Fish We Regret Putting In Our Tanks!
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the_anti_honda
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ditto on the bi-color blenny. stupid thing nipped on all the sps in the tank not just some but all.
I'm more into corals than fish...
My experience has been.
Put the BCB with the RG in a 20 G. The RG starts with the posturing but the BCB would "win". Still no real dmg... often.
My 75g reef has a LMB and a Fire Fish. I moved the RG and BCB to the reef.
First time I see the RG after the switch he has no tail. But he gets his own little hole and small area... months later I switch all the rocks around and the next morning he is missing all the fins... Now, though the RG and LMB have never been seen interacting... I suppose it could have been him or some other force... but I have atributed the abuse to the LMB.
The BCB and the FF and the RG are all around the same mass; the LMB is at least 50% larger than the rest. The BCB often attacks the LMB and wins, but to no dmg. The LMB clearly does not fear the BCB ... but he doesn't fight back much either.
Both the LMB and BCB are extreamly cool in my book. Wait till you see the BCB sticking his butt in every hole to find the right home.
I am not a clown fan, but I doubt that the BCB will have much luck out agressing them if they (it) has its territory already.
Once again I am no fish expert, this is just my one singular experience with this fish.
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The only coral (and I have all types) that have been nipped (and only by the LMB) was one with hair algea.
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I am not sure that the clown and bleeny really share the same feeding habbits. FF are real wimps IME. but the FF is a column feeder.
The RG and BCB have almost the same feeding habbits (competition (sp)). And though the BCB eats some bits of algea from time to time, I doubt he would even bother the LMB except for the fact that the LMB simply does not care about territory at all!!! The pig head! Infact, he doesn't care that I pet him evertime its ric feeding time.
My experience has been.
Put the BCB with the RG in a 20 G. The RG starts with the posturing but the BCB would "win". Still no real dmg... often.
My 75g reef has a LMB and a Fire Fish. I moved the RG and BCB to the reef.
First time I see the RG after the switch he has no tail. But he gets his own little hole and small area... months later I switch all the rocks around and the next morning he is missing all the fins... Now, though the RG and LMB have never been seen interacting... I suppose it could have been him or some other force... but I have atributed the abuse to the LMB.
The BCB and the FF and the RG are all around the same mass; the LMB is at least 50% larger than the rest. The BCB often attacks the LMB and wins, but to no dmg. The LMB clearly does not fear the BCB ... but he doesn't fight back much either.
Both the LMB and BCB are extreamly cool in my book. Wait till you see the BCB sticking his butt in every hole to find the right home.
I am not a clown fan, but I doubt that the BCB will have much luck out agressing them if they (it) has its territory already.
Once again I am no fish expert, this is just my one singular experience with this fish.
edit:
The only coral (and I have all types) that have been nipped (and only by the LMB) was one with hair algea.
edit, edit:
I am not sure that the clown and bleeny really share the same feeding habbits. FF are real wimps IME. but the FF is a column feeder.
The RG and BCB have almost the same feeding habbits (competition (sp)). And though the BCB eats some bits of algea from time to time, I doubt he would even bother the LMB except for the fact that the LMB simply does not care about territory at all!!! The pig head! Infact, he doesn't care that I pet him evertime its ric feeding time.
Navyblue
Low maintenance first
Thanks Adrinal,
My o. clown pair seems rather meek recently, they hosted a leather coral and I;ve never seen their reaction towards intruder, may be I'll have a problem, but once they has bullied a pair blue streaked damsels.
The reason I chose BCB is because of different feeding habit and shapes so to minimise aggression, hopefully it works.
My o. clown pair seems rather meek recently, they hosted a leather coral and I;ve never seen their reaction towards intruder, may be I'll have a problem, but once they has bullied a pair blue streaked damsels.
The reason I chose BCB is because of different feeding habit and shapes so to minimise aggression, hopefully it works.
kenny77
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i know that this is a post about wish fish a regret to put in my tank. and i have seen many people that saying that the regret putting damsel.
i love damsel and if it wanst because my girlfriend bring home a anthias i will be putting damsel again. they are reef save, they have a great attitude, they eat at the firt moment you put them in your tank. they wont get ich. as far as i have seen. they wont jump out of your tank and they dont contribute to a big bioload. then why you hate them?because they are smarter than human and it is almost to catch them. com one it is not that hard. you can even catch them with your hand. of course at 4am when they are sleeping
i love damsel and if it wanst because my girlfriend bring home a anthias i will be putting damsel again. they are reef save, they have a great attitude, they eat at the firt moment you put them in your tank. they wont get ich. as far as i have seen. they wont jump out of your tank and they dont contribute to a big bioload. then why you hate them?because they are smarter than human and it is almost to catch them. com one it is not that hard. you can even catch them with your hand. of course at 4am when they are sleeping
Dell'Oro
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Japonicus Gold Tang - looked nowhere near as nice in my tank as he did in the store, introduced something that killed off every fish in my tank except my bicolour angel (go figure).
Copperband Butterflyfish - just too timid, got put off eating despite minimal aggression from the other inhabitants, very depressing to watch him go very quickly downhill then disappear before I could catch him.
Great thread!
Copperband Butterflyfish - just too timid, got put off eating despite minimal aggression from the other inhabitants, very depressing to watch him go very quickly downhill then disappear before I could catch him.
Great thread!
xian
Premium Member
Kenny:
I think that people don't like damsels because they don't play well with others.
The only ones I even consider are yellow tail blues because they seem to be pretty docile and I don't put them in reefs because if they start beating on someone else they are a pain to catch.
