What Fish Do YOU Regret Adding (poll)

[enjetek]

11th rule of reefing (which is why you don't hear about it much) is to never buy any animal for your tank that has the word 'titan' in its name :lol:

What about queen and clown triggers? [emoji16] they sound friendlier haha

 

[Joke]

Tossing up between a tang or a damsel. My parents surprised me on my birthday with a medium Achilles tang best looking one i have seen around. Still doing great a year later but the biggest problem is he eats my sps. I have never seen this before on other Achilles.
The damsel one was a beginner mistake when i got my fist marine tank many many years ago when i thought was a good idea to cycle my tank with a damsel.

 

[reeferstace]

Wow, I'm surprised to see so many votes for wrasses Maybe because they're so frequently owned? Never had a problem with any of mine.

Likely due to the six-lines.

 

[pktech]

For me an unquarantined porc puffer about 2.5" - birthday impulse purchase & within 2 weeks wiped out my tank w/ ich.

 

[ThRoewer]

Halichoeres dispilus, chameleon wrasse. Although color variable, and there are interesting ones, mine is too drab and slightly aggressive. He also won't go anywhere near a fish trap.

Try adding a mirror to the end of the trap. I caught the most cautious fish this way. This works especially well for aggressive fish or bullies - they forget all caution and try to attack their mirror image.

 

[Alexraptor]

In my stupid youth I stupidly introduced a Juvenile Snowflake moray, with the misguided thought it would be fine with my lovely tiger pistol shrimp.... Need I say more?

 

[kegogut]

I recently purchased 6 dispar anthias. Once they got into the DT within 30 mins my HT wrasse was eating one. 30 mins later my niger had one in his mouth although he didnt eat it,he just murdered it.

I regret putting the anthias in the tank to get killed,especially at 30 bucks per. I almost cleaned house and got rid of them since the Anthias are the wives favorite but she decided she liked the fish we have. (even though she says she hates the HT because he's the one she saw eating the first anthias.

 

[BrianD]

Halichoeres ornatissimus.

Killed several fish before beaching itself on the floor. It was the only time I was ever relieved to see a fish jump out of the tank (not that it was the fish's fault).

I had the same species before and had no issues. This one was a holy terror.

 

[SoloChromis]

Halichoeres ornatissimus.

Killed several fish before beaching itself on the floor. It was the only time I was ever relieved to see a fish jump out of the tank (not that it was the fish's fault).

I had the same species before and had no issues. This one was a holy terror.

Those Halichoeres wrasses can be hit or miss, like I mentioned with my Hoeven's. I've gotten to the point where there's about 2 species I'd risk putting in my own community tanks, and that would be the radiant and the Richmond's

 

[hogfanreefer]

Likely due to the six-lines.

No doubt. I hadn't thought of them as I never considered one in my tank. Maybe they should have their own column in the poll.

 

[ncaldwell]

Mine would be my clown gobies. I love them and still have them but they love to perch on my corals so much that a couple never open up anymore

 

[Genera]

I've heard the starries in particular can be aggressive towards other herbivores. I worked with a guy that had one that would leave bite marks on the side of his fowleri tang (he'd be banished to the sump if I were in his situation :furious

I know right! My rabbitfish always had some circular bite marks that looked kind of like sperm whales with their giant squid tentacle marks.

 

[SoloChromis]

No doubt. I hadn't thought of them as I never considered one in my tank. Maybe they should have their own column in the poll.

I'm right there with you :beer: Luckily by the time I was in the process of setting up my first tank I had heard more than my share of horror stories of the boogie man sixline wrasse, so I've steered clear :dance: