What is the fish you regret putting in your tank the most? - Page 2

greech · 02/04/2013, 02:26 PM

Melenurus wrasse.

Compeltely decimated my CUC and those it did not kill were contantly hiding. They eventually went on strike and threatened an unsafe work conditions lawsuit, so I had to remove the wrasse (which was surprisingly easy!).

brettinteriors · 02/04/2013, 02:59 PM

Lawnmower blenny, fine at first and with most fish. Killed three blue spot jawfish, three swordtails, and a diamond spot.

teo241 · 02/04/2013, 03:12 PM

Clarkii clown. Harasses everything like it owns the place, I guess it does.

biodegraded · 02/04/2013, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by brettinteriors

Lawnmower blenny, fine at first and with most fish. Killed three blue spot jawfish, three swordtails, and a diamond spot.

Woah, a Salarias fasciatus, really? The one I had for years was totally oblivious to anything else in the tank. It just mouthed rock all day. I'm not sure how it even could damage another fish given its mouth. Sure brings home the idea that every fish can be an outlier.

briankauf · 02/04/2013, 03:34 PM

Six-Line Wrasse; he was dirt cheap (someone was shutting down their reef) and GORGEOUS. Unfortunately, he was also a total jerk. Eventually he was put in fishy jail (sump) where he prospered for many months. Unfortunately for him, the cover on the intake for the skimmer pump came off and he decided that looked like a nice cave to live in.... no more six-line wrasse.
One interesting aspect of this thread is that we're hearing that individual members of various species can have very different levels of aggression... except six-line wrasses, it sounds like they're all dicks. :-D

teo241 · 02/04/2013, 06:26 PM

My six line has been a model citizen, granted it was only an inch when I bought it and is still the smallest fish in the tank.

brettinteriors · 02/04/2013, 06:35 PM

Yep. Watched him go after them over and over.

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jbraslins · 02/04/2013, 06:39 PM

Any fish that is "mostly reef safe". That is true until it stops being true and your prized coral is missing polyps and it takes a week of hell to catch it.

Coral/Rock beauty or flame angel come to mind.

xtlosx · 02/04/2013, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by dannyp02908

Undulated trigger fish. No longer have him thankfully and had him before i had corals thankfully. Had to tear out all my rock work to catch him. LFS told me he was about the same as a picasso agression wise. I no longer listen to the LFS concerning fish and always bring an internet capable phone to talk me out of impulse buys.

My phone has saved me a bunch of times... holy crap I would've walked out with stuff that's real cool but google is my friend....

RA · 02/04/2013, 06:56 PM

Mine is an 8 line wrasse. I added a mandarin and he killed it in less than a minute. I tried catching him with a fish trap to no avail. I think I caught every other fish at least twice. On the plus side after about 9 months he found that vermethid snails taste good.

Saltydrip · 02/04/2013, 07:04 PM

Domino damsel!! I had a pack of the little bugger in my first setup!! I'm glad I learned then and not in this system.

TheKman · 02/04/2013, 07:23 PM

Coral Banded Shrimp.. His name is Pierre, but he's a mean little cuss.. i'll put my gloved hand in to rearrange or move a coral, or target feed.. he'll go right after my hand and start pinching the crap out of it.

Charfish · 02/04/2013, 07:33 PM

Blue Devil Damsel...gram for gram the meanest booger I ever bought...

Dexters Reef · 02/04/2013, 07:39 PM

Banana wrasse. Started small, was peaceful for about 6 months, then became a terror. He is now in a fowlr tank by himself, with a tube anemone I have no space for in my other tanks.

