Fish We Regret Putting In Our Tanks!

[Leopardshark]

And another vote for GSM clown, man I hate that SOB, I donÃ"šÃ‚´t know how IÃ"šÃ‚´m gonna take him outta my tank but I donÃ"šÃ‚´t want him in it another day!!!

 

[Shooter9er]

I have three, maroon clown, red lipped blennie, and a purple psuedochromis. The red lipped blennie was by far the worst as far as I am concerned. He would attack me anytime I even got close to the water. My mater pair of marron clowns raised hell in the tank with every member in it. It was no wonder all my fish had nipped tails. He would occaisonaly attack me as well. Last but not least my purple psuedo, 70 gal tank, half of its his. He won't allow anyone to the whole left side. Talk about territorial.

The blennie and clowns have been removed, now if I can just catch the other bastard.

Kyle

 

[Old Yeller Tang]

Just a little update. I finally caught my checkerboard wrasse after almost a year trying. I used a fish trap that took 3 weeks to work. I was just about to remove the ugly contraption before I gave it one more try. Well, the patience finally paid off. Now I can finally add a nice fairy wrasse to my tank.

 

[technoshaman]

Bad choices

Bad choices

Interesting thread. Since it got bumped I'll add my input since no one else has mentioned them. Coral Catfish - Plotinus species, I saw them at about 1.5" at the LFS and seemed to remember them being reef safe and 4" max size. Well they are sort of reef safe till they grow to a whopping 10-12 inches (mine are about 5" now) and they not only loose their cute stripes they also outgrow their cute wiggly schooling behavior and become large enough that they will start eating ornamental shrimp. Did I mention they pack venomous spines worse than most lionfish? I do not want to foist them off on someone else though and feel that it's my responsibility to take care of them so they are in my evolving agressive type reef tank sans shrimp. I have always loved catfish but if I ever try saltwater again I'll look at maybe acclimating an adult A. Seemani or something.

 

[BonsaiNut]

Everyone gives way when the maroon clown comes out to play, no one wants a piece of that.

OMG so true, so true. Someone started a thread on the anemone board about the meanest clownfish and everyone is SCREAMING about maroon clowns. I have had maroon clowns try to attack me through the aquarium glass! They are pugnacious little beasts.

 

[sammystingray]

strawberry gramma (pseudochromis porphyreus)...the meanest little fish that ever swam in the ocean.:mad2:

 

[Saliki]

Lunare Wrasse....tore up my tank many years ago!
Yellow Fin Damsels...they turn the ugliest black color ive ever seen.
Chainlink eels- had 3 of em....they got out EVERY time...even with the lid blocked down....arrrg:eek2:

 

[CaptainCoral]

I must be lucky, I've got mated GSM's and hav'nt been bit yet. (knock on wood)

Oh...My biggest mistake is turning my 75 gallon Zebra Morey tank into a reef. I really like this guy so I'll put up with this until he croaks...He LOVES to eats peppermint shrimp and emerald crabs.
(You guessed it, Aiptasia and valonia problems)

 

[Bushman]

Engineer Goby....thing's gotten huge and is destructive to my rockwork.

 

[intekhab]

Strawberry/Purple Pseudochromis:mad2:

I still wake up in the middle of the night, drink a cold glass of water and thank God I got rid of that beast!

not joking either...

 

[RanMan2255]

flame hawk
After 2 cleaner shrimp 1 peppermint shrimp and who knows how many blue legs. But I hate to tear it all apart to go after him.

 

[bmcelhinn]

Grouper. He looked good at the lfs. I always wanted him whenever I saw him. I finally got him and the more I saw him, the more he looked just like something you would catch out of a lake, like a trout. He had a bad attitude also so I gave him away.

 

[Muppetdog]

A Bridled Goby is by far the Worst I ever had. Stirs up the DSB, and attacks anything that strays to lower half of the tank.
I also had to remove a bicolor pseudochromis, mean little guys.

 

[laguna]

the dynamic duo...

the dynamic duo...

Well right now I regret putting in the combo of yellow watchman goby and its pistol shrimp...what a mess.. I have a reef rack with internal circulation which provide flow from the bottom up. My send bed is 3-4". The pistol shrimp can not stop moving all my sand bed around, then when it piles up enough its get blown up by the little jet streams comming from the reef rack. Its like a snow storm....I think in the near future I am turning everything around just to get him out of there...

 

[budhaboy]

My Engineer Goby. He was an inch long when I got him, sales person said he didnt get big, looked it up in the books I had- info stated that he grew approx. 4-5 inches BULL HOCKEY!!!! that little bugger is 13.5 inches long now and I have never been able to keep shrimp. I still like him though.

 

[iceman16238]

I regret putting a powder blue in my 75gal. Mostly regret that i forgot to fill my tank with water:eek1: .

 

[SeaMermaid]

6 Line Wrasse and Blue Tang. I found the Wrasses betting the S%^#@&%!&!!!!!!! out of my Black Clown the other night. I finially turned of the lights to stop the Wrasse. The next morning one of my clowns was missing. Never to be found again. :mad2:

 

[Steve Hicks]

Spotfin/Cuban Hogfish (Bodianus pulchellus).

Caught in the act devouring red legged hermits. Suspected of eating blue legs as well.

 

[Fizz71]

It's not a "fish" but I once owned a Sea Apple...Got stuck to a powerhead and wiped out my entire 75g tank. The only fish that survived was the yellow tail damsel I had used to cycle 2 years before. A couple of inverts also lived because they had the sense to bury themselves in the substrate.

That was also the LAST time I listened to a LPS person without researching the hell out of a purchase first. And before I get a "duh" from someone....it was pre-internet popularity too, so the resources weren't readily available.

--Fizz

 

[pAtTy]

Niger Trigger in a tank with a peppermint shrimp, cleaner shrimp, and fire shrimp. What the $#@& was I thinking?!? :rolleye1: