Poll: Worst "Flipper" (aka coral disrupter)

[andrewkw]

I've got one turbo snail that's gotta be pushing 5 years maybe more. Don't get me wrong they are great if you have algae issues, especially stuff like the pink cotton candy or crazy amounts of hair algae but I no longer need them and I'm just waiting for the poor old snail to die. He's the last one and unless I have future algae issues I will stick with smaller snails. He can knock off glued frags without issue.

 

[Porpoise Hork]

My pincushion urchin - hands down. If it isn't glued down, he'll find it, put it on his back for a while, and somehow manage to drop if off behind all the rockwork where you can't reach. The speed at which he does this is directly proportional to the price you paid for the frag.

On the plus side, he eats a fair amount of algae.

LOL.. I had the exact same issue with a tuxedo urchin that I used to have. Now it's Flotsam and Jetsam, my pair of bulldozing turbo snails. Those two wreak havoc with the corals and rockwork. At least 2-3 days a week I am having to shift rocks back in place, re-glue coral frags after they have decided to work a particular area....

 

[jd371]

Turbos! I have 2 that are like bulls in a china shop. It's gotten better since I started gluing the frags down with glue and putty so they are harder to break free.

 

[Porpoise Hork]

Turbos! I have 2 that are like bulls in a china shop. It's gotten better since I started gluing the frags down with glue and putty so they are harder to break free.

Just give them time. Sooner or later they will decide they don't like having the corals glued in that one particular spot and will mow them down...

 

[ArowanaLover1902]

Heyyyyy another featured thread

 

[tastyfish]

Aw come on! Add an Urchin in there

Easily the worst offender of all time and the scourge of anything not nailed, glued and welded down

 

[ArowanaLover1902]

Tbh my Mithrax crab is quite large and I had to banish him because he kept knocking over my zoas

 

[Keith_0011]

+1 Pincushion urchin. If its not nailed down he will knock it over or take it with him.

 

[4FordFamily]

Red coris wrasse adults do work, and urchins especially!

 

[Rick Krejci]

Tuxedo Urchin for sure...decorates himself with everything he comes across.

 

[Labridaedicted]

My tuxedo urchin is hands down my wrecking ball. Next to him, my emeralds are actually big enough to move some rocks in a Herculean fashion.

 

[botheboss]

Starry blenny is by far worst in my tank. Flips stuff over just because he doesn’t like where I put it.

 

[erk]

My scissor tail damsels are terrible coral flippers. They are persistent and will dislodge anything they feel is encroaching on their space. Seriously annoying. Then there is my conch, but it doesn't really move the corals or cause them to fall. More like bumps them around.

 

[Vincent100]

The owner of the crab claw in my pic
It's a black mithrax and has got large
He's picked up one of my Scolys before just after feeding it and dragged it to the back of my tank ,also dragged a decent sized acro that I had placed on the sand bed
I'm still trying to catch him but he knows I'm after him and won't fall for a trap .......believe me I've tried many

 

[Servo]

Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin

 

[jenniferw]

my purple pincushion urchin hands down is the worst.

 

[FredsNJReef]

my conch is a nightmare lol. does a great job with the sand though.

 

[Bryancalderon]

My yellow kole eye tang. Knock off every frag and stress the coral out

 

[DLHDesign]

Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin,Urchin, Urchin

I'd like to add "Urchin" to this list.

 

[TvanB1]

For me its astrea snails and my foxface.
All of the corals on my frag rack are gone by the next morning. Part of the reason why I set up a frag tank.