Mikefallen13 · 02/04/2013, 08:39 PM

Mine would have to be my coral beauty angel but its a love/hate relationship. Luckily, it doesn't even look at my corals but it won't let me add any new fish, I just tried to add a pair of cardinals a few days ago and it quickly killed one and I'm going to pull the other tomorrow. Honestly though, I love the angel and probably won't evict it unless it develops a taste for my softies!

lluv24 · 02/04/2013, 08:45 PM

Oh crap I have most of these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that guy · 02/04/2013, 09:18 PM

I have a six line that WAS a model citizen until today he decied to take down my pseudochromis fridmani or orchid dottyback. I am now mentally scarred from comming to my tank to see my hermit crab lying on the back of it's shell relaxed holding the almost completley eaten body of the dottyback. I know it was the six line because he was pestering the fish earlier. Can't part with him though becuase he was with me through hurricain sandy and I decided that the fish that survived that storm and week long power outage get a permanent spot in the tank. Lucky fish.

csauer52 · 02/04/2013, 09:19 PM

Six line wrasse, hands down.....

Nasty bastage!

cap032 · 02/04/2013, 09:33 PM

Not a fish but hermit crabs! I couldnt keep any snails for them. Eventually 1 hermit outgrew the others and killed them all off as well. I eventually took him to my lfs.

schatzi · 02/04/2013, 09:38 PM

Domino damsel. Got him with several others from a CL fire sale and I knew putting him in it would be trouble. I'm still annoyed I didn't think to put him in the sump. He really only bothers the chromis, but he's growing fast. Eats like a lawn mower. Actually pretty cool fish, just a big jerk.

Sam2000001 · 02/04/2013, 09:56 PM

My 6-line wrasse! I introduced him to a very small fish load, just a clown and a fire fish. At first all was well and then one day the 6 line started harassing my fire fish every time he left his safety hole, 24/7. I couldn't catch this wrasse to save my life until one day I came home and found him on the carpet. Karma. I feel like my fire fish had something to do with it, or at least I like to think so.

buildinboats · 02/04/2013, 10:04 PM

A lizard fish that a friend caught locally. Swallowed everything in the tank in one day except for a porcupine which must have had a heart attack and died. Taught me a lesson,to read up on any fish before I drop it in the DT.

sanchoy · 02/04/2013, 11:36 PM

A small 2 inch racoon butterflyfish that a seller claimed it was coral-safe. I dropped it in my main display and the next day it destroyed most of my precious sps corals. I tried every method i could think of to catch this little devil.

-bottle method
-net (day and dark times)
-traps (caught every fish except the devil!!!)
-drained half of my 250 still the little devil squirmed between the corals and hid from me

I even promised myself that once i catch him i will fillet him and fry and eat him!!! I resorted to tearing up my live rock display and moving everything out to find the bugger!!!

Caught him, fillet him, and fed it to the dog!!!!

Bruno3047 · 02/04/2013, 11:43 PM

Juvi (1.5") Majestic Angel. Thought I could "teach" him to not eat my corals. Lasted about 2 weeks before he ate 14 heads of my prized Purple Passion (100% purple) hammer corals in one day while I was away. I had meticulously grown the 14 heads from a two-headed Divers Den piece.

Never again.

Voxboy · 02/04/2013, 11:48 PM

Done with wrasses…if their not suddenly killing something:…their zipping around the DT freaking out t he other fish

02/04/2013, 02:26 PM	#26
greech Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 3,133	Melenurus wrasse. Compeltely decimated my CUC and those it did not kill were contantly hiding. They eventually went on strike and threatened an unsafe work conditions lawsuit, so I had to remove the wrasse (which was surprisingly easy!). __________________ ~Graham Current Tank Info: Tank: 40 breeder; 20H sump w/SWC 120; Sicce 3.0 return; Vortech MP-10; Sundial T5, DIY Actinic LED (3W Cree). Livestock: Pair of Black & Whites; Midas Blenny; Firefish; Yasha/pistol; Black Leopard Wrasse; LPS and SPS

02/04/2013, 02:59 PM	#27
brettinteriors Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tucson Posts: 1,106	Lawnmower blenny, fine at first and with most fish. Killed three blue spot jawfish, three swordtails, and a diamond spot. __________________ Tucson Reefaholics anonymous meetings are every Friday 6pm behind Gary's fishorama 140 gallon half round mixed reef, 28 gallon Cardiff.

