"Blue" fish

[Oldman]

Hi all. As usual need some help/guidance. My granddaughter has told me (and you know how important that is) that I need a blue fish in my tank. I have been thinking of a Yellow Tail Damsal (based on what I read this is not one of the aggressive ones)
Have sixline wrasse, yellow mimic tang, royal gramma, green/blue chromis, false perc, pajama cardinal, banaggi cardinal, and a sleeper gobie. Its a 70 gal fish/reef tank 6 months old so "blue fish" can't be too big -- any ideas/comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[cac]

How old is your granddaughter? Does she mean any blue colored fish or is she wanting you to get "the blue fish" as in Dori from Finding Nemo?

[Yano]

My cousins call my yellow tail damsel 'Dori' Go figure.

[Oldman]

She is 9 and yes it is a result of "Dori" -- I told her that a fish like that (I think it was a Tang) might be too big for my tank so she said ok, but you still need a blue fish.
One of the reasons for my thinking of the yellow tail damsal is for what Yano's cousins say. The Allen's damselfish or Blue Damselfish were two other thoughts.

[Nano_Steve]

i would think a "small" regal tang would do alright in a 50 gallon for awhile. i have no experience with them so please dont take my word for it but i would think at least for a time until it got too big it would be fine in there.

check out marinedepotlive.com for some ideas(ive never purchased anything from them but they have great pictures of a wide range of fish photos to look at for ideas)

hth, steve

[Yano]

i would think a "small" regal tang would do alright in a 50 gallon for awhile. i have no experience with them so please dont take my word for it but i would think at least for a time until it got too big it would be fine in there.

check out marinedepotlive.com for some ideas(ive never purchased anything from them but they have great pictures of a wide range of fish photos to look at for ideas)

hth, steve
o cool, thats for that link, I never knew that they sold live stuff too :o

[AlienAnchovies]

Allen's damselfish
i say get 3 they are the least agressive damsels i have ever come across and when i feed my tank they get this awsome metalic powder blue streak across their backs

[NaCl_H2O]

The most beautiful fish in my tank is my Powder Blue Tang (http://store6.yimg.com/I/marinedepotlive_1798_13865639)!

Not sure how it would do in a 55, but I highly recommend this one!

[alexwolf]

Neon Gobies

[1salt]

Allen's damselfish
i say get 3 they are the least agressive damsels i have ever come across and when i feed my tank they get this awsome metalic powder blue streak across their backs

Where can I find a "Allen's damselfish"? ;)

[Oldman]

This is where I found them, but still not sure about adding a damsal to my tank.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=21&pCatId=120

Thanks everyone for responses thus far -- lots of mixed reviews on adding a damsal to a "community" tank. Really would like a Regal Tang, but afraid it will get too big -- any thoughts on how fast they grow?

[OrionN]

Yellow tail blue damsels are great fish. You will nver seen a better blue color on a fish. I nver keep a tank without them. They breed in my tank all the time and is the very first fish I got to spawn in my tank. Too bad, they are so cheap that raising them would not worth the effort. Two or there would be best in a 70 g tank. Here is a picture of mine:

http://www.maast.org/albums/Minh-Nguyen/Yellowtail_Damsel_01_001.sized.jpg