Johnsteph:
Tell me about it. Most of it is just bad luck. My water quality is good, I quarantine, use a uv sterilizer, have two cleaner shrimp in the tank and I've lost very few corals. Took me a while to catch on to the SLFC so he may have had other victims. The only fish that were not eating were angels and I'll never try another.
I've also had my Hippo tang and my watchman goby for over a year and a half with no problems, so I don't kill everything =\
I think that people don't like damsels because they don't play well with others.
The only ones I even consider are yellow tail blues because they seem to be pretty docile and I don't put them in reefs because if they start beating on someone else they are a pain to catch.
Johnsteph:
Tell me about it. Most of it is just bad luck. My water quality is good, I quarantine, use a uv sterilizer, have two cleaner shrimp in the tank and I've lost very few corals. Took me a while to catch on to the SLFC so he may have had other victims. The only fish that were not eating were angels and I'll never try another.
I've also had my Hippo tang and my watchman goby for over a year and a half with no problems, so I don't kill everything =\
Carpet surfers (out of about a two inch opening between the glass top and the back of the tank):
flasher wrasse
neon goby
not one, but TWO blue spotted jawfish @ $65 each
six line wrasse
Just plain bad choices:
coris wrasse - ate all the snails
yellow goatfish - don't ask
harlequin sweetlips - failure to thrive
tasselfile - failure to thrive
purple firefish, red firefish, all disappeared
four diamond gobies - disappeared
two signal gobies - failure to thrive
two true perculas - got ich and died
four scooter blennies - died
yasha hashi goby - disappeared
two rabbitfish - one died, the other was killed by a sailfin tang
and more that I'm sure I've blocked from my memory!
flasher wrasse
neon goby
not one, but TWO blue spotted jawfish @ $65 each
six line wrasse
Just plain bad choices:
coris wrasse - ate all the snails
yellow goatfish - don't ask
harlequin sweetlips - failure to thrive
tasselfile - failure to thrive
purple firefish, red firefish, all disappeared
four diamond gobies - disappeared
two signal gobies - failure to thrive
two true perculas - got ich and died
four scooter blennies - died
yasha hashi goby - disappeared
two rabbitfish - one died, the other was killed by a sailfin tang
and more that I'm sure I've blocked from my memory!
biomekanic
New member
carpet surfers
carpet surfers
thought the sealed top, have got to admire their determination:
flasher wrasses: 5 me: 0
golden dwarf moray: 1, me: 0
never again.
I replaced a breeding pair of orchid dottybacks (psuedochromis fridmani) with the flashers, my wife still pats me on the head when I beat it against the wall and go "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!"
carpet surfers
thought the sealed top, have got to admire their determination:
flasher wrasses: 5 me: 0
golden dwarf moray: 1, me: 0
never again.
I replaced a breeding pair of orchid dottybacks (psuedochromis fridmani) with the flashers, my wife still pats me on the head when I beat it against the wall and go "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!"
juststartingout
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MrJenkins said:
We placed a tiger pistol shrimp and a yellow watchman gobie in the tank at the same time thinking it would be "cute" to see them hang out together.
Only seen the ywg for 2 days, then disappeared without a trace. As for the pistol shrimp, we never see more than it's antenna. It has quite a burrow under our LR, I'm waiting to see a LR avalanche soon. Thinking of trying another YWG.
And my list goes on: (got past my senior moment of blockage)
Dwarf Lion, Fu Manchu Lion, Volitan Lion - all did well for 6 mo- 1 yr then went belly up
Orange shoulder tang (didn't have an orange patch tho, it was a dark gray patch but according to the LFS it was definitely an orange shoulder and that gray would turn orange, yeah right, with a $85 price tag!) - bully, bully, bully!
Citron goby - mysteriously kicked the bucket after a couple of years
green clown goby - citron goby killed him
ranfordi gobies (3) - too timid to come out an eat so they died
hectors goby - disappeared
I'm sure more will come to me as I relive the past!
Dwarf Lion, Fu Manchu Lion, Volitan Lion - all did well for 6 mo- 1 yr then went belly up
Orange shoulder tang (didn't have an orange patch tho, it was a dark gray patch but according to the LFS it was definitely an orange shoulder and that gray would turn orange, yeah right, with a $85 price tag!) - bully, bully, bully!
Citron goby - mysteriously kicked the bucket after a couple of years
green clown goby - citron goby killed him
ranfordi gobies (3) - too timid to come out an eat so they died
hectors goby - disappeared
I'm sure more will come to me as I relive the past!
Yep, they're coming back slowly but painfully 
Chevron tang - did well for a few months then died (another expensive bugger)
Singapore angel - never would eat
Flame angel - tank bully that had to be removed
Dragon wrasse - too many avalanches!
Might as well have taken all the money spent on these and created a huge bonfire instead of buying fish! Would have ended up with the same results~
Chevron tang - did well for a few months then died (another expensive bugger)
Singapore angel - never would eat
Flame angel - tank bully that had to be removed
Dragon wrasse - too many avalanches!
Might as well have taken all the money spent on these and created a huge bonfire instead of buying fish! Would have ended up with the same results~
threeheaddog
New member
undulated trigger.
or are they too dangerous to even sell?
how come no one has mentioned this troubled beast?
it is the #1 evil fish you know...
any fish evil-er?
or are they too dangerous to even sell?
how come no one has mentioned this troubled beast?
it is the #1 evil fish you know...
any fish evil-er?
Brandino007
New member
My domino damsel man I hate that thing it has killed about 4 of my fish. I am hopeing to get rid of him soon.
P.S.
DON'T GET ONE
P.S.
DON'T GET ONE
Brandino007
New member
My domino damsel man I hate that thing it has killed about 4 of my fish. I am hoping to get rid of him soon.
P.S.
DON'T GET ONE
P.S.
DON'T GET ONE
