Why isn’t the golden damselfish more popular?

Ohioreefer7 · 01/13/2018, 04:08 PM

I saw some golden damselfish and they are really beautiful. I have never seen them in a fish store so I was curious why they aren’t more popular. Or maybe I am wrong and they are popular and I just have not seen them?

Mike Ordner · 01/13/2018, 10:16 PM

This is also called a yellow damsel. I have seen them for sale online.

pfan151 · 01/13/2018, 10:30 PM

They get big, lose the bright color, and are pretty aggressive. Also can eat inverts when they get bigger.

Ohioreefer7 · 01/14/2018, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by pfan151

They get big, lose the bright color, and are pretty aggressive. Also can eat inverts when they get bigger.

That makes sense. The only thing I can say though is they are attractive fish with an interesting shape.

Timfish · 01/15/2018, 06:37 AM

Amblyglyphidodon and Neoglyphidodon genus damsels may be cute or pretty as juvenilles but the adults loose the colors are fairly large and very aggressive.

01/13/2018, 04:08 PM	#1
Ohioreefer7 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 145	Why isn’t the golden damselfish more popular? I saw some golden damselfish and they are really beautiful. I have never seen them in a fish store so I was curious why they aren’t more popular. Or maybe I am wrong and they are popular and I just have not seen them?

01/15/2018, 06:37 AM	#5
Timfish Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,985	Amblyglyphidodon and Neoglyphidodon genus damsels may be cute or pretty as juvenilles but the adults loose the colors are fairly large and very aggressive. __________________ "Our crystal clear aquaria come nowhere close to the nutrient loads that swirl around natural reefs" Charles Delbeek

01/13/2018, 10:16 PM	#2
Mike Ordner Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 415	This is also called a yellow damsel. I have seen them for sale online.

01/13/2018, 10:30 PM	#3
pfan151 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: FL Posts: 1,897	They get big, lose the bright color, and are pretty aggressive. Also can eat inverts when they get bigger.