What terror fish do wish you never got?

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Black and white ocellaris, think she harassed her boyfriend until he made the jump and I found him on the carpet. Since he left for happier hunting grounds she will attack my hand every time I stick it in the water. She is dang quick and the first time it happened there was water everywhere as I yanked my hand (and the sponge I was holding!) out the tank in double quick time...these days I hardly flinch when she attacks...well I don't flinch THAT much.
 

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Tough choice. I'll go with unsuspecting... Black sailfin Blenny. Supposedly reef safe gray algae eater. Mine never ate algae, but after several months figured out he was behind the death of multiple acros. One by one as i took one out he would begin on another pecking away the skin (getting that zooxanthelli algae). He is now a banished sump monster.
 

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Tough choice. I'll go with unsuspecting... Black sailfin Blenny. Supposedly reef safe gray algae eater. Mine never ate algae, but after several months figured out he was behind the death of multiple acros. One by one as i took one out he would begin on another pecking away the skin (getting that zooxanthelli algae). He is now a banished sump monster.

Have the same thing with my ecsenius lineatus, it took out a fist sized tricolour acro, then a foot high bali slimer before I spotted it. Now nips at my montis and a few others but not enough to kill them but cant keep across with it (they do fin in the sump but not dis play so its definitely fish related). Stylophora, pocillopora and hystrix are untouched so I've increased my collection of those. I'd move it on but it's such a great little fish.
 

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Pink spotted goby. :mad: Some people have them with zero issues. Mine is a thug. And lazy - never sifts sand just steals caves.
It will be a hermit for several weeks, then runs my jaw fish or YWG out of their caves. I am going to borrow a fish trap & give it away.
Miss Saltwater tank has a good post warning about these gobies. You get either a passive nice goby or a terror.
 

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My clarkii Bozo , what a bully!! Has caused several new additions to carpet surf :( as well as beat my poor RBTA up daily. If and when I catch him he will be re homed back to the LFS he came from!;)
 

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Dusky Wrasse - likes to snack on snails and crabs. Has recently taken to mercilessly harassing the Fairy and Flasher wrasses. I'm pretty sure it is the culprit in the recent deaths of 3 wrasses. Finally managed to catch her in the trap tonight. It is still a juvenile/female.
 

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This guy eats my zoa like salad. :-(
 

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