Tankmates for Blue Damsel?

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chiefbarba

I'm new to marine fishkeeping. I have a 29g with a DSB of at least 4" and around 35lbs. of liverock. Until today I just had a blue damsel in the tank. I really like him. He darts in and out of all the holes and caves of the rock. I added a 4-stripe damsel today. The blue damsel chases the 4-stripe around. So, now the 4-stripe just hides behind two of the rocks. It's kind of boring, and I'm wondering if the fish will be stressed.

So, what do you think? What kind of fish would work well with the blue damsel. I just want three or four total. Also, how does one go from being a guest to a member of DFWMAS. Thanks.
 
Great White Shark maybe? :wink:

Sorry, not trying to be rude, but Damsels in general, and Blue Damsels specifically are very aggressive fish. From my experience, you want other fish much larger than the Blue Damsel, which wouldn't be practical in a 29 gallon tank, or other equally aggressive fish, which would basically mean other Damsels.

One option is to change the rockwork up, this will break up the current Damsel's territory and let the two fish establish their own territories. (Right now, the Blue Damsel is most likely defending the whole tank as his personal territory)

As far as becoming a member, here's the signup page:

http://www.dfwmas.org/Membership/membership.html
 
my blue damsel always messes with new fish for a few days and they all seem to get along. See what happens after a few.
 
@Rick wrote:
[I]@Serk wrote:[/I][quote="Great White Shark maybe? :wink: said:
I know if the damsel was anywhere near as big, I know which one I would put my money on."]

That's what I said when I used to keep triggers. A guy in my dorm used to talk about his badass betta (Siamese Fighting Fish). I invited him to come down and see the trigger eat. I also kept monitor lizards at the time. I never decided which was the more vicious eater. :)
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I would say Clown Trigger or Lion Fish :lol:
Damsels get very territorial and you will be hard pressed to put any non aggressive fish in with them unless you do it early. My Chromis got like that to my clowns and e kept my sump company for a few days. Now he is happy beating up other fish at DNA.
 
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