What's the one fish you regretted buying the most?
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Any and all Damsels (other than clown fish). The worst of the worst for me was a Blue Velvet Damsel. Beautiful fish, but after murdering three of my other community fish, it was removed and put into a witness protection program....a friends tank that was an aggressive fish only tank.
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Secondly (not a fish), but a Sally Lightfoot crab that came in a reef pack. It was nice for a while, then I added a small cleaner shrimp and upon arrival was molting in the front of the tank. My wife and I was watching this and kinda having an aww moment, when here comes Sally and helps himself to a $30 lunch. !*%^#@
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Blue velvet damsel
it grew to be massive ( 6-8” ) and the worse bully ever. .
Knocking rocks over , chasing and bulling tank mates .
the only way to get him out was a bated fish hook and string
it grew to be massive ( 6-8” ) and the worse bully ever. .
Knocking rocks over , chasing and bulling tank mates .
the only way to get him out was a bated fish hook and string
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Damsel. 6 line.
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A copperband butterfly. I drove an hour out to checkout a new LFS I heard was good. Aquatic Sealife in Metairie. I asked to see him eat and they would not feed it. The staff were pretty rude. I drove an hour and didn’t want to leave with nothing, so I took a chance.
The worse part is I learned this lesson 30 years ago. Shame on me! The new lesson I learned is I’ll never go back to that store... saw a lot of red flags that day. Shame on them!
The worse part is I learned this lesson 30 years ago. Shame on me! The new lesson I learned is I’ll never go back to that store... saw a lot of red flags that day. Shame on them!
Miniatus Grouper... Beautiful fish with great colors, but by the time it had grown to about 8", it had eaten every other fish in the 180 gallon tank. I couldn't even find a place to rehome it as nobody wanted it.
My purple tang is a total jerk too!
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The big one is a she and not a he. The lady clowns get pretty mean after they reach maturity.
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That was one of the first saltwater fish I purchased (not knowing any better), and maybe a year later ended up taking it back to the store I bought it at and gave it to them for free.
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Firefish. Too skittish, scared of every fish even though they never bothered her. Ended up jumping out of tank through screen top overnight.
Pickles the Six Line Wrasse was the absolute meanest most anxiety inducing fish I had ever seen. I watched in HORROR as he slowly killed several of my fish, but he was too small and quick to catch. Last weekend we decided to break down the tank and give it a deep clean, when it came time to put everyone back in I happily put Pickles in a container and brought him back to the store. Now all of our fish actually come out and meander around the tank, everone seems happier, and the tank is just more peaceful. I am so happy that little jerk face is gone.
Come to find out, the fish store sold him that night. Godspeed to the poor soul to bought him. Ugh.
Come to find out, the fish store sold him that night. Godspeed to the poor soul to bought him. Ugh.
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My melanurus. Beautiful fish, but eats my cleanup crew as fast as I can add them.
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Clown goby. From the moment it went into the tank it started nipping acros. Luckily I was able to get him back out shortly after (not easy in a 200 gal tank with 240 lbs of rock work.)
im surprised so many hate the six line. Maybe I got lucky with mine who keeps to himself. Or maybe he will turn at some point?
I love/hate my leopard wrasse - beautiful fish but kicks up sand often while hunting.
clowns are little jerks. Started with 4 because wife liked them. Then one became a bully and am now down to two.
im surprised so many hate the six line. Maybe I got lucky with mine who keeps to himself. Or maybe he will turn at some point?
I love/hate my leopard wrasse - beautiful fish but kicks up sand often while hunting.
clowns are little jerks. Started with 4 because wife liked them. Then one became a bully and am now down to two.
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See... there it is making a sarcastic face... It has stopped eating coral and is now eating palys. I so wish I could get it out?Stupidly, I put a Lemonpeel Angle into my reef. I thought they were reef safe with caution. They are not.
The fish has killed so many acro colonies. Anything that shows polyp extension is pecked until there is nothing left except white coral skeleton, even green Birds-nest.
I have tried to remove the fish but it is too smart. All my other many fish eat from my hand. It know I hate it and makes sarcastic faces at me. I have dreamed about using a harpoon to hunt it down..
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Sure he kept the sandbed sparkly white, but once he got established, he dug everywhere and then he started filling his mouth with sand and dumping sand into cupped corals and all over the rockscape. Total mess everywhere.
Sure he kept the sandbed sparkly white, but once he got established, he dug everywhere and then he started filling his mouth with sand and dumping sand into cupped corals and all over the rockscape. Total mess everywhere.
I love my hawk fish, but can’t keep any ornaments shrimp which I don’t like.
I am also surprised by 6 line wrasse haters - I got mine full grown from someone breaking down a tank and had it a couple years with no issues in a 45gal. I sort of wonder how big folks tanks are, too...
I am also surprised by 6 line wrasse haters - I got mine full grown from someone breaking down a tank and had it a couple years with no issues in a 45gal. I sort of wonder how big folks tanks are, too...
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