Fish We Regret Putting In Our Tanks!
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Jerry W
Active member
Rock Beauty angel and a Bicolor angel. The only two fish that have died on me in over three years. Both were doing well, eating, no signs of anything. Had the RB for close to a year and the Bicolor for two mos. Never figured out what went wrong other than they are species with dubious survival rates. Lesson learned.
I have to agree with the folks that have that dang SAND SIFTING GOBY he is nothing but a Sheperd for the Devil LoL. It looks like a snow storm has hit the North East in May....in my 155gal. my entire tank is cloudy and has sand everywhere. Does anyone have a recommendation on how to hunt this beast, im starting a posse.
PS I have a beautiful Goby for sale, ooppss I mean free, I will deliver!! any takers.........please!!!!
PS I have a beautiful Goby for sale, ooppss I mean free, I will deliver!! any takers.........please!!!!
fishiechick
New member
arabian psuedochromis..I wanted to get one till my friend told me how much of a horror his is. It terrorizes anything he puts into the tank..and I do mean terrorize.
seasquirt
Premium Member
I've been pretty lucky so far, just a few minor problems. I wish I had added my kole tang BEFORE my yellow tang. The yellow tang got quite belligerent when the kole came to stay. They have since sorted things out, with minimal injury. I also wish my false percs would get the heck out of my xenia and colt corals and start frolicking in my green star polyps - those things could use some mowing.
JasonD
Active member
Regal Angel-Beautiful fish he picked at everything in my tank including my SPS's. They wouldn't open up. Caught him and placed him in my 40 gallon Ritteri tank.
Bangai Cardinal- In my 120 gallon tank he's turned into a holly terror chasing around my Anthias with gusto. Going to have to trap him, hopefully shouldn't be too hard. Would never do that again.
Blue Tang-Just grows too big for my 120 gallon reef, very skitish and tough to trap.
Diamond Goby-Makes a mess out of everything dumps sand on everything. Cool fish though.
Jason
Bangai Cardinal- In my 120 gallon tank he's turned into a holly terror chasing around my Anthias with gusto. Going to have to trap him, hopefully shouldn't be too hard. Would never do that again.
Blue Tang-Just grows too big for my 120 gallon reef, very skitish and tough to trap.
Diamond Goby-Makes a mess out of everything dumps sand on everything. Cool fish though.
Jason
sdreefer21
New member
I would have to say the neon dottyback. Man talk about inferiority complex. Ive watched him bash shrimp into the rock until there was nothing left. Then he will sniper a snail until it flips over then leave it to die. Not to mention the fact that pods are his main source for food. This guy is a super efficient hunter. Can't find any life out at night anymore. I also had an engineer goby commit suicide hours after purchase. And those stupid lunar wrasses. Killed almost all my astra snails.........
Old Yeller Tang
Premium Member
I almost bought the Arabian Pseudo(neon dottyback) to put in my 30g hex I recently set up, but the price on these fish is outrageous!:eek2: Luckily, that kept me away after hearing the horror stories of this fish. Beautiful fish though and tough as nails.
Dragon Wrasse! The wrasse takes about a week to decide the tank isn't to his liking and begins moving everything, snails, hermits, rubble rock, big pieces of rock he should't be able to carry. Before long the tank doesn't resemble the original masterpiece i had spent so many hours aquascaping. Too top it off - he buries himself everynight stirring the sand into a frenzy that covers everything.
He really is a cool fish though, very sleek, fast, cool looking and is a bit of a character.
If you like this thread try this one.
http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74318
He really is a cool fish though, very sleek, fast, cool looking and is a bit of a character.
If you like this thread try this one.
http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74318
holeinone1972
Team RC Member
Bi-Color Blenny. Very cute other than the fact he ate my sps. So he is in the sump. I think I will set up a nano for him sometime. I got lucky when I had to fish him out of my 240. He chose a hole in a rock near the top of the tank. Just picked the whole rock out and he fell into my hand. I am sooooooooooo glad I did not have to dismantle the whole tank for this lil s.o.b. :smokin:
DJ88©
Premium Member
Sand Sifting Goby.. Noticing a trend here.
Maroon clown. Too mean. Way too mean. When she hit 3" it began to hurt. Jumped out of the tank twice going after my hand.
Atlantic Blue Tang. 4' tank is NOT long enough for it. Won't own another tang.
Mandarin/Scooter dragonet. If you can't feed em don't buy em.
Maroon clown. Too mean. Way too mean. When she hit 3" it began to hurt. Jumped out of the tank twice going after my hand.
Atlantic Blue Tang. 4' tank is NOT long enough for it. Won't own another tang.
Mandarin/Scooter dragonet. If you can't feed em don't buy em.
Beach Native
New member
Actually, I'm surprised at the negatives on the gobies. We liked ours and felt that he was an integral part in keeping the sand clean (yeah it was cloudy at first, but soon cleared up and stayed that way).
At least he was until he went surfing, which seems to be another common report in this thread. You'd think a fish who spent so much digging up the bottom would be the last to go out the top...go figure...
At least he was until he went surfing, which seems to be another common report in this thread. You'd think a fish who spent so much digging up the bottom would be the last to go out the top...go figure...
