What will you NEVER add to your tank again?

[SeahorseKeeper]

I would never add a dwarf angel or starry blenny to my reef tank. My corals have never looked better since I removed them.

 

[jeffblly]

Mushrooms.
They pop up everywhere.

 

[ChoxRox]

Crabs. GAH

 

[Karl]

V tail grouper, beautiful fish, grew fast, ate lots of tank mates before I got him out.

 

[glamisracers]

damsels green carpet nem ate 300 $ worth of fish the carpet was over 3 ft when fully open large crabs

 

[poomba]

Any frag that hasnt been SCRUBBED clean with hydrogen peroxide. Freakin bubble algae.

 

[lakeviewink]

Emerald Crabs, Damsels, Tomato/cinnamon Clown, Fire Clown, Magenta clown, LTA, GSP, corallimorphs, caulerpa,brown xenia, brown kenya trees, brown/green Palys, brown/green anything else

 

[NaClWater72756]

Why no clownfish (for those who said them). They are animated and fun to watch.

LBP

 

[Reef Fever]

eblii angel....acro eating bast*rd

 

[Rydogg420]

Hermit crabs, pseudochromis, yellow watchman goby, and anathellia are the main ones I wish I never added.

This^ I hate my watchman goby and pseudochromis soo much and I cant get them out of my tank.. I also have a orange shoulder tang that keeps nipping my acans.. It killed a 6in ball of nice red/white acans I have had for the last few years. Now its nipping at my other acans I have hidden in the back of my tank.. I wish I could catch fish some easy way.. I have even kidded about incerting a small explosive in the fish before I put it in my tank. That way I could just hit a button and blow the fish up.. easy peasy... lol..

 

[Orly20]

six line jerk, i mean wrasse, killed 140$ worth of ora fish in 2 days... and a 10$ clown goby that proceeded to eat all the polyps on my most expensive acros eventually leading to their demise.

Wow! A six line did all that damage? I just got mine a week ago and has not bothered any of my corals. He taken care of a clear colored flatworm population that was on the brink of taking over

 

[Kajung2k]

Maroon clownfish. Too mean!

 

[AZDesertRat]

Sand sifting starfish. Worst thing I ever did. Completely wiped out my critters in my 5-6" 330lb Southdown DSB in 3 months. Took 3 years to get it back close to where it was previously and its still not as diverse.

 

[Reef Rover]

I'm still really new to this but the wife wanted to get a fish in the tank for something to look at instead of just CUC, dusters and rock. Went to the LFS and bought a really little firefish since it was first on the list. LFS said to feed it frozen brine shrimp. Poor little guy couldn't eat the stuff and it just sat and rotted in the tank. By the time we figured it out we lost the firefish, both dusters and half the CUC when the Nitrates hit 40ppm +. Learned allot from that one. First dont ever listen to the LFS about what to feed anything and also dont let the family tell you to feed a little more, the poor fish looks hungry and small. Got the tank fixed back up and so far my 3 Green chromis are doing well. Had to buy 6 which ended up as three. Another LFS screw up for the three others that didn't make it. I am worried about them now from reading the posts here though. Those darned LFS's can be brutal. Not really anything I wouldn't add again but for sure a lesson learned. Give me some more time I am sure I will have something else to add to the list. lol

 

[Rikerbear]

DAMSEL!!! I hate my damsel it has been attacking all of my fish! I managed to remove one, but the other one is giving me a run for my money.

+1000
No more Damsels EVER LOL

 

[64Ivy]

Add me to the 'No More Pseudochromis, or Rhodactis/Actinodiscus Mushrooms EVER AGAIN' list please. And while I like them in a large FO, I doubt if I'd ever add any Triggerfish to a reeftank again either.

 

[capysolo]

Sand sifting starfish. Worst thing I ever did. Completely wiped out my critters in my 5-6" 330lb Southdown DSB in 3 months. Took 3 years to get it back close to where it was previously and its still not as diverse.

+1 to that! If you want a live sand bed, these should not be in your CUC...

 

[scooterc268]

Sand sifting goby. Would get a mouth full of sand, go to a high place, and scatter sand all over the corals.

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[NanaReefer]

These! Ugghh

A local reefer did me a favor by giving these to me as one of my first corals.... I greatly dislike it now

I once had damsels and I try to talk people out of them now.

UGH!! Green Implosion Paly OH MY!! Worst Paly ever!!

 

[NanaReefer]

Why no clowns? I thought everyone has clowns.

Fish are from heaven Clown fish are from hell!! Lol I'll put my hands in a tank of Piranha before I'd put them in a tank with clowns