Damsel ID... ***a great reef damsel***

[Mr Cob]

Ok.... so if you have seen my tank we have probably talked about the blue damsel I have that no one can ever seem to ID. I have had him for over 3 years now and is actually the one fish that has been with me the longest.

He has always been in a reef setup with me....but I could never ID him....no one could. I'm talking countless hours of searching photos online.

Well, my man Justin (Justahobby) finally found an ID for me...who would have ever thought it was on Live Aquaria all along. : 0

Now it's easy to find online, now that I have a name.

Blue Sapphire Damselfish
(Chrysiptera springeri)

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+28+2073&pcatid=2073
http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/product/p-39339-blue-saphire-damse.jpg


I picked up mine from Jason at AD when they were at their old shop...3 years ago.

Great reef fish. Very peaceful, NEVER bothers any other fish and they don't bother him.

Just thought I would share.

Thanks again Justin.

[Mr Cob]

I also want to note...that live aquaria says they reach 3.5"....that has to be a mistake...mine is only about 1" maybe 1.5"...always has been for the last 3 years...it has always been.

Other sites confirm my info. They state 5cm or about 2" max size.

[Europhyllia]

cute little guy. :) Damsel are so underrated

[Mr Cob]

I'm thinking about doing a whole school of them in my tank since I haven't had much luck lately with the expensive fish.

We'll see....

[corruption]

According to fishbase:

Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 5.5 cm TL male/unsexed (approx. 2.1 inches)

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12450

What a beaut! I've always liked em -- seen em around in 'misc damsels' tanks, but always worried they'd be as bad as the blue devils :)

-Justin

[justahobby]

The other links I sent seem to have a more accurate idea of their max size. You never can tell with liveaquaria. If you go to their damsel section right now it doesn't list the springeri damsel. But typing the name in search will pull it up. I am def. considering these as an alternative to chromis that are too large for a shoal in my tank.

[Mr Cob]

Jason use to keep schools in his tanks because they eat pests. Like I said I have never had a problem with aggression and I keep a very peaceful tank.

Justin, I'm also considering replacing my chromis with these guys. Maybe I'll keep one chromis just for the different blue....but then again...my chromis school of 4 live in my purple valida colony and it is so sweet to see them chilling in SPS...granted they are killing it from the base....probably because I don't have enough flow to keep their waste from sitting on it.,,,hmmm might have to direct some flow at it....just kind of thought of it as I was typing this. LOL.

[lt1z28]

Cool damsel! Always wanted one of those but never found one locally.

[Mr Cob]

I just asked Ed (one of our sponsors, EdAquatics) if he can get them.

Maybe he will chime in...or I'll let everyone know what he says.

[FireWater]

Cool fish. I would like to hear from others that might have kept this one also. If it is peaceful that would be awesome. You sure you didn't get the only friendly one Rob?

[Mr Cob]

Cool fish. I would like to hear from others that might have kept this one also. If it is peaceful that would be awesome. You sure you didn't get the only friendly one Rob?

That's possible...but like I said...Jason kept schools in his SPS holding tanks for the longest time back at the old shop. In fact he would never sell them to me...I kept asking for like 6 months and then an employee finally sold me one...LOL! (that employee no longer works there) I would suspect Jason wouldn't have kept them if they were aggressive considering he had other fish in there from time to time.

Anyways... I too, would like to hear from others that have kept this fish.

[Mr Cob]

Here's my current fish list for the 144....they are all peaceful together:

1 x Purple Tang
1 x Yellow Tang
1 x Purple Firefish
1 x Yellow Watchmen Goby
4 x Green Chromis Damsel
1 x Blue Sapphire Damsel
1 x Cleaner Wrasse
1 x Cleaner Shrimp
4 x Peppermint Shrimp
2 x Emerald Crab
Lots of various snails

[Gseclipse02]

it looks to much like a yellow tail damsel

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j11/gseclipse02/p-39339-blue-saphire-damse.jpg


mine would always do great with other fish but than he started to be mean one day

maybe he is the reason why your expensive fish have been dying ?

[Europhyllia]

Very cute but I bet they're fast. If they don't work out they're going to be a pain to get out of a tank with rock in it.

[Gseclipse02]

Very cute but I bet they're fast. If they don't work out they're going to be a pain to get out of a tank with rock in it.


isnt that the truth ... after so many times of taking alll my rock out to catch a fish i have learned to get known good fish

[Mr Cob]

Very cute but I bet they're fast. If they don't work out they're going to be a pain to get out of a tank with rock in it.

Yep...this dude is not coming out. Guess it's a chance you take.

Has anyone found any info from an actual hobbyist that says they are aggressive?

I can't seem to find many people that keep them. I listen to experience before I listen to "copy and paste" text that all these vendors share online.

[RayAllen]

Very cool Rob. A few select damsels have given damsels a bad name. Greenmako had a beautiful damsel in his aquarium that was bought off of live aquariua. Cant remember which one but it was nice.

Some people seem to forget that damsels and clownfish are very closely related and as you and I know. We have had some aggressive clowns, lol.

[kkiel02]

I have seen these at aquadome before in their frag tank. I also thought I remember seeing one at someoneelse's house but I cant remember who's house it was.

[Mr Cob]

lost this dude over the weekend : ( had him over 5 years. Was my favorite fish ever.