Psycho Damsels!!

[Krish]

Man...Those damsels are a wild bunch! I had about 5 sargent majors about the size of a nickel and 2 beau gregorys in my tank which I caught in tidepools. One of my sargent majors is missing part of his tail, one beau gregory was killed by the others yesterday and one sargent major killed himself (or maybe it was me ) today when I was trying to catch him while siphoning water out of the tank. He swam right up the tube trying to get away from the net and got stuck in the tube! I tried to work him out of the tube but he was really tight up in there so I blew the hose from the other end and he shot out like a bullet:shock: Bummer man...I'm going to have to try and get some other small fish this weekend. I thought by putting quite a few of them in there together at the same time, they would get along, but I guess they will fight regardless. :doubt: So, word to the wise, be careful with damsels!

Here's what I am going to look for again in the first pic...A juvenile french angel. I have caught about a dozen of these over time and are one of my favorite aquarium fish! They will eat out of your hands after just a week of being in the tank and are just plain old cool! Alot of them I would just catch to look at them and release them which was the case with this one in the pic below. They get pretty big so I will just keep him (if I find one) until he gets too big for the tank and then let him go or put him in a friends tank. We'll see what the tidepools have to offer. I also want some blue chromis like in the second pic I caught, but that will have to wait until the water warms up as you can't find them in tidepools

 

[matts125]

Krish you wont ever have success with having sargent majors in a comunity they are very very aggressive...

I am sorry about your loss. but atleast you just go to your back yard to replace them...

Matt

 

[Dr. Dee]

Man those are some nasty little beast:evil: I put a small one in a 500 gallon tank like two years ago and he has grown up to 5 inchs and kills like a mad dog
That fish knock out about $700.00 of fish,i wan't him to die soon No joke

 

[aquarookie]

OMG! Those are the most adorable fishies I have ever seen!!!!! They are so cute! And you lucky badword, catching them in your tidepools! I am telling you, I am gonna come visit, whether you like it or not :lol:

 

[spongebob lover]

dood, are you sure you weren't trying to eat him? :lol: .
well that sucks dood but i think the frenchy angels are more pretty

 

[burning2nd]

U just have to top it....


when someone pulls out a knife you pull a gun, when he pulls a Gun you pull a gernade. if he pulls put a nade you pull out a rocket launcher.

exc exc exc..


thow a trigger in there 2 get his butt..... just gotta fight fire with fire

 

[Meche]

thow a trigger in there 2 get his butt..... just gotta fight fire with fire

:lol: THATS RIGHT!!! :lol:

and if that don't work... take a hammer to the glass. See how long the little f'er lasts breathin' air. :badgrin:

 

[Meche]

BTW, that little chromis looks just like mine. Hasen't grown a speck since the day I got em'.

 

[Herefishyfishy]

Doc, when you have no other options on a predator fish in a tank and you wish to send to that big reef in the sky, nail it with a spear gun, tank sized. Get 18" or so 1/4" wooden dowel. Carefully shove a long sewing needle into one end and then pull it back out and turn it around so the sharp end is pointing forward. Tape a large rubber band to the other end. You now have an 18 inch long pole spear (Hawaiian sling style) With a little patience and practice, it is pretty easy to dispatch even the fastest fish.

 

[Damsel13]

Hey now!
about those Damsels....

 

[Meche]

Hey now!
about those Damsels....

:lol: more like Damsel666 :lol:

 

[Krish]

Krish you wont ever have success with having sargent majors in a comunity they are very very aggressive...

I am sorry about your loss. but atleast you just go to your back yard to replace them...

