Fish you have/had kept but wouldnt keep again

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Grey poma angelfish
Black velvet angelfish
Yellowtail poma angelfish .......different names but same buttface

Ah i see, never kept any of them, but same buttface does sound appropriate lol

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Blue devil damsel. Got one when I first started reefing...never...ever...again.

What did he do, i guess he turned out to be a devil lol

 

[andyg1960]

Diamond goby. Throwing sand everywhere, covering corals.

 

[bigdrew]

Every damsel that I’ve ever owned. The only one I that I may try is the Starcki. I’ve never owned one, but from what I’ve read, that’s the most “tame” of the bunch. Every single other one has been hellish.

Firefish- they get relentlessly picked on by anything in the tank.

 

[Gone fishing]

Lunar wrasse

 

[Mjl714]

Queen triggerfish. Took a sting in the nose from a lionfish, and tore the lionfish up the next day.

Good thread.

 

[JaaxReef]

Yellow Candy Cane Hogfish.

Decided my Red Line Wrasse was a Target after a week and beat it pretty badly until I was able to trap it. Removed the Hogfish but the Wrasse couldn’t recover from the damage...

 

[HunterW]

I won't say I will never have one in my tank again, but I had A damsel that decided to basically live in a shell in my 55 and he was fine til EVERYTHING and anyone (hand/arm) came within 3 inches in diameter of his "shell house" and he'd ram you like a friggin fish bully. Until my other fish got bigger he was a butt...then something must have changed 'cause he left everything else pretty much alone except my appendages. Wouldn't give up his shell though..jerk fish.

 

[HunterW]

Never damsels again. I liken them to a yappy chihuahua that thinks it’s a beast.

They are annoying as.... The ONE I kept in my 55 almost made me commit "homicide by net".

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Every damsel that I’ve ever owned. The only one I that I may try is the Starcki. I’ve never owned one, but from what I’ve read, that’s the most “tame” of the bunch. Every single other one has been hellish.

Firefish- they get relentlessly picked on by anything in the tank.

Starckis are definitely more mellow than you typical humbug damsel, but i wouldnt say the tamest of the bunch, they are assertive but never do any damage, but i would recommend them still as they are so beautiful and no damage is ever done, if you want a really peaceful damsel the springers are from my experience the tamest


Theres mine

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Yellow Candy Cane Hogfish.

Decided my Red Line Wrasse was a Target after a week and beat it pretty badly until I was able to trap it. Removed the Hogfish but the Wrasse couldn’t recover from the damage...

Hogfish look so pretty put im put off from all these horror stories of them, did you get rid of the hogfish

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

I won't say I will never have one in my tank again, but I had A damsel that decided to basically live in a shell in my 55 and he was fine til EVERYTHING and anyone (hand/arm) came within 3 inches in diameter of his "shell house" and he'd ram you like a friggin fish bully. Until my other fish got bigger he was a butt...then something must have changed 'cause he left everything else pretty much alone except my appendages. Wouldn't give up his shell though..jerk fish.

Sounds like a homewrecker damsel lol, good luck with your next damsel if yiu get one

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Lunar wrasse

Oh no, i can only imagine what has happened here

 

[sandra smith]

Was just wondering if anyone has any they'd like to share, as i have a trio of lyretails and while they aren't hell raisers they are just quite annoying as such in that they think they are the boss and would prefer a different species if i had to chose, but wouldnt give them up as i dont have a good enough reason to and have grown quite attached to them especially the male lol

 

[KMNewer]

I know they aren't fish but... Hermit crabs. Little ;Muted kill my snails even after I put empty shells in the tank for them.

 

[KMNewer]

Good call I was going to buy a Red Headed Salon Wrasse. Thanks for the close call

Depends on the individual fish, imo. Mine's more interested in food but he did chase my mystery wrasse for only a day after introducing him to the tank but otherwise, he's great. He's the boss of the tank and somehow I've managed to put together a great group of "aggressive" fish. (Naoko Fairy, Solon Fairy, Candy Hogfish, 5-Bar Mystery, Orchid Dottyback, Blue-Eyed Tang, Clown)

 

[MPS]

Snowflake eel. Was great at keeping detritus clear from under the rocks. That means there was always a sand storm and the rock work was constantly being destabilized. It also required special feeding compared to the rest of the fishes.
I’d put one in a Fowler/ predictor tank though.

 

[sandra smith]

Clarkii clowns! They are a&$holes!!!

 

[Jesterrace]

Every damsel that I’ve ever owned. The only one I that I may try is the Starcki. I’ve never owned one, but from what I’ve read, that’s the most “tame” of the bunch. Every single other one has been hellish.

Firefish- they get relentlessly picked on by anything in the tank.

Agreed on both, but especially on the Firefish. I swear my Purple Firefish had one of those "Kick Me" signs on it's tailfins. It was the number 1 bully magnet I have ever owned.

 

[Jesterrace]

Queen triggerfish. Took a sting in the nose from a lionfish, and tore the lionfish up the next day.

Good thread.

Now that is one mean fish. I think even Jaws wouldn't have attempted that.