100% what I’ve been going thru too. Worst fish i ever experienced in my life… with 30 years on n off in the hobby/lifestyle. While growing up, I never did ANY research n would just get any fish because it was awesome, n now I’m very cautious, and THIS is when I get the worst fish ever? I’m pulling my hair out trying to murder this thing
I reeeeeeally don’t want to have to do that, but it’s becoming very clear that this is going to be my only option if I want this thing gone. So sad!!
Omg!! My lights just popped on and 3 branches of my Micshagger Acro are destroyed. Ok… today is the day this war ends!!
Yeah that's where I was at too. I tried ambushing at night which always works for me but nope.Omg!! My lights just popped on and 3 branches of my Micshagger Acro are destroyed. Ok… today is the day this war ends!!
One last thing for anyone else who reads this… I have about 12 trapezia crabs in the tank and they live in all the corals this fish has been eating. They throw their claws out at it and it doesn’t even wane for a second.
I would easily say that this thing is hardier, quicker, smarter and more bold than my flame angel, if that helps at all. I actually wish I still had my flame angel (who sadly passed away last year) bc I believe he would’ve been the only one to help me get this ******* of a butterflyfish! Did the copper and first, n it didn’t nip nearly as bad as this guy, but was sooooo shy, n scared of everyone in the tank. He still ate and found his place in the pecking order. But it was so far down, I felt bad for him and was able to catch him in 10 minutes time to rehome him. This thing is a g??dang MONSTER!!
Lol I converted to FOWLR after all my corals got eaten… he just went to picking at other fish for no reason. My eel tried to eat him a few times because he was so irritated with him swimming in his cave
fish is lucky Ivar was a baby eel at the time…
I haven’t noticed that at all… just likes to keep u from ever sleeping as u think about the carnage/sps felonies that he’s probably committing every second of every day AND night!!
Certainly wouldn’t surprise me!! I WISH he’d go after my fish instead of my corals tho!
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! 
I completely blame myself…. With a very small portion if blame going out to @vetteguy53081, haha!! No, I am kidding. I just hate myself for choosing a fish strictly by reading so many positive claims/posts by one person alone. I should’ve waited much longer n vetted many more ppl. That all falls on me.
singles are always best
That’s a REALLY pretty tank, fyi!! I love these pics. Looks very natural, as if I was snorkeling somewhere tropical. But, it looks like ur more of a softy dominant tank? I mean, obviously I’m not seeing the whole thing, but that may be what helps? Idk. I was actually expecting/hoping he’d eat softies, as I have outa control zoas starting to grow up my main rockwork in the tank he’s in. My zoa gardens are small and far from main structure. But obviously it only takes one polyp to detach n make it over for THAT whole wild fire to start up. My filefish used to love to eat zoas, but now that he’s FAT on frozen foods, he hasn’t even looked at any of my corals in years. The Kleini however, I’ve noticed is EXTREMELY PICKY about what lil morsels he eats from my homemade frozen mixes. I mean, my Mandarins are less picky than he is about eating. So, he’s like the opposite of my filefish… LOVES CORAL SO MUCH that he eats very little frozen food now. When I first got him, he ate everything like a pig. But he found what he likes, n is sticking to it, no matter how often my yellow Tang n I scare him away. This fish is public enemy number 1 for me!!Im still very surprised. This is my kleini of well over 4 years and causes zero issues
Funny that ur whitetail BT tang is near him a lot in ur pics, as mine (who is usually my YT’s shadow) has begun to hangout w the Kleini more n more.Im still very surprised. This is my kleini of well over 4 years and causes zero issues
