What's the one fish you'd NEVER buy? And why...

[Fishnut]

Panther grouper. So cute when small but get ugly and eat all tank mates when they get big

 

[Rmckoy]

Panther grouper. So cute when small but get ugly and eat all tank mates when they get big

Been there …
They are cute when small.

 

[Mr Cypher]

Yellow tang love mine bit would never buy another because of multiple personalitie disorder one day great and happy the next hes going Dr Giggles on his tank mates lol

 

[kpoj9]

Royal Gramma - he got meaner the older he got.

 

[skylar]

Damsels. Easily available and easily the most annoying. Many new reefers buy it without knowing it, only to find out, they sometimes don't get along with other fish you want to add in the tank.

 

[blaxsun]

parrotfish. I love my corals

My parrotfish loves my corals, but loves the coralline algae more.

 

[Tchung23]

Most likely a Mandarin Dragonet. They are absolutely gorgeous, but the difficulty of keeping them would be a full time job.

Buy captive bred. They are much easier to keep.

 

[ss30]

6 line wrasse and I wish I had never bought any Damsels

 

[Rjramos]

I’d have to say a Lionfish. Many years ago it was interesting to have one. Nowadays, they are all over the state of Florida and the Caribbean. They have round ups down here, prize money for most killed lionfish.
It’s unfortunate, cause it’s not the fishes fault for being an invasive species. This problem was created by humans and more than likely, some irresponsible hobbiest.

 

[kenchilada]

Goldfish. Especially the ones with the bubbly eyes. That’s just wrong.

 

[chimbo84]

6 line wrasse

What’s wrong with a six line? Mine has been an absolute joy in the tank. We love Lilly.

 

[Mightythias]

Lyretail wrasse. He started off so beautiful and a great tank mate. That changed quickly as he attacked everything in my tank. Tangs, angels, killed two royal grammas. The final straw was when he killed 3 anthias that I had just gotten. I literally saw him tear into one while I was standing there. I just recently tore my whole tank down just to get him out. What a menace!!

 

[ZoWhat]

Lyretail wrasse. He started off so beautiful and a great tank mate. That changed quickly as he attacked everything in my tank. Tangs, angels, killed two royal grammas. The final straw was when he killed 3 anthias that I had just gotten. I literally saw him tear into one while I was standing there. I just recently tore my whole tank down just to get him out. What a menace!!

+1 bought one bc it looked so different than anything I had ever saw. Went to work and 9hrs later killed 2 Tangs and a Niger upon arriving back home. Looked like a mass murder scene

 

[LPS Bum]

A Tomato Clown. I have the world’s meanest and I literally have to put a huge net in the water to avoid being bitten.

Undulated trigger would be another one. They’re flat out killing machines.

 

[Sportn]

Been there …
They are cute when small.

Had a LFS try to talk me into buying the one they had knowing full well it would eat everything in my tank. Fortunately I never buy anything w/o researching it thoroughly. In addition, that was the last time I visited that LFS as they lost my confidence with that little stunt.

 

[IKD]

Most likely a Mandarin Dragonet. They are absolutely gorgeous, but the difficulty of keeping them would be a full time job.

Take a look at Biota Marine. Captive bred Mandarins that eat prepared foods.

 

[IKD]

they don't do well in captivity.

Looks like they’re feeding it marshmallows. I act the same way around marshmallows…

 

[Terry Le]

A Tomato Clown. I have the world’s meanest and I literally have to put a huge net in the water to avoid being bitten.

Undulated trigger would be another one. They’re flat out killing machines.

I bet you my 14 years plus Tomato Clown are meaner than your LOL

 

[becxlt]

Niger Trigger ....I hated that Fish!

 

[dohc97]

Most likely a Mandarin Dragonet. They are absolutely gorgeous, but the difficulty of keeping them would be a full time job.

I don't see the problem if you have a big enough reef and enough live rock? Mine has been the easiest fish i have kept