haddoni not right for me?

[f3honda4me]

I have a reef tank with corals, inverts and multiple kinds of fish. I currently have a beautiful rose BTA that during the day is probably a good 8" wide when opened up. It's great and very healthy. But, I like the haddoni nems better.

But I hear horrors stories about haddonis eating fish and causing all sorts of trouble. I'd love to sell my rose BTA to get a haddoni, but I don't want it to destroy my tank. Are the horror stories right?

 

[NirvanaFan]

They can be. Haddoni's are definitely fish eaters. If it is hosting a pair of clowns, it may not eat as many fish, but the possibilities are still there.

 

[phender]

They can be. Haddoni's are definitely fish eaters. If it is hosting a pair of clowns, it may not eat as many fish, but the possibilities are still there.

I actually had a A. sebae clown pair where on two occasions the female grabbed a new fish by the fin and dragged it to its death into the haddoni. One time the new fish was bigger than she was.

There are no guarantees with haddoni. Adding a pair of clowns, keeping on a night light and other tricks work for some people but not for others. If I had some nice fish, especially hard to find or expensive fish, there is no way I would put a haddoni in the tank with them.

 

[Toddrtrex]

At one point I had 5 of them, now I am down to 1 -- I have some difficult to find dwarf angels that I will not risk.

The one that I do have is no longer hosting any clowns, just a porcelain crab. For me, I have found that when an S. haddoni is hosting clowns, my other fish are more at risk -- that is the way I lost my Golden dwarf angel, a mated pair of pink skunks were harassing it.

If I am ever going to get back into keeping S. haddonis, it will be in a tank with just clowns, no other fish --- not enjoyable worrying about a fish getting eaten.

 

[f3honda4me]

Ok thanks. I think I'll wait til I have a tank that I can have just 2 clowns and the haddoni.