02/04/2013, 03:12 PM	#28
teo241 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: wisconsin Posts: 339	Clarkii clown. Harasses everything like it owns the place, I guess it does. __________________ 360, 75, 45

02/04/2013, 06:26 PM	#31
teo241 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: wisconsin Posts: 339	My six line has been a model citizen, granted it was only an inch when I bought it and is still the smallest fish in the tank. __________________ 360, 75, 45

02/04/2013, 06:35 PM	#32
brettinteriors Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tucson Posts: 1,106	Yep. Watched him go after them over and over. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2 __________________ Tucson Reefaholics anonymous meetings are every Friday 6pm behind Gary's fishorama 140 gallon half round mixed reef, 28 gallon Cardiff.

02/04/2013, 03:34 PM	#30
briankauf Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 14	Six-Line Wrasse; he was dirt cheap (someone was shutting down their reef) and GORGEOUS. Unfortunately, he was also a total jerk. Eventually he was put in fishy jail (sump) where he prospered for many months. Unfortunately for him, the cover on the intake for the skimmer pump came off and he decided that looked like a nice cave to live in.... no more six-line wrasse. One interesting aspect of this thread is that we're hearing that individual members of various species can have very different levels of aggression... except six-line wrasses, it sounds like they're all dicks. :-D

02/04/2013, 06:39 PM	#33
jbraslins Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 146	Any fish that is "mostly reef safe". That is true until it stops being true and your prized coral is missing polyps and it takes a week of hell to catch it. Coral/Rock beauty or flame angel come to mind. __________________ 110g rimless reef, 55g standard reef

02/04/2013, 06:56 PM	#35
RA Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: S. Jersey Posts: 976	Mine is an 8 line wrasse. I added a mandarin and he killed it in less than a minute. I tried catching him with a fish trap to no avail. I think I caught every other fish at least twice. On the plus side after about 9 months he found that vermethid snails taste good.

02/04/2013, 07:04 PM	#36
Saltydrip Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,826	Domino damsel!! I had a pack of the little bugger in my first setup!! I'm glad I learned then and not in this system. __________________ Current tank 48" 75g DT w/ 55g sump/fuge.

02/04/2013, 07:23 PM	#37
TheKman Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 227	Coral Banded Shrimp.. His name is Pierre, but he's a mean little cuss.. i'll put my gloved hand in to rearrange or move a coral, or target feed.. he'll go right after my hand and start pinching the crap out of it. __________________ 65gallon reef tank - 30gal Sump - Evergrow IT2080 LED - NAC 6 Skimmer - RKL Controller - Jebao WP25 - JBJ ATO \| 2 Clowns, 3 Pajama Cardinals, 1 Hovens Wrasse, Flame Angel, lots of corals.

02/04/2013, 07:33 PM	#38
Charfish Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: As far from a coast as I can be. Posts: 144	Blue Devil Damsel...gram for gram the meanest booger I ever bought...

02/04/2013, 07:39 PM	#39
Dexters Reef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 730	Banana wrasse. Started small, was peaceful for about 6 months, then became a terror. He is now in a fowlr tank by himself, with a tube anemone I have no space for in my other tanks. __________________ 75G RR, Trigger Systems Ruby 30S sump, 2x250 MH and 4x54W T5HO, Octopus Diablo XS160, 4" DSB, 2 x MP40wES, 85 lbs LR, 2 x BRS Dosing Pumps, Finnex 300w titanium heater, Surf2 Algae Turf Scrubber

02/04/2013, 08:39 PM	#40
Mikefallen13 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 150	Mine would have to be my coral beauty angel but its a love/hate relationship. Luckily, it doesn't even look at my corals but it won't let me add any new fish, I just tried to add a pair of cardinals a few days ago and it quickly killed one and I'm going to pull the other tomorrow. Honestly though, I love the angel and probably won't evict it unless it develops a taste for my softies! __________________ Thank you! Michael Fallen Current Tank Info: 55 Gallon Gorgonian/Softie Reef, 14 Gallon BioCube

