DAMSELS what is your opinion on them

[Coasting]

Very interested in this topic....
How do you guys think a 30-40gal tank would do with a few yellow tails? Do you think it would be possible, how long would it be "nice" for? Any chance a sleeper goby of some sort would survive in there with just damsels?

[Flash]

i have a 25gl at work with a orange skunk clown and two damsels... everyone is fine!

[albert_dao]

I think I can help you out here. List of Damsels I would consider to be highly desirable reef fish:

Most Chrysiptera species, including
- Starki Damsels
- Tabolt's Damsels
- Yellowtail Damsels
- Rollandi Damsels
- Springer's Damsels

Most members of the Pomacentrus, including
- Alleni Damsels
- Pomacentrus coelestis

A few Chromis species, namely
- Green Chromis (don't buy a huge school unless you have a big tank AND something that will harass them, otherwise you'll end up with a pair)
- Vanderbilt Chromis
- Chromis operculari
- Chromis retrofasciata

What to avoid:

Pretty much everything else.

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by Coasting

Very interested in this topic....
How do you guys think a 30-40gal tank would do with a few yellow tails? Do you think it would be possible, how long would it be "nice" for? Any chance a sleeper goby of some sort would survive in there with just damsels?

Just get one Yellowtail. Two, even three can work, but if it doesn't, you're throwing away a fish and adding a spot of grief to your life.

[ponokareefer]

They're great to put in a tank with a lionfish for entertainment.

[Flash]

that's how I got my for free.. they were too fast for the lion and eel! loL!

[Coasting]

Just get one Yellowtail. Two, even three can work, but if it doesn't, you're throwing away a fish and adding a spot of grief to your life.

Ive heard just as many conflicting stories about keeping a small group of chromis in a tank as a small group of damsels, at least with the damsels I get more colour then the green chromis.

So it would be either a few Damsel or a few Chromis. Ideally with something to clean the sand..... But the idea of a school of silver fish doesn't really appeal to me, which is why I was leaning towards a few damsel instead, unless I could do a variety of single chromis?