The Most Risky of Fish

[Alex T.]

Like the title says....list the most crazy and risky fish you've placed in your SPS tank.

Over the years I had a Passer Angel that was an excellent reef citizen with no nipping on SPS and Clam Mantles whatsoever. I traded him away from "advice" of others that he would change on me. I wish I never did.

Currently, I have an Emperor Angelfish, Coral Beauty, Flame Angel and Singapore Angel in my SPS/Clam tank. No nippers. I feed HEAVILY, skim heavily, do large water changes and keep the flow very high with 4 Vortech MP 40's on Reef Crest Mode.

Let's hear some other experiences on the fish you're not supposed to have.

 

[mule31]

I have a potters angle, coral hog fish, and a volt lionfish in my SPS tank right now. All seem to be model citizens.

 

[MammothReefer]

I had a pair of Oxymonacanthus longirostris . I would rotate out cheap brown large porcillora for them. (move the porcillpora between the display/frag tank)

However the fish that did the most damage to my SPS was a Regal angel. No idea why it ate SPS I assumed it would go after LPS..but one day it started eating them.. and didn't stop.

 

[Brian Chong]

I had a coral beauty i fed very often. very active and nice fish. It left my sps alone but it nipped on my fleshy corals especially a brain coral so it had to go.

 

[Nanook]

Black blenny that ate the flesh off of my acros.

 

[denash24]

I have a pair of Multibar Angels and a Goldflake Angel but they only go after my acans, I wish they would eat zoa's.:fish1::fish1::fish1:

 

[SDguy]

I'm currently trying a saddleback butterfly. Hoping for the best but expecting the worst The yellow longnose butterfly, while uncommon in reefs, isn't a known SPS muncher, so I don't classify it as risky.

 

[bobbyboussy]

a little yellow clown gobie...... the jerk ate some of my milli's but he ended up in my sump some how and my lawn mower blenny ate him