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Three-Stripe DamselHumbug Dascyllus ~ White-tailed Damselfish Family: Pomacentridae
Latest Reader Comment - See More my step father has a marine tank and did have black and white damsel but he had to get rid of it because of how nasty it is. I have a tropical freshwater tank and i ... (more) Matt 2007-07-08
Here is another damselfish with many common names! The Three-Stripe Damsel, Humbug Dascyllus, and the White-tailed Damselfish are just the ones we could find!These make great beginner fish for an aquarium, but be sure that as they grow each one has it's own rock cave or a coral. This is because young species of Dascyllus in the ocean will often live in a comensal relationship with anemones. As they mature, however, they will abandon the anemone and move to corals. For more Information on keeping this fish see:
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| Geographic Distribution Dascyllus aruanus |
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| Data provided by FishBase.org |
Three-Stripe Damsel, Humbug Dascyllus, or White-tailed Damselfish are found all over the Indo-West Pacific from eastern Africa and the Red Sea to the central and western Pacific as far north as southern Japan and south to Tuamotu islands. Can be found at depths up to 12 meters. Associated with branching corals on inshore and lagoon reefs.
Status:
These fish are not listed on the IUCN Red List.
Maintenance difficulty:
The Three-Stripe Damsel, Humbug Dascyllus, or White-tailed
Damselfish are generally among the easiest marine fish to keep.
Maintenance:
This fish will readily eat all kinds of live, frozen, and
flake foods and algae. Finely chopped meaty foods (like brine shrimp).Best
to feed small amounts several times a day. In a reef situation they don't
really need to be fed very often at all.
Foods:
All kinds. See "maintenance" above.
Social Behaviors:
Like all damselfish, they can be territorial and aggressive,
especially as they get older.
Sex: Sexual differences:
Not Known.
Light: Recommended light levels:
No special requirements.
Breeding/Reproduction:
Some of the damselfish have been bred in captivity. See general
breeding techniques in the breeding Clownfish page.
Temperature:
No special requirements.
Length/Diameter of fish:
Three-Stripe Damsel, Humbug Dascyllus, or White-tailed Damselfish
adults can grow to 6.5 cm.
Minimum Tank Length/Size:
A minimum 10 gallon aquarium is recommended if this is the
only fish to be kept in it.
Water Movement: Weak, Moderate, Strong
No special requirements.
Water Region: Top, Middle, Bottom
Swims at all levels of the aquarium.
Availability:
This fish is readily available.
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| my step father has a marine tank and did have black and white damsel but he had to get rid of it because of how nasty it is. I have a tropical freshwater tank and i have slowly placed him in there. He has become immune to the freshwater, i have heard they can be immune to freshwater so i thought i would try it and he is settling in very well.
2007-07-08 |
| I have had mine for a year now and mine are agressive towards me when my hands in the tank. I have 2 of them, I also have in my tank a Maroon Clown, Blue Devil, Neon Gobie(just lost the other 1), a regular shrimp goby, and a reef lobster. It seems to leave them all alone. Just once in awhile they'll chase the devil, but over all they are only agressive when my hand is in the tank. If i did'nt have the 2 of them for awhile, they'ld be gone, but im hoping somehow they might breed.
2007-02-21 |
| Little tough guy likes to bite me if my hand ever enters the tank and always kicks my sand around. but i've had him so long i can't get rid of him. definetly not afraid of anything, used to smack my snowflake eel with his tail all the time. Cool looking but definitely aggressive fish
2006-02-19 |
| Their cool. They are meaner than other damsels. They swim alot and work in community tanks. They do fine with damsels of the same size and larger. They really stay away from larger damsels to stay out of trouble. So if you need to add a tough fish that is smaller than others this might work. Very hardy fish that keeps moving all around the aquarium.
2006-01-18 |
Author: David Brough. CFS.
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