Most PITA reef tank creatures

[wjm6449]

Wanted people’s opinion on their most pain in the butt things in reefing creature wise. I can’t tell you how much I love my sea urchin, but at the same time what a ****** canoe the dude is. I swear. Any time I place. AANYTHING new in my tank, he’s all over it within an hour. I received 6 new corals yesterday with coralline algae. I was so pumped to see my tank was seeded with it now. Didn’t glue my frags in, placed them in rock and in the sand bed. Threw them all over last night and a psammy he threw into my crisata torch coral then proceeded to eat 90% of the coralline algae on the frags.

I am planning on going for a 125 soon and wanted to know any other PITA people suggest avoiding

 

[Sharkbait19]

She has a desire to make everything around the nem cease living - so I’m gonna say a mean clown really shouldn’t be in a reef.

In all seriousness, there aren’t any creatures I would personally avoid, but instead would build the tank around them. Pistol shrimp + any sand sifter will make corals on the sandbed a nightmare - I’m constantly fishing out my favias but it’s worth it.

 

[doubleshot00]

Yeah my urchin is riding around now with a birds of paradise frag and zoas in him. Conchs can be bulldozers to. But I don’t mind the bad as they do so much good.

 

[o2manyfish]

AEFW and Monti Eating Nudis - In a mature tank these are a nightmare. The only treatment is to remove and dip repeatedly for weeks. Doing this with mature colonies grown into the aquascape is an impossible task.

Dave B