Fish you have/had kept but wouldnt keep again

[Bob Escher]

Six Line and yellow tail damsel, just bully’s

 

[Paul B]

I once bought a cute little remora about an inch long. In a few months it grew to 2' long and I gave it to the New York Aquarium in Brooklyn where he terrorized their sharks.

 

[bckey]

Sleeper Gold Head Goby - He would get a mouthfull of sand and take it up high and sift it over the corals and rock work
Black Combtooth Blenny (Tribal Blenny) - Coral nipper

 

[WiscoFishNut]

Purple dottyback. Biggest jerk ever. I’m off all dottybacks because of that one.

Same! Purple Dottyback AKA Satan fish..

 

[femalereefer523]

Foxface... got a taste for zoas and was a ***** to try and catch

 

[Greneis]

Blue-spotted jawfish for me! Absolutely beautiful fish but even with a covered tank I could not keep it in the tank. I rescued that fish more times than I can count!

He is one of the reasons I set up my tank again. I had one for a few years and loved him to death. When we relocated across the state, I sold my tank. I put up another one about a year and a half ago and finally added my blue spot about a month ago.

 

[motortrendz]

He is one of the reasons I set up my tank again. I had one for a few years and loved him to death. When we relocated across the state, I sold my tank. I put up another one about a year and a half ago and finally added my blue spot about a month ago.

The prices on them seemed to really have shot up. I remember them being about 75$ I see them on LA for 300 now. Crazy. Beautiful fish. But for a guaranteed jumper that's alot of money to have carpet surfed. Lol

 

[Greneis]

Neon Dottyback should be renamed Satan's Spawn Dottyback

I had one that, inside of a week, killed five fish, my shrimp, a few hermits and I finally was able to net him as he was headbutting a huge turbo snail.

 

[Greneis]

Giggle. Dottybacks, strawberry, diadema, royal.
Beautiful mean fish.

Why not a diadema??

 

[Greneis]

The prices on them seemed to really have shot up. I remember them being about 75$ I see them on LA for 300 now. Crazy. Beautiful fish. But for a guaranteed jumper that's alot of money to have carpet surfed. Lol

We picked him up for $169. I think our first one was only like $70, but that was like 10 years ago. We recently went to Florida and brought back a ton of little shells for him to build his fort with. He is so much fun!

 

[motortrendz]

We picked him up for $169. I think our first one was only like $70, but that was like 10 years ago. We recently went to Florida and brought back a ton of little shells for him to build his fort with. He is so much fun!

Haha I guess I'm dating myself. (I'm only 38, but I've been in the hobby since the 90s) last time I had one I guess was close to 8-9 years ago. Awesome fish, but I could never see myself paying LA prices Haha. 169 I might take a shot again.... maybe.

 

[Terri Caton]

Some of these descriptions are so funny!

I can’t say I’ve had any that I’d never ever get again.

One that will surprise everyone is my Moorish Idol. Eats like a pig. 2 year old. However...he does pick at coral. Especially coral that is struggling. He thinks it’s his mission in life to finish them off.

Never had a problem with my flame angel. The Purple Tang can be a bully. The yellow tang was super aggressive to my Copperband Butterfly on day one. I told it he’d better behave because he will find himself up for adoption! He behaved after that

My Mystery Wrasse is a sweety but I’m not going to tempt fate by getting another wrasse.

I love my Anthias!!! Would never have a tank without them.

Also, love my Powder Brown Tang. Just swims around doing fish tank acrobatics all day.

 

[html]

Blue-spotted jawfish for me! Absolutely beautiful fish but even with a covered tank I could not keep it in the tank. I rescued that fish more times than I can count!

One of my friend had his tank completely covered and only 1 spot with electric cable was the place where his jawfish jump off and died

 

[knightnsd]

Neon Dottyback, absolutely beautiful but has the temperament of a Tasmanian devil.

 

[Streetlamp]

I'm only a few months in, but my Royal Gramma is a jerk. He's chasing me tail spot on will have a go at my clownfish. I prob just got a bad one but I'm not sure if I'll replace him if I get rid of him.

 

[Haydn]

Any surgeon fish or tang.
Yes I know they are pretty and active but almost every issue I have ever had with my tanks has been tang related. I had a PBT which grew into a 7" monster, it was so aggressive my family called it Psycho. It hunted down and killed 10 Green Chromis, it killed a 6" Queen Angel, it was killed when it picked on and tried to murder a 12" foxface.
Then there was my Purple Tang which came out in spots if I looked at it harshly.

Then there was my little Chevron which grew into a 10" crap machine, I couldn't keep nitrate and phosphate under control.

There was my group of 5 yellow tangs which happily lived together for 3 years one day decided to turn on one fish and kill it, I went from 5 to 1 in 3 months. It was horrible to watch.

Oh almost forgot- a Sohol which would attack my hand if I put it in the tank, I still have a scar on my wrist where it slashed me when I was cleaning the glass.

No more tangs for me.

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Any surgeon fish or tang.
Yes I know they are pretty and active but almost every issue I have ever had with my tanks has been tang related. I had a PBT which grew into a 7" monster, it was so aggressive my family called it Psycho. It hunted down and killed 10 Green Chromis, it killed a 6" Queen Angel, it was killed when it picked on and tried to murder a 12" foxface.
Then there was my Purple Tang which came out in spots if I looked at it harshly.

Then there was my little Chevron which grew into a 10" crap machine, I couldn't keep nitrate and phosphate under control.

There was my group of 5 yellow tangs which happily lived together for 3 years one day decided to turn on one fish and kill it, I went from 5 to 1 in 3 months. It was horrible to watch.

Oh almost forgot- a Sohol which would attack my hand if I put it in the tank, I still have a scar on my wrist where it slashed me when I was cleaning the glass.

No more tangs for me.

So the foxface killed the tang?
I didnt realise this thread had somewhat recent messages sorry

 

[Haydn]

So the foxface killed the tang?
I didnt realise this thread had somewhat recent messages sorry

Yes Foxfaces have venomous dorsal spines and in the fight the tang got slashed and died.

 

[bckey]

Melanarus wrasse. Mine gets into everything. Terrible. I even cut the top off a plastic bottle to make a cover to feed my trachy. He even gets inside there through the small opening on that and he is about 5 inches. He is an active fish for sure. Just gets into trouble all the time. He is one fish I wouldn’t lose any sleep over if he took that leap.

 

[Brit’s Fish]

Definitely a Pixy Hawkfish. The one I have right now has already killed one wrasse and took a huge chunk out of another. I can’t catch him without breaking down my tank. I didn’t think they were supposed to be this aggressive. Too bad because I like him otherwise.