mabblizzard
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haven't you people ever heard of gloves=no fish bitting
Fish We Regret Putting In Our Tanks!
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Re: Flame Angle
Re: Flame Angle
same fish, different coral (SPS), same ordeal to include tank teardown. :mad2:
Allen
Re: Flame Angle
nazgul said:
same fish, different coral (SPS), same ordeal to include tank teardown. :mad2:
Allen
Hmmmm... Gotta get in on this.. and I have to say my PBT. I like him and all but he will not eat anything but algea on a clip. So I have to constantly have garlic and or selcon soaking prior to feeding him and it makes my house smell like a frippin pizza shop and it is a pain to have to spend 20 min a day just on feeding. Also it's an on again off again battle with ich... always seems to have a spot or two no matter what. Also is the most skittish fish I have ever seen.. or not seen hence the problem. Everyone sees him and says OMG what a pretty fish then if you get within 3 feet of the tank he hightales it into the rockwork. So he's not really destructive or anything just a royal PITA..that I can't even see see half the time. It's very annoying 
Gotta say though my Mandarine goby is my favorite fish.. he's always out and about and even though he won't eat prepared foods he always swims up to the tank when I walk up to it and says hey.. It was a pain but now that the ref is up and turning out pods it was well worth it I really like him
Doan
Gotta say though my Mandarine goby is my favorite fish.. he's always out and about and even though he won't eat prepared foods he always swims up to the tank when I walk up to it and says hey.. It was a pain but now that the ref is up and turning out pods it was well worth it I really like him
Doan
Foster
Premium Member
This is a great thread.....
My worst purchase was a Pseudochromis (looked just like a strawberry Dottyback but was dull green with chrome eyes) Just got into reefkeeping and was a impulse by....I figured how much damage can this little guy do........as soon as I let him go in my 100 gallon reef.... he ate the face off 3 cleaner shrimps! yikes. it too me a month to trap him with a bottle, but I finally did!
2 lessons - Dont listen to LFS ...and NEVER put a dottyback in a reef!
...also .... I paid $29- for this fish, he was in great shape (well feed) but got a 1/8" tear on one of his fins while he was freaking out in the bottle. The store refused to buy him back because of the little tear on his fin....but would take hime for free! If I didnt care about fish I would of smashed him on the counter! :lol:
oh well
My worst purchase was a Pseudochromis (looked just like a strawberry Dottyback but was dull green with chrome eyes) Just got into reefkeeping and was a impulse by....I figured how much damage can this little guy do........as soon as I let him go in my 100 gallon reef.... he ate the face off 3 cleaner shrimps! yikes. it too me a month to trap him with a bottle, but I finally did!
2 lessons - Dont listen to LFS ...and NEVER put a dottyback in a reef!
...also .... I paid $29- for this fish, he was in great shape (well feed) but got a 1/8" tear on one of his fins while he was freaking out in the bottle. The store refused to buy him back because of the little tear on his fin....but would take hime for free! If I didnt care about fish I would of smashed him on the counter! :lol:
oh well
ssheipel
Premium Member
Loving this thread.
Had a Flame Hawkfish for ages and he behaved. Liked to be handfed, never bothered the coral or other fishes.
I picked up a mated pair of flame shrimp one day -- the female carrying a vibrant blue coloured sac of eggs on her underneath.
After a careful acclimatization, I released the two shrimp into the tank. The Flame Hawk in a flash came out of nowhere and gulped BOTH of them into his mouth and then settled on a rock with a great look of confusion in those every expressive hawkfish eyes. He had long white shrimp feelers sticking out of his gills and his mouth for ages.
I gave him the benefit of the doubt and figure it was the conditioning of whatever I put in the tank was lunch...
Sigh.
Had a Flame Hawkfish for ages and he behaved. Liked to be handfed, never bothered the coral or other fishes.
I picked up a mated pair of flame shrimp one day -- the female carrying a vibrant blue coloured sac of eggs on her underneath.
After a careful acclimatization, I released the two shrimp into the tank. The Flame Hawk in a flash came out of nowhere and gulped BOTH of them into his mouth and then settled on a rock with a great look of confusion in those every expressive hawkfish eyes. He had long white shrimp feelers sticking out of his gills and his mouth for ages.
I gave him the benefit of the doubt and figure it was the conditioning of whatever I put in the tank was lunch...
Sigh.
sammythebu11
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narvaezjc said:
Have to agree with this one, one blue devil damsel terrorized the other one I had in the tank to the point of having it cornered on one corner of the tank and when I removed the terrorized one it started terrorizing the dottyback, I removed the Blue Devil and the tank is in peace now.
bicolor dottyback-broke my shrimp in half and chased my yellow coris all over the tank.
luckly I caught him in one day with a bottle trap, within 10 mins he jumped right in.
domino damsel-had about 3 fish under his belt, 2 damsels and a sleeper goby.
tiger tail cucumber-he recently exploaded his guts all over my tank, but luckly there was no problems. he had a full recovery and now keeps my sand perfectly clean.
luckly I caught him in one day with a bottle trap, within 10 mins he jumped right in.
domino damsel-had about 3 fish under his belt, 2 damsels and a sleeper goby.
tiger tail cucumber-he recently exploaded his guts all over my tank, but luckly there was no problems. he had a full recovery and now keeps my sand perfectly clean.
Leopardshark
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I had an arc eye hawkfish once, he ate 2 clowns, about 4 gobies and 3 shrimps until I realized it was him who was doing all that damage.
Tried to take him out of the tank for about a year in which he grew a lot. All my attempts to take him out were a failure until I fished him with a very small shrimp bait.
Marco
Tried to take him out of the tank for about a year in which he grew a lot. All my attempts to take him out were a failure until I fished him with a very small shrimp bait.
Marco
brahm
In Memoriam
I don't reget any individual fish.. just the quanity of fish I put in the tank. Right now I have..
4 Bangiis
1 sailfin
5 Barnicle Blennies
1 Dusky Jawfish
1 Occelaris
1 Striped Eye Goby
1 Clown Goby
1 Watchman Goby
2 Mandarins
1 Blue Green Chromis
WAY TO MANY FISH.. Granted the the bangii's and the Sailfin are like 75% of the fish mass in the tank which is why i'm currently getting rid of them (DAMN YOU PHOSPHATES!!!)
4 Bangiis
1 sailfin
5 Barnicle Blennies
1 Dusky Jawfish
1 Occelaris
1 Striped Eye Goby
1 Clown Goby
1 Watchman Goby
2 Mandarins
1 Blue Green Chromis
WAY TO MANY FISH.. Granted the the bangii's and the Sailfin are like 75% of the fish mass in the tank which is why i'm currently getting rid of them (DAMN YOU PHOSPHATES!!!)
Rurouni Kenshin
New member
Damsels!!!!!!!! i hate mine!!!!!!!!! especially the domino that hosts my Rbta that makes me so mad!!!!!
jango
Member
bi-color blenny ate sps,he could knock giant mexican turbos off the glass,he wasn't big either.i went to take apart the tank to get him out found him lying on the floor,carpet surfin
fairy wrasse,had him for three weeks jumped
pink skunk,had him for six months my favorite fish he killed his mate about a month later found out he liked to surf also
all these fish jumped within a month,i think i need some egg crate on the back of my hood,now i only have a lonely fire fish
fairy wrasse,had him for three weeks jumped
pink skunk,had him for six months my favorite fish he killed his mate about a month later found out he liked to surf also
all these fish jumped within a month,i think i need some egg crate on the back of my hood,now i only have a lonely fire fish
