gotcha damsel

[treesprite]

So, why can't you guys who are stuck with damsels catch them?

 

I have not had to catch a damsel in a long time, and hearing all your stories, I thought I was going to have to take the tank apart. I took out only the top 3 rocks and caught the damsel in the first swoop.

 

The damsel chased the daylights out of the dottyback the first time I turned the lights on after putting them together, so I turned the lights out and went after the damsel today.

 

AFTER I caught him, I decided that the re-rockscaping job I did yesterday before putting the fish together, was not so great, and proceeded to spend a couple hours trying to re-do it, and it's now worse. It's just going to have to be a mess for a while. BUT can't blame the damsel!

[jason the filter freak]

Your avatar scares the bejeezes out of me. Damsels are just tricky to catch in large systems with lots of fragile coral, or extensive aquascaping that can't be torn down.

[treesprite]

Your avatar scares the bejeezes out of me. Damsels are just tricky to catch in large systems with lots of fragile coral, or extensive aquascaping that can't be torn down.

 

 

Hmmm... doesn't look scary to me, it's a tree sprite. I'll change it.

 

I just got a good look at the dottyback for the first time since yesterday - tail is just about all gone... I didn't know that damsel was THAT mean.

 

People with small tanks have complained of catching damsels. This damsel swam out into the open instead of into the rockwork - the trick I believe is to hand feed the fish, because this one only gets food by me having my hand in the tank to hand feed the clowns.

Edited August 20, 2007 by treesprite

[lanman]

Hmmm... doesn't look scary to me, it's a tree sprite. I'll change it.

 

I just got a good look at the dottyback for teh first time since yesterday - tail is just about all gone.

Poor little thang! My aquascaping in my 24-gallon tank (where the damsel is) consists of one 20-pound rock with a cave/tunnel - and a few other little pieces. The damsel heads for the cave as soon as he sees a net.

 

bob