Too Late For Dori

RaveChild · 04/11/2006, 07:15 PM

For those of you who read my last post about my damsels terrorizing my Hippo Tang, I regret to say that I was unable to remove them from the tank in time. Dori is dead.
On a side note though, out of frustration, I tore the tank apart and was able to catch the two profanity removed. They are now residing in my sump until I return them to the LFS tomorrow.

AquaReeferMan · 04/11/2006, 08:48 PM

Thats a shame. I just took some damsels out of my tank a couple of weeks ago. They messed with everyone. Now I have a peaceful tank.

chucksta1 · 04/12/2006, 01:37 AM

What kind of Damsels?

cardgenius · 04/12/2006, 01:46 AM

All Damsels should burn in hell!!

::PixelFish:: · 04/12/2006, 01:48 AM

Sorry about your Dori. I know how horrible bully fish can be. I had to rip apart my tank tonight to try and get a supposed peaceful orange back basslet out. That dang fish ate 1 cleaner shrimp, 5 peppermint shrimp, a firefish goby, a green clown goby that I've had forever and because of him and my tank being all taken apart to remove him, my favorite fish off all, a beautiful fat sixline wrasse got spooked and swam into my anemone. He got stung so bad that he started swimming all crazy and managed to swim through the gutter guard I have in my overlow, ended up in the sump, swam through all the baffles and ended up in my pump.

I can't get my liverock back to the way it used to look and the tank looks aweful. My anemone is really upset, I just feel sick. I did get that nasty fish out of my tank though and in a fit of rage I threw him onto the floor and beat him to death with my net.

ZURCSREEF · 04/12/2006, 02:00 AM

I ALWAYS had problems with damsels and my other fish, I am hating myself that I even have this one blue damsel in my 120 right now, can't catch him and really don't have the time to break down my tank to. He is nipping at my Yellow tang and my Anthia, I am going to build a trap when I have time and get him out asap, I would suggest to others not to have damsels with other fish and to really not have them at all, they are too aggressive and territorial. Then we wonder why they are only 3$-4$ a piece.

-Mike C. aka ZURCSREEF

XeniaMania · 04/12/2006, 02:21 AM

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Originally posted by ::PixelFish::
Sorry about your Dori. I know how horrible bully fish can be. I had to rip apart my tank tonight to try and get a supposed peaceful orange back basslet out. That dang fish ate 1 cleaner shrimp, 5 peppermint shrimp, a firefish goby, a green clown goby that I've had forever and because of him and my tank being all taken apart to remove him, my favorite fish off all, a beautiful fat sixline wrasse got spooked and swam into my anemone. He got stung so bad that he started swimming all crazy and managed to swim through the gutter guard I have in my overlow, ended up in the sump, swam through all the baffles and ended up in my pump.

I can't get my liverock back to the way it used to look and the tank looks aweful. My anemone is really upset, I just feel sick. I did get that nasty fish out of my tank though and in a fit of rage I threw him onto the floor and beat him to death with my net.

This is not intended to be a flame, but I would just like to chime in and say, before you take your aggression out on your next fish, maybe it's a learning experience for you. Pehapse this could have all been avoided if research was done on the fish's diet before putting it into the tank. We've all had mishaps, but the only real thing(person) to blame is yourself for not doing more research before buying. If you read what you did again, you basically beat and killed a fish for doing what it normally does, it did not do it to spite you.

kyle10 · 04/12/2006, 04:35 AM

YOU POSTED THE SAME THING ON 2 WEBSITE FORUMS WHY?

ZURCSREEF · 04/12/2006, 04:40 AM

because he/she wanted to? maybe she posted the info about the two damsels on two website forums to see where she can get the info faster, talk about rude.

ZOKU · 04/12/2006, 05:43 AM

I thought there was a website link mentioned a couple of weeks ago in another thread about the least aggressive damsels....? What kind of Damsels were these? I don't remember all of them on the list, but IIRC, the Blue-Green Chromis are supposedly fairly passive. The "Blue Devil" was one of the worst.

BTTRFLYGRL · 04/12/2006, 06:20 AM

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Originally posted by XeniaMania
This is not intended to be a flame, but I would just like to chime in and say, before you take your aggression out on your next fish, maybe it's a learning experience for you. Pehapse this could have all been avoided if research was done on the fish's diet before putting it into the tank. We've all had mishaps, but the only real thing(person) to blame is yourself for not doing more research before buying. If you read what you did again, you basically beat and killed a fish for doing what it normally does, it did not do it to spite you.

