What's The Most Annoying Thing in Your Tank?

[Live2reef]

Bryposis algae. Can not get rid of it.

 

[David S]

Vermetid snails.
Constantly on the alert to either break them or cover them in 2 part epoxy.
Also dishonarable mention to Sunny, my Yellow Tang, who eats out of my hand but will also bite the proverbial hand when I have my hand(s) in the tank, doing maintenance.
He backs into me, trying to carve me up.
Got me a few times, fortunately did not break the skin.

 

[gig 'em]

Palys! Can't get rid of them or kill them to save my life. They just grow grow grow and burn my acros. Awful little beasts that hitchhiked in on a rock

 

[KMKoolreefs]

An adult emerald crab for me (asides from ich). it has damaged lps coral and leathers, but I tolerated that because it was minimal.

The crab broke my heart when it killed my juvenile ~3in white tail bristletooth tang the same night it was introduced. I had it quarantined and aquarium conditioned but the crab still killed it and was eating it hours before I came home from school the next day.

There was definitely no way it died from stress, water, disease or aggression from other tangs.

Definitely my worst experience so far

 

[paul01]

Vermetid Snail‘S
My rocks look like cactus now there is so many

 

[mndivergirl]

As of last night, it's aptasia. I found 5 little ones. It makes me wonder how many I don't see. Tomorrow I'll have a couple peppermint shrimp that will help me rid my tank of the current scourge!

 

[savetheocean]

That right there is why I don't let my Coral Beauty have internet access. Knowing my luck he would come across a thread like this and start tasting to see what he is missing. On a more serious note they are very pretty fish, mine is amazing, but I am sorry it is trouble for you. That isn't good to hear and hope it works out.

Every once in a while it nips on something, but they aren't really irritated by it. Should I worry?

 

[savetheocean]

Weird noises that I can't figure out. I stress over them all day.

 

[Gotfrogs]

Red carpet Anemone in my 280. It is behind the rock work so you can’t even see it and it ate my marine betta. It is beautiful and doing great though!

 

[rossco]

Some army green palythoas, the same type as nuclear greens, purple deaths, captain americas, etc. They are invasive as heck.

 

[David S]

Palys! Can't get rid of them or kill them to save my life. They just grow grow grow and burn my acros. Awful little beasts that hitchhiked in on a rock

Yes
Fortunately at lower rock sand level where I can pull them out or nuke them with a Majano wand.

 

[Paul Lane]

Diamond Watchman Gobbie. He covers everything with sand. He does keep the sand clean tho.

 

[Paul Lane]

Diamond Watchman Gobbie. He covers everything with sand. He does keep the sand clean tho.

 

[Eastlake]

First most annoying thing in the tank is me, I tinker way too much and and end up regretting it as something inevitably always falls or shifts and I hate myself for messing with it. The second most annoying thing, is the combo frag relocation skills of my palette surgeon and starry blenny. The palette zooms around the tank at feeding time snapping my acro frags off of their plugs and it will pluck my birds nest frags from the rack and swim around with them displaying its feats of strength. The starry blenny munches algae underneath the rack, whack a mole style, popping plugs from the safety of the rack and sends them plummeting into the abyss. Oh, and the starry assaults my arm whenever I'm in the tank.

 

[Lesley Sullivan]

My huge antennata lion is on a one-fish mission to blind me. While I'm leaning over the tank to dispense mysis he spits a mouthful of water directly into my eye, never misses. I've taken to wearing shades at feeding time which makes me look and feel like a complete ***.

 

[MiniReefer]

The biggest pain in the butt in my 20l aquarium are the hermit crabs. We got a few that grew larger than we thought, and started knocking over coral. Bunch of jerks! Lol

 

[Jcarvallo]

Flatworms.

 

[Jcarvallo]

Flatworms.

 

[declanisadog]

Gsp. I just can’t get rid of it all

 

[60CubeReefer]

Vermetid snails. There are so many nooks and crannies in the rocks that it's impossible to get them all. Currently using a combination of physical removal with forceps, micro bubbling + Coral Snow to try and keep them at bay.

 

[mochaclownlover]

My female clownfish. She thinks she will starve if she doesn't get to the food first.... and scare all my other fish in the process... still love her though

 

[hensdogg]

Bryposis algae. Can not get rid of it.

have you tried fluconazole? i had a nasty case of bryopsis and it cleared it up nicely. didnt affect anything else in the tank.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/bryopsis-cure-my-battle-with-bryopsis-using-fluconazole.285096/