Name a reef safe fish you would not want to own

[al0ha]

A tang. Any tang, for that matter. I saw them in the wild, will see more this year and I understand now they don't belong to anything but the largest aquariums. I have the one of the smallest surgeonfishes- Kole tang, in my 100g and if I could rethink my decision, I would never have brought it home. They really need a lot of space and they are such an important fish on the reef. It's doing great in my tank, but I still feel sorry I can't give him more space to explore.Well, lesson learned.

i would have to agree!

 

[duke62]

Yeah i suspect damsels would be the number 1 fish no one wants.

 

[mbg75]

Blue damsel!!! This little SOB beats all my fish. I have been using a fish trap and I caught every other fish but him!

#18 fly hook. I know u got the skills to hook him.

 

[Silkyslim]

Long nose hawkish not really reef safe.

Clown goby #]%+>~] up my sps frags perching on them. Had to take the tank apart to catch him.

 

[LongIslandAndy]

Engineer gobies

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

+1 Pure wrasse murderer. Killed all my wrasses with the exception of the possum. Total of 17 wrasses.............

Crazy part about it is that I had a nice calm one and it died on me and now this other one I had was super aggressive , lucky for me he jumped out and died lol

 

[bhazard451]

Sixline Wrasse by far.

He was cool for about two years, and then started killing anything and everything, from new additions to established tankmates.

I will never own them or damsels ever again.

 

[kres1024]

Cleaner wrasses ,majority of them don't do we'll in captivity..

 

[ClownAquatics]

Melnarus wrasse, also a hermit killer, watched him pick up a HUGE hermit and smash it repeatedly against the rocks!

 

[CHEMCHEF]

Gold stripe maroon clown. This fish beat the crap out of everything I put in the tank. Used to bite me if I put my hand too close to it.

 

[duke62]

After seeing the tomato clown at LIRA i have to say tomato clown. Nasty SOB LOL

 

[reefer4eva]

I'd have to say an 8line wrasse ...beautiful fish but super aggressive.and he was one of the last fish in the tank

 

[tomtoothdoc]

6 line wrasse(aggressive), green coris wrasse(aggressive), melanopus clown(aggressive), any sand sifting gobies(buries everything), hawaiian cleaner wrasse(died within 3 weeks), catalina goby(less than a year), blue spotted jawfish(a year or two tops)....these are the fish i personally had at one time or another and would not get another.
hit and miss on copper banded butterfly(1 for 4+ yrs, 2 for less than 6 months) and moorish idol(1 for 3-4 yrs, 2 for less than 2 months) would not get another unless been in captivity more than 6 months.

 

[FishManMoe]

Any goby, damsel, or chromis. And smoq while I understand the resoning behind your objections to keeping a tang I must disagree with the premise that you shouldn't own one. Don't feel bad for keeping a pet tang because it loses it spacious swimming room that is the ocean. Because in reality we do this to all our fish in our hobby. As long as you give it the best minimum tank size you can afford and it is adequite you should feel good about your purchase because you are saving it from the harshes of the food chain and inexperianced aquariasts.

 

[SanmanReefer]

I have to say Purple Dottyback. Probably the worst fish I ever had, super aggressive and chased every other fish around. F-ing bully!!!!

 

[vio]

Tank Bred Neon Dottyback, Never,Never,Never get this fish. He eats and destroys all my snails and hermit crabs.

 

[strgazr27]

#18 fly hook. I know u got the skills to hook him.

Post that video! Show 'me how it's done!

 

[Frank@Wall]

ill never get a green coris wrasse ever again

Whats the reason? I wanted to get one.

 

[fishman1069]

Bicolor psudeochromis. I had one in a 75 and it's was a mean lil f***er! Never again

 

[faul425]

Skunkback psudeochromis. Still trying to get this fish out. So much hate in such a little fish.