Hello everyone. Part of what makes this forum great is people sharing their experiences with different fish/corals/invert and learning to avoid other's mistakes and what works. Upon going into the LFS for the first time with my gf she was immediately drawn to the Pink Smith Damselfish. It was cheap and came right up to us in the glass with a good personality but having read about damsels here I told her no chance. Anyways, after we brought it home we eventually added a tailspot blenny and a cleaner shrimp. To my surprise she has not bothered any of them. If anything the blenny will politely shoe away the damsel when she gets too close. The only problem she has is if something tries to go in her little cave. She will back them out by wavering her tail at them and push them out. I will be adding more fish soon and will be monitoring her as she gets older and how she behaves with the new additions and post about it here. I figure months down the line when someone types 'Pink Smith Damsel' into search here they will have another piece of data to use to decide whether or not to buy one or not.
As of now though she is a perfect tank mate. Very active, colorful, eats like a pig and is always swimming about the water column and in and out of caves. I will mention I have a 40g IM all in one tank. If you have a smaller tank perhaps you would see more aggression. I will be adding a yellow watchman goby and a pygmy filefish soon. I am curious to see how she acts with the filefish. Either way I will keep you posted.
As of now though she is a perfect tank mate. Very active, colorful, eats like a pig and is always swimming about the water column and in and out of caves. I will mention I have a 40g IM all in one tank. If you have a smaller tank perhaps you would see more aggression. I will be adding a yellow watchman goby and a pygmy filefish soon. I am curious to see how she acts with the filefish. Either way I will keep you posted.
