Damsel dilemma

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Fin2you

Right now I have the 2 baby clownfish, yellow prawn goby, lawnmower Blenny with the Azure Damsel & then a few snails & 1 Scarlet reef Hermit crab plus an unknown number of macro Brittle starfish. Not sure what else to add! I had a few fish in mind (hawkfish, a Helfrichi firefish, 6line wrasse, Mandarin Dragonet) but for 1 reason or another I keep taking them off the list.

Your current fish are a good combo. I wouldn't put a 6-line Wrasse is a tank that size. They are one of the fish that can be VILE in smaller tanks. A Mandarin probably won't get enough food in a tank that size unless you train it to eat frozen food in a quarantine tank before introducing it. If your Damsel is still fairly small then the Firefish and the Hawkfish would probably do just fine. They stick to the rocks like the Damsel (and Yellow Prawn Goby), so their territories would overlap, but the Damsel should get over it as long as it's not so big that it will kick everyone's butt.