I agree..But you put it much nicer than I would have!

greatgman · 04/12/2006, 06:32 AM

i agree damsels are very beligerant at times
in my tank i have a clown (its a damsel two) a dori tang a yellow tang and 3 b/g chromis and 2 blue/yellow devils
aside from an occasional spat everybodys is fine

chromis dont hold territoritys so thats why they are so passive

greatgman · 04/12/2006, 06:33 AM

maybe you should have moved things around a b it to disrupt things a bit

RaveChild · 04/12/2006, 01:41 PM

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Originally posted by greatgman
maybe you should have moved things around a b it to disrupt things a bit

I tried, twice in two days.

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Originally posted by chucksta1
What kind of Damsels?

One is a 3 stripe damsel (Dascyllus aruanus) the other is a blue devil damsel (Chrysiptera cyanea).

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Originally posted by kyle10
YOU POSTED THE SAME THING ON 2 WEBSITE FORUMS WHY?

Actually, I posted it on three seperate website forums. Is there a law somewhere that states I am not allowd to dicuss the same topic with more than one group of people. If there is, I must have missed it.

I guess the imprtant thing is they are out of my main tank and won't be able to terrorize anything other than each other.

XeniaMania · 04/12/2006, 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by BTTRFLYGRL
I agree..But you put it much nicer than I would have!

Should I add that person should be banned from ever buying a fish again?

jim293 · 04/12/2006, 05:13 PM

Huh I will have to look at the bylaws in the book to see if it is illegal to post the same thing on a diffrent site. I just looked and saw nothing. POST AWAY!!!!!!!!!!

Aescleah · 04/12/2006, 05:32 PM

well i left the hobby for about 2 years and i am about ready to start a reef again and i am proud to say there is no way in heck i will but a damsel in it.
the little buggers killed my prized centropyge argi who i bought for 5.99 cause the petshop did not know what they had. they are evil evil i say never ever again

Ashley

reverendmaynard · 04/12/2006, 05:47 PM

My terror fish is a Dori!

It nips all my other fish (yellow tang, 2 maroon clowns, royal gramma, foxface) and yesterday I saw it bite my squamosa clam!

Has anyone ever had such an agressive hippo?

Scuba_Dave · 04/12/2006, 06:40 PM

Yeah, never put damsels in a tank

We had 2 Tomato's
2 Blue damsels
(1) 3 stripe damsel
And a sharp nosed puffer...in a 29g
for over 2 years

We didn't know it you couldn't do that
Weekly water changes, plenty of fake plants, fake rocks
The blues stayed together as did the tomotoes
The puffer ignored them all & cruised the tank
The 3 stripe ruled most of the tank

All fish were introduced to the tank at the same time when a friend moved to CA

We then moved & upgraded to a 60g hex...and a 55g
Gave the damsels away

Introducing fish is usually where you run into the problems
I've received free damsels that people wanted to get rid of, but doubt I will ever buy another damsel

383camaro · 04/12/2006, 07:01 PM

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Originally posted by reverendmaynard
My terror fish is a Dori!
Has anyone ever had such an agressive hippo?

Not to take the thread off subject, but, my hippo picks at my lps and my open brain corals.
I finally removed him bec the brain corals would not open at all and he was taking bites out of the lps.
I have several green chromis and they are completely peaceful.

04/11/2006, 07:15 PM	#1
RaveChild Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 53	Too Late For Dori For those of you who read my last post about my damsels terrorizing my Hippo Tang, I regret to say that I was unable to remove them from the tank in time. Dori is dead. On a side note though, out of frustration, I tore the tank apart and was able to catch the two profanity removed. They are now residing in my sump until I return them to the LFS tomorrow. Last edited by geo; 04/12/2006 at 03:40 PM.

04/11/2006, 08:48 PM	#2
AquaReeferMan Got Reef? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Under the Sea, Pa Posts: 4,593	Thats a shame. I just took some damsels out of my tank a couple of weeks ago. They messed with everyone. Now I have a peaceful tank. __________________ Couple SPS/Zoanthid tanks and a couple of FW planted tanks. Current Tank Info: 5 pieces of glass with some silicone and plastic frames holding them together

04/12/2006, 01:46 AM	#4
cardgenius Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 527	All Damsels should burn in hell!! __________________ I'm no hero...never was. I'm just an old killer hired to do some wet work.

04/12/2006, 05:43 AM	#10
ZOKU Resident Ninja Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oshkosh, WI Posts: 560	I thought there was a website link mentioned a couple of weeks ago in another thread about the least aggressive damsels....? What kind of Damsels were these? I don't remember all of them on the list, but IIRC, the Blue-Green Chromis are supposedly fairly passive. The "Blue Devil" was one of the worst. __________________ - SCOTT. Check out my homepage to see my build! Current Tank Info: 40B / Super Reef Octopus SRO2000INT / 35-gal. acrylic sump+refuge / 120W LED lighting / Water Blaster 3000 Return... IN PROGRESS!

