Captain Nemo
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Hi Iain and thanks for your feedback!
To be honest with you those aren´t regular damselfish at all, but a fish called Chromis viridis aka Blue-Green Reef Chromis. They do descend from the damslefish-family, yes, but these are not of the aggressive type at all, compared to the damsels you probably are thinking of. These are on the contrary very easy having in a tank. They might pick on each other, but not a very big problem over time. My impression is that when larger fish is around they keep their gob shut and behave nice. But having a school separately from other fish, they might try to challenge each other. They eat well and (due to their miniscule size, doesn´t hassle any other fish or invertebrates in the tank. Beautiful schoolers that are very active during daytime - darting in and out of the rocks. They are also reasonably prized.
All the best,
Cap´n
To be honest with you those aren´t regular damselfish at all, but a fish called Chromis viridis aka Blue-Green Reef Chromis. They do descend from the damslefish-family, yes, but these are not of the aggressive type at all, compared to the damsels you probably are thinking of. These are on the contrary very easy having in a tank. They might pick on each other, but not a very big problem over time. My impression is that when larger fish is around they keep their gob shut and behave nice. But having a school separately from other fish, they might try to challenge each other. They eat well and (due to their miniscule size, doesn´t hassle any other fish or invertebrates in the tank. Beautiful schoolers that are very active during daytime - darting in and out of the rocks. They are also reasonably prized.
All the best,
Cap´n
Nice video, how do you find the damsels getting on with each other? I've heard that even in a shoal they tend to pick on the weakest, sometimes until only the dominant one is left.
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