What fish will you never have in your tank?

[Joeype]

Six line wrasse. Little devils for real. Never ever ever again

I have always had 6 lines and have 1 in my 180, never had a problem. What did you experience if you don't mine me asking?

 

[Solo McReefer]

A tuna

 

[Paul B]

I also have a couple of 6 Lines. I think they are spawning but I never found them a problem and have been keeping them for decades.

 

[Slocke]

I have always had 6 lines and have 1 in my 180, never had a problem. What did you experience if you don't mine me asking?

Sixlines can be very territorial especially towards other wrasse. In the wild they claim prime reef real-estate and protect it violently. Sometimes they do the same in reef tanks. Sometimes they don’t.

 

[jayala12]

I have always had 6 lines and have 1 in my 180, never had a problem. What did you experience if you don't mine me asking?

Bullied both my clowns to death. Scared my helfrichi firefish and made him carpet surf lol. I just had a bad one I guess. He was also the last fish I introduced to the system.

 

[PharmrJohn]

Never again

Agreed. But the juveniles look SO good!

 

[Naekuh]

I am not a tang lover except maybe Hippo's. I find the rest of them boring.

And this fish. Looks a bit thin.

i think you need vetteguy in here to help you diagnose this guy...
Maybe he might be in transition to become a bone fish?

 

[Paul B]

LOL, Bone fish. Very good.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Normally, we talked about the fish we would love to have in our tanks, but what about the ones we don't want? I am wondering what is the one fish you will never have in your tank, and why. Photo Credit: ssunthar

Here is my list that was developed from strictly a hardiness/poor survivorship point of view:

https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/marine-fish-and-invertebrates-to-avoid.939/

There are lots of other fish that are hardy, but that I won't acquire because they have some attribute that I don't want in my tank; velvet damsels, engineer gobies, fish that grow too large. etc.

 

[Js.Aqua.Project]

Any sand sifting goby...you can never have a sand dwelling coral again...

Bonus: batfish, why people get these when they're a "cute" baby but grow into these ugly monstrosities I'll never understand...

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Any sand sifting goby...you can never have a sand dwelling coral again...

Bonus: batfish, why people get these when they're a "cute" baby but grow into these ugly monstrosities I'll never understand...

No kidding about the coral part; my goby is always kicking up sand near some of my frags, haha