04/12/2006, 05:13 PM	#16
jim293 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 169	Huh I will have to look at the bylaws in the book to see if it is illegal to post the same thing on a diffrent site. I just looked and saw nothing. POST AWAY!!!!!!!!!! __________________ Jim293 110 gallon reef tank Current Tank Info: 72 Gallon bow front/ 110 Gallon Reef Tanks

04/12/2006, 01:37 AM	#3
chucksta1 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: mississauga ont. Posts: 490	What kind of Damsels?

04/12/2006, 01:48 AM	#5
::PixelFish:: Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 336	Sorry about your Dori. I know how horrible bully fish can be. I had to rip apart my tank tonight to try and get a supposed peaceful orange back basslet out. That dang fish ate 1 cleaner shrimp, 5 peppermint shrimp, a firefish goby, a green clown goby that I've had forever and because of him and my tank being all taken apart to remove him, my favorite fish off all, a beautiful fat sixline wrasse got spooked and swam into my anemone. He got stung so bad that he started swimming all crazy and managed to swim through the gutter guard I have in my overlow, ended up in the sump, swam through all the baffles and ended up in my pump. I can't get my liverock back to the way it used to look and the tank looks aweful. My anemone is really upset, I just feel sick. I did get that nasty fish out of my tank though and in a fit of rage I threw him onto the floor and beat him to death with my net.

04/12/2006, 02:00 AM	#6
ZURCSREEF Moved On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pembroke Pines, Fl Posts: 2,347	I ALWAYS had problems with damsels and my other fish, I am hating myself that I even have this one blue damsel in my 120 right now, can't catch him and really don't have the time to break down my tank to. He is nipping at my Yellow tang and my Anthia, I am going to build a trap when I have time and get him out asap, I would suggest to others not to have damsels with other fish and to really not have them at all, they are too aggressive and territorial. Then we wonder why they are only 3$-4$ a piece. -Mike C. aka ZURCSREEF

04/12/2006, 04:35 AM	#8
kyle10 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: nj Posts: 10	YOU POSTED THE SAME THING ON 2 WEBSITE FORUMS WHY?

04/12/2006, 04:40 AM	#9
ZURCSREEF Moved On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pembroke Pines, Fl Posts: 2,347	because he/she wanted to? maybe she posted the info about the two damsels on two website forums to see where she can get the info faster, talk about rude.

04/12/2006, 06:32 AM	#12
greatgman Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 181	i agree damsels are very beligerant at times in my tank i have a clown (its a damsel two) a dori tang a yellow tang and 3 b/g chromis and 2 blue/yellow devils aside from an occasional spat everybodys is fine chromis dont hold territoritys so thats why they are so passive

04/12/2006, 06:33 AM	#13
greatgman Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 181	maybe you should have moved things around a b it to disrupt things a bit

04/12/2006, 05:32 PM	#17
Aescleah Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Cary,NC,USA Posts: 260	well i left the hobby for about 2 years and i am about ready to start a reef again and i am proud to say there is no way in heck i will but a damsel in it. the little buggers killed my prized centropyge argi who i bought for 5.99 cause the petshop did not know what they had. they are evil evil i say never ever again Ashley

04/12/2006, 05:47 PM	#18
reverendmaynard Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: RI Posts: 1,490	My terror fish is a Dori! It nips all my other fish (yellow tang, 2 maroon clowns, royal gramma, foxface) and yesterday I saw it bite my squamosa clam! Has anyone ever had such an agressive hippo? __________________ Think for yourself. Question authority. Current Tank Info: 125 gal AGA, setup on 1/1/06; 29 gal seahorse tank, setup 10/21/06

04/12/2006, 06:40 PM	#19
Scuba_Dave EMERTXE YID Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Asylum, South of Boston, MA Posts: 10,362	Yeah, never put damsels in a tank We had 2 Tomato's 2 Blue damsels (1) 3 stripe damsel And a sharp nosed puffer...in a 29g for over 2 years We didn't know it you couldn't do that Weekly water changes, plenty of fake plants, fake rocks The blues stayed together as did the tomotoes The puffer ignored them all & cruised the tank The 3 stripe ruled most of the tank All fish were introduced to the tank at the same time when a friend moved to CA We then moved & upgraded to a 60g hex...and a 55g Gave the damsels away Introducing fish is usually where you run into the problems I've received free damsels that people wanted to get rid of, but doubt I will ever buy another damsel