/2016, 06:41 PM	#6
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Most aggression is due to relative size of tank and fish. Enough room, no problem, but a red honey is one of the largest damsels, maxing at 5", thick-bodied, strong, and a neoglyphidon species at that---meaning it will fight a buzzsaw, if it's like other neoglyphidons. It will also almost certainly eat your shrimp and might harm the clowns (who are damsels). I'd recommend the chrysiptera damsel (3" and milder) type, like the rowdy azures--- or the blue star if you want a very quiet damsel. Other good choices are the basslets, like the royal gramma. __________________ 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%.

04/13/2016, 08:05 PM	#8
CafeReef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Elkhorn, NE Posts: 1,405	I have a friend who said it best "damsels are dicks" haha. They will almost always be "pickers" I would recommend introducing it in a breeding net potentially to slowely incorporate it into the tank, rather than just throwing him in. __________________ 50 Gallon cube

04/13/2016, 06:29 PM	#4
jstack Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: abq,nm Posts: 290	well one last fish but i am waiting for a year to add it ither a Multi-bar or a Potter's I have heard bad thing's about Potters so I am leaning more towards the Mutli-bar

04/13/2016, 06:32 PM	#5
jstack Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: abq,nm Posts: 290	I had to move the Horn coral because it was stinging the hell outta my nem or hydrop something lps branching. tank is going to be lps and some softies

04/13/2016, 07:30 PM	#7
jstack Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: abq,nm Posts: 290	thanks food for thought blue might be a better color choice for me with damsels