does anyone have a least favorite fish?

Frostyfishman

Frostyfishman

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My least favorite fish is the yellow watchman goby. He doesn't even poke his head out of his burrow. I literally never see him and he adds nothing to my aquarium. Please post a fish that has disappointed you.
 
All of my fish that destroy the seaweed clip but won't even acknowledge nuisance algae disappoint me...
 
A six line wrasse that stole food from everything I tried to feed but especially a gorgonian. He/she was such a pain in the butt!
 
Ironically, the YWG is one of my favorites, because always out. Tankmates may make a big difference.
 
madweazl said:
A six line wrasse that stole food from everything I tried to feed but especially a gorgonian. He/she was such a pain in the butt!
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I was dealing with the same issue...specifically when feeding LPS Grow & Color which I only feed to my Scoly's and Acans...putting nets next to the corals (as suggested by another member) while eating seems to have solved the problem.

Back to the thread topic...Can't say I have a least favorite of my current stock, yet! ;) I did have a Citron Clown Goby which was more beige that Citron, very boring fish but just disappeared one day months ago and never showed up again. Felt bad that it passed but happy to stock with something else. Guess that was my least favorite.
 
Cardinal Fish. Not even sure why but they are a fish that will never go in any tank of mine. Some people seem to really like them but not for me.
 
yep. my splendid dottyback (Graham Norton). took him on some ill advice from a highly-respected show tank guy, but it chomped my cleaner shrimp to pieces right off the bat. he also mercilessly picked on my chalk bass, Hamlet, who was my favorite fish. now, Hamlet bwasn't in great shape, had had some kind of internal tumor that seemed to give him a stroke or something, since he was crooked, but he still ate like a Hoover and got around. the dotty picked on him and my green chromis actually was the bass' bodyguard, which was sweet. but i blame Graham Norton for hastening Hamlet's demise.

however, since Hamlet's demise, the dottyback is well-behaved, and he never seemed to bug my hermits or snails. just really bummed i can't have any shrimp.
 
Frostyfishman said:
My kole tang is a model citizen. He doesn't pick on anyone, and he does a good job eating algae. Not to mention how good looking he is.
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I had it in a smaller tank. He was the last fish in but didn't matter. It left my clowns alone but anything else that consumed algae was tortured and picked on. I got so ****ed because my scape was awesome and I had to tear the tank apart to get him. Beautiful fish under led's but just put a bad taste in my mouth about tangs. When I get my bigger tank I'll prolly try a tomini as I've never heard anything negative about them.
 
Anything in the pseudochromis family. 6 line wrasses may start out ok but become holy terrors. Green brittle star. It got really big and was very active, which was very cool until I saw him hunting one night and then trying to eat my helfrichi fire fish.

All of the above were banished to my 150, to live with my 4' Gymnothorax Undulatus ( undulated moray)
 
My Starry blenny. Looks awesome, but is a spook. Hides as soon as there is movement by the tank, and I have to stay still for a long time before it comes out again. I've also had to fish it out of the overflow a few times, and once out of a barely accessible area of my sump.
 
Sohal Tang, killed any new additions with a day of addition and slashed at my hand a few times and once inflicted a relatively deep wound in my hand.
 
Probably my old Blue Regal Tang. He was a very pretty fish, but a total jerk to everyone in the tank. Plus, he always beat up and harassed any new additions. But I still liked him even though he was a jerk. Sadly, I lost him to ich last year.
 
My lawnmower blenny. He used to eat the food I would feed to my sun corals. He was a real pain for about a year until I could trap him.
 
My purple tang was the worst fish that I've ever owned. Was a model citizen for nearly 3 years then decided that no other fish was worthy to participate in being alive. After a couple days of endless torment I removed it from my tank and traded it to a friend for a clownfish to replace one that had been so senselessly killed. I have no idea why it just snapped.
 
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