Groupers and snappers! Back in the day when I had a big FOWLR in our basement I accepted one each as rescues. Due to caring for my mother in law I too had to re-home them but they are just not that exciting and they get huge.
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Just added one immediately killed snails
Let's bump this back up for 2023! What fish are you guys NEVER gonna keep? For me it's anything freshwater. Haha! #Reefer4Life!!
Oh im not sure my tank is to small for one of thoseI was recently told blue throat will not go after inverts - true?
Filefish fish. Ate all of my pods and the tentacles on my lps. Massive disaster the moment it ran out of aptasia.For whatever reason, there are fish that just make us say nope. Aggression, fragility, bad luck, just plain ugly, etc...A great big ole pile of nope.
What is your "nope fish" and why?
Mine are the eared eel blenny or wolf eel and the yellow damselfish.
The wolf eel was one of my first predatory fish. From the start, the fish just gave me the creeps. Vicious and ugly, with a face that looks like an old thug mobster... lazy until times called for violence... that one specimen put me off and I have never desired to keep another one.
The Yellow Damsel I picked up as a kid, while i was learning about the hobby, was the first fish introduced to my 75 gallon aquarium. Alone, it was personable and interactive...always seemed to greet me when i came into my room. And then i decided to add more fish. I had always loved huma huma triggers and my mother picked up a small one. In the tank it went and the yellow damsel did what damsels do...bullied the equal sized trigger constantly. Woke up the morning after introducing the fish only to find it finless and near death...the yellow damsel making harassing passes at the little thing while it attempted to hide behind the heater. I caught out the little trigger and put it in my Q tank but it was too far gone. I tried then to find something that could hold its own and possibly eat the yellow monster...a lionfish came to mind. I got one that was definitely large enough to eat the damsel...but like david and goliath, the smaller fighter felled the giant...this time before it was beaten to death, i pulled the lionfish out and held it in my Q tank until i could convert a 45 tall that i had for the lion. I tried an eel, an undulated trigger, a grouper...all repelled and beaten by the 2 inch long yellow tyrant. Ultimately i had to break down the tank and catch the critter out before i could add anything else. I swore never again.
Cheers!
They are not. I love my 6line wrasse. It is my third and I never had problem with any of them. It just mind its own business, and weaves thru the rocks constantly, and check for pest or food on them. I really cannot understand why they are considered so evilWhy are 6 line wrasse evil?
They are extremely territorial which is why they get a bad rap. However they are a very active and fun fish to watch.They are not. I love my 6line wrasse. It is my third and I never had problem with any of them. It just mind its own business, and weaves thru the rocks constantly, and check for pest or food on them. I really cannot understand why they are considered so evil
It’s the fish with physical deformities that got me rolling. I do appreciate how much of an angel connoisseur you are though.1. Pajama Cardinalfish (they lose their colors as they get bigger and turn ugly, have seen many of them)
2. Designer Clowns (I hate them with a passion, wild variants all the way- yes I do know Clowns with “designer” patterns have been found in the wild before)
3. Captive hybridized / non-natural hybrids of any species
4. Fish with physical deformities
5. “Koi” Scopas Tangs
6. Corallivore butterflies (can’t keep them alive)
7. Predator fish / live food feeders (not really my thing, I know it is the focus for some)
8. Chromis (uronema prone, and not interesting / appealing)
9. Expensive Fairy / Flasher Wrasses (not really my favorite Wrasses to begin with, I am more a fan of Halichoeres, Bodianus, and some others)
10. Monos / Scats
11. -glydon Damsels (big, ugly, aggressive)
12. Dascyllus Damsels (aggressive, most are ugly to me)
13. Sergeant Majors (aggressive, get big, look like food fish)
14. Dartfish / Firefish (I don’t find them all that interesting and they’re just too skittish for most systems, Firefish are pretty but still the same issue, too timid for most tanks)
15. Achilles Tangs (disease prone, aggressive)
16. Naso Tangs / Unicorn Tangs (too big for me, too active, although I know many love them)
Fish I would keep if I had the $$ and they were available:
1. Mauritius Blue Angel
2. Nahackyi’s Angel
3. Resplendent Angel
Fish I would keep if I had the $$ and patience to set up a specialized system for:
1. Peppermint Angel
2. Narcosis Angel
*A hobbyist in Japan has kept a Peppermint in a dimly lit Deepwater tank by itself (with 2 Cleaner Shrimp) for 21 years and counting.
Angels I would never keep (yes they do exist):
1. Pacific Pygmy / Fisher’s (Centropyge Flavicauda / Fisheri)
2. Multi-Spined (Centropyge Multispinus)
3. Half-Black (Centropyge Vrolikii)
4. Easter Island (Centropyge Hotmatua) (they’re no longer attainable)
5. Old Woman Angel
6. Grey Angel
7. Abe’s Angel (rare, deepest living species of Angel, but frankly not all that attractive)
8. Nigrocella (rare, almost impossible to get, but again, not all that attractive)
9. Cream Angel (Apolemichthys xanthurus) (they stay smaller than many, but not attractive, their Red Sea cousin the Xanthotis is more interesting appearance wise)
10. Clarion / Clipperton Angel (another case of looks don’t justify the prices)
11. West African Angel (Holacanthus Africanus)
12. Yellow Angel (Centropyge Heraldi) (what does it have over a Lemonpeel?)