No Second Chances: Is there a fish that you swear you will never own again?

[AlexandraDreadlocksPanda]

FYI, daily Fresh (frozen) mussels and frozen bloodworms will keep them alive long-term. Mine has been in my tank for over 3 years.

I also have one that’s a glutton for Mysis. It’s so fat and healthy!

 

[AlexandraDreadlocksPanda]

•Pygmy Angels. Either Acropora nippers or Bullies…
•Clown fish. Not particularly interesting, and aggressive.

 

[DIYreefer]

I’ll never buy another Copperband Butterfly. I’ve had 3 or 4 over the years and the longest one lasted in my care was 9 months. That’s just a fish that I’m not supposed to have and I’m okay with that.

 

[Baby Damsel 219]

I swore on all my fish the other day and I woke up to 1 dead yt damselfish,lyertail anthias, royal gramma, lemon damselfish and all the others have ich

 

[steveschuerger]

2 fish I won’t own again..dottybacks and yellowtail damsel-I had 2 and they started pecking at the sps in the tank.

 

[nanoreefer23]

Diamond Goby… it’s a beautiful and funny fish but mine is too large and it excavates my whole tank, buries corals, will literally pick up frags and throw them on top of his sleeping spot for the night. Requires lots of nutrient control, digging all the sand up.

 

[jayala12]

Six line wrasse. Devil child . Never ever……….ever

 

[Koty]

Diamond Goby… it’s a beautiful and funny fish but mine is too large and it excavates my whole tank, buries corals, will literally pick up frags and throw them on top of his sleeping spot for the night. Requires lots of nutrient control, digging all the sand up.

I love my diamond Goby and forgive all the mess he creates. The final outcome is that he turns the sand and cleans it keeping it pure white and shiny. My regret is my large maroon clown. She literally breaks corals that grow too fast to her liking and does not allow adding any new one without me keeping her away for 40 min till the epoxy hardens enough. She is also associated with at least two carpet surfing incidents.

 

[Koty]

That is her lurking in the shadow and in front it’s not aquascaping but her doings.

 

[magallonbuckinbulls]

Snowflake Eel

 

[RockRash]

damsels=terrorists!

Yep, never again.

 

[Timfish]

Undulate Trigger, Domino Damsels, any damsel that has "glyph" in the genus name.

 

[SerialHobbiest]

Snowflake Eel

Why not?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Six line wrasse. Devil child . Never ever……….ever

I've heard some horror stories about them; what was the issue you had with yours?

 

[Biff0rz]

FYI, daily Fresh (frozen) mussels and frozen bloodworms will keep them alive long-term. Mine has been in my tank for over 3 years.

I've had mine for 4 with mysis -- and a lot of tangs.

 

[Biff0rz]

Blue Jaw Trigger -- was reef safe-ish. Knocked over a lot of stuff, agressive eater. However, he started to become an ****** when I cleaned the tank, he would ram my hand and arm constantly. And then one day he jumped out of the water and bit me. He was sold a week later lol.

 

[Koty]

I've had mine for 4 with mysis -- and a lot of tangs.

Had or have?

 

[Biff0rz]

Had or have?

Have in current context, had in past in which I was talking.

last week- (you can also see my purple, achilles, yellow and naso)

 

[BryanM]

For me, I like the idea of sand sifting fish, but I hate the mess they make.

I won't own a filefish again, got a taste for softies and never cared for aptasia.

I probably won't own a copperband simply due to how hard they are to care for.

 

[vadryn]

LPS Eating Filefish... Usually misnamed as Aiptaisia eating... By far my most expensive fish ever considering the coral damage done.