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Posted by Ray Martini on March 15, 2005, 6:06 pm
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Now that you have the damsels it will be tough to catch them when you want
them out of there. I had 2 yellow tail damsels I used for cycling and I used
the Coralife "The Trap" to get them out without disrupting the 100 lbs of LR
I have setup.
>I have recently set up my first marine aquarium. It is going quite
> well so far, (save a slight red slime problem i am trying to control).
> I have put just one fish so far, a small yellowtail damsel. I would
> like this to become a reef tank, and i did use the damsel knowing it
> was very hardy and would assist in cycling the tank. I have been told
> by the local fish store they can be quite agressive despite their
> smallish size. What are your experiences and opinions about their
> compatability in a reef tank and with other fish, and have you found
> them not to be suited to this? Also, have you found any difficulties
> in maintaining them with invertibrates, especially small hermit crabs
> and cleaner shrimp?
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> kevin
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> well so far, (save a slight red slime problem i am trying to control).
> I have put just one fish so far, a small yellowtail damsel. I would
> like this to become a reef tank, and i did use the damsel knowing it
> was very hardy and would assist in cycling the tank. I have been told
> by the local fish store they can be quite agressive despite their
> smallish size. What are your experiences and opinions about their
> compatability in a reef tank and with other fish, and have you found
> them not to be suited to this? Also, have you found any difficulties
> in maintaining them with invertibrates, especially small hermit crabs
> and cleaner shrimp?
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> kevin