Matt

LOL! Yup! Don't like seeing fish die even if I can replace them for free, but not more damsels! (Sorry Debbie)

Man those are some nasty little beast I put a small one in a 500 gallon tank like two years ago and he has grown up to 5 inchs and kills like a mad dog
That fish knock out about $700.00 of fish,i wan't him to die soon No joke

Wow that's insane! They are like stripped piranha's!(LOL)

OMG! Those are the most adorable fishies I have ever seen!!!!! They are so cute! And you lucky badword, catching them in your tidepools! I am telling you, I am gonna come visit, whether you like it or not

LOL!! Whenever you're ready to come to the Bahamas let me know! We can go diving around some reefs! Ever seen my Bahamas thread?? If not, click on the link in my signature

dood, are you sure you weren't trying to eat him? .
well that sucks dood but i think the frenchy angels are more pretty

LOL! Naw...Didn't try to eat him(LOL) Frosted flakes are bigger than them. I'd need a couple hundred to fill my belly

U just have to top it....


when someone pulls out a knife you pull a gun, when he pulls a Gun you pull a gernade. if he pulls put a nade you pull out a rocket launcher.

exc exc exc..


thow a trigger in there 2 get his butt..... just gotta fight fire with fire

ROFL!! Always about violence

THATS RIGHT!!!

and if that don't work... take a hammer to the glass. See how long the little f'er lasts breathin' air.

BTW, that little chromis looks just like mine. Hasen't grown a speck since the day I got em'.

ROFL!! They flip really well out of the water

Hey now!
about those Damsels....

See what I mean...So agressive Debbie!

 

[aquarookie]

Yes Krish,
I saw your Bahamas thread, that's what made me jealous :lol:
I wonder what it would cost to stay there for a week? I guess I should see my travel agent

 

[Krish]

LOL! It get's a bit pricey depending on where you want to stay, but I have a few connections at some of the hotels

 

[Damsel13]

Hehe ROTF
I actually got the cutest little black velvet damsel, about the size of a dime. Five years later we were seriously thinking about having him/her for a sushi snack. That fish was giant! That and a blue devil damsel that was even older were the only fish in my tank cause they ate/killed everything else. Picked this name cause way back when a damsel was my first fish and I was sooooo amazed that I didn't kill it and it was soooo bright blue.

Debbie

 

[Krish]

LOL!! Well, here's a pic of what's left of the wolf pack




I also caught this damsel this past summer which you can see if you look good in the bucket, but my clowns made quick work of him

 

[Dr. Dee]

Doc, when you have no other options on a predator fish in a tank and you wish to send to that big reef in the sky, nail it with a spear gun, tank sized. Get 18" or so 1/4" wooden dowel. Carefully shove a long sewing needle into one end and then pull it back out and turn it around so the sharp end is pointing forward. Tape a large rubber band to the other end. You now have an 18 inch long pole spear (Hawaiian sling style) With a little patience and practice, it is pretty easy to dispatch even the fastest fish.

Hey thanks i will try that, Its worth the money i lost.Yeah man

 

[Dr. Dee]

Hey krish it must be nice to just take a walk,and get some free fish like that MAN

 

[SueT]

krish, I love those blue reef chromis. I had a pair in my old 180g and they laid eggs like it was going out of style. When they start doing that they become insane too launching themselves at me when I'd be coming to feed the buggers. They are a beautiful blue though. Must be a hard thing to have to go out the back door to catch fish for your tank.

 

[Krish]

Hey krish it must be nice to just take a walk,and get some free fish like that MAN

Yeah...It's pretty cool Daryl!

krish, I love those blue reef chromis. I had a pair in my old 180g and they laid eggs like it was going out of style. When they start doing that they become insane too launching themselves at me when I'd be coming to feed the buggers. They are a beautiful blue though. Must be a hard thing to have to go out the back door to catch fish for your tank.

LOL! Not too hard Yeah, those chromis are beautiful! I know this one spot that's got tons of really big ones, but that one in the pic, was caught in neck high water.

Here's how hard it is to catch fish here. Do you like wrasses?? I caught these in a matter of seconds just using Kentucky chicken and a net! You can even see the bone in the bucket if you look closely I threw them all back after the pic though