02/04/2013, 08:45 PM	#41
lluv24 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: kansas city Posts: 420	Oh crap I have most of these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ 200 Gallon Deep Deminsion, StarFire Glass, mixed reef. Apex, Mp40 QD x2 , 2 Radion Gen3 LED Lights,with Reeflink. Aqua Max Em300 skimmer, Trigger Emerald Sump, Next Reef Gfo & carb, Neptun Current Tank Info: 200 DD Mixed Reef;-)

02/04/2013, 09:18 PM	#42
that guy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 174	I have a six line that WAS a model citizen until today he decied to take down my pseudochromis fridmani or orchid dottyback. I am now mentally scarred from comming to my tank to see my hermit crab lying on the back of it's shell relaxed holding the almost completley eaten body of the dottyback. I know it was the six line because he was pestering the fish earlier. Can't part with him though becuase he was with me through hurricain sandy and I decided that the fish that survived that storm and week long power outage get a permanent spot in the tank. Lucky fish.

02/04/2013, 09:19 PM	#43
csauer52 Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania Posts: 266	Six line wrasse, hands down..... Nasty bastage! __________________ 150 Gallon Oceanic SPS Reef Tank 40 Gallon Sump Current Tank Info: 150 RR Oceanic

02/04/2013, 09:33 PM	#44
cap032 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Alabama Posts: 611	Not a fish but hermit crabs! I couldnt keep any snails for them. Eventually 1 hermit outgrew the others and killed them all off as well. I eventually took him to my lfs.

02/04/2013, 09:38 PM	#45
schatzi Professional amateur Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: JC, MO Posts: 513	Domino damsel. Got him with several others from a CL fire sale and I knew putting him in it would be trouble. I'm still annoyed I didn't think to put him in the sump. He really only bothers the chromis, but he's growing fast. Eats like a lawn mower. Actually pretty cool fish, just a big jerk. __________________ 125g Mixed Reef, 46g predator tank, 25g fuge, 39g frag/fuge, 70g sump, 29g clown tank.

02/04/2013, 09:56 PM	#46
Sam2000001 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Orlando Posts: 103	My 6-line wrasse! I introduced him to a very small fish load, just a clown and a fire fish. At first all was well and then one day the 6 line started harassing my fire fish every time he left his safety hole, 24/7. I couldn't catch this wrasse to save my life until one day I came home and found him on the carpet. Karma. I feel like my fire fish had something to do with it, or at least I like to think so.

02/04/2013, 10:04 PM	#47
buildinboats Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Shelter Island, NY Posts: 369	A lizard fish that a friend caught locally. Swallowed everything in the tank in one day except for a porcupine which must have had a heart attack and died. Taught me a lesson,to read up on any fish before I drop it in the DT.

02/04/2013, 11:36 PM	#48
sanchoy Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Close to the ocean Posts: 1,026	A small 2 inch racoon butterflyfish that a seller claimed it was coral-safe. I dropped it in my main display and the next day it destroyed most of my precious sps corals. I tried every method i could think of to catch this little devil. -bottle method -net (day and dark times) -traps (caught every fish except the devil!!!) -drained half of my 250 still the little devil squirmed between the corals and hid from me I even promised myself that once i catch him i will fillet him and fry and eat him!!! I resorted to tearing up my live rock display and moving everything out to find the bugger!!! Caught him, fillet him, and fed it to the dog!!!! __________________ 250 gallon.. tangs are the best.. the po po is not. Current Tank Info: 250 reef

02/04/2013, 11:43 PM	#49
Bruno3047 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,018	Juvi (1.5") Majestic Angel. Thought I could "teach" him to not eat my corals. Lasted about 2 weeks before he ate 14 heads of my prized Purple Passion (100% purple) hammer corals in one day while I was away. I had meticulously grown the 14 heads from a two-headed Divers Den piece. Never again.

02/04/2013, 11:48 PM	#50
Voxboy Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sault Ste Marie Posts: 410	Done with wrasses…if their not suddenly killing something:…their zipping around the DT freaking out t he other fish __________________ Like my Grandfather...I wish to die peacefully in my sleep....unlike the screaming passengers in his car Current Tank Info: 130g mixed reef.