Tank PITAs. Which ones made YOU take a reef apart?

[Meshmez]

-Red turf algae.:headwally: had a tank crash and decided that was my cue to take all the rock out, bleach, acid, re cure. I also now cut every new frag from the plug it came on and attach it to a new one. and quarantine corals.

-6 line wrasse who started attacking my lps. I believe he also pestered my hectors goby to death...

-Random tank crash/coral loss, when i still cant figure out the cause almost made me give up altogether. after 2-3 months of basically just keeping everything left in there alive, i decided it was time for an upgrade.:smokin:

 

[WatDatThing]

And I was think having a 12"+ carpet nem is a great accomplishment

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[kissman]

At present time Grape Caulerpa


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[moondoggy4]

I had a Christmas Wrasse and a Dog Face Puffer started to eat all of my other fish in the tank, almost all my fish were aggressive so to say who did it was a guess. I came home to see the Wrasse and the Puffer eating both ends of my established Black Ribbon Ell, the wrasse got a skewer and a flush, the Dog Face went back to the LFS. The Hawaiian Dragon Ell was the only one to survive. PS this was back in the late 80's.

 

[cklayko]

didn't wash my sand, it bricked... leached phosphate, led to bryopsis, battled for 2yrs, decide to tear down and restart..

 

[Bobbitworm13]

I bought a used tank that had been copper treated and killed everything I put in it

 

[nursedude]

Domino Damsel the terrible, he terrorized every fish I had, from the yellow tang to the fame angel-tore down the whole dang tank...

 

[ric167]

Bryopsis caused me to tear down my 40G, Aiptasia with Caulerpa beat me up on my 150 so I caved & tore it down still cooking those rocks

 

[PirateLove]

Slime. White slime. It covers everything in my sump and strings off my rocks. No idea why.

 

[DasCamel]

Moving.

 

[AaaRr]

Blue Atlantic tang. He just snapped one day and killed off all my fish but a mated pair of clowns. Could not put anything in there with him in and he was clever could not trap him.

Took all the rock out but two pieces and 6'' of water.

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[Microcosmos]

Like DasCamel, I had to take my tank apart several times over the years due to my many moves... it was a small 24 gallon Aquapod which I ended up giving away on Craigslist in anticipation of getting my dad's 120 gallon (with fish I bought for him over the years). Now I live in a house which I plan to be my final move! Setting up the tank was difficult but fun. Still, I'm not sure if it was fun enough that I'll ever drain that tank!! Knock on wood I've never had to drain the tank due to overly feisty critters or any kind of contamination.


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