Inverts that will never be put in my tank again
 

Well just thinking i would start a thread where people could post inverts they have purchased either thinking or being told that they are reef safe. only to have said invert destroy they tank in its own fashion.




1) Bumble bee snail - Will eventually eat every snail in your tank with no discrimination due to size.

2 ) Arrow crab - may be responsable for the death of many shrimp and fish. after it grew to a decent size. not once did i see it eat a bristle worm. and never lost a tank mate til after he was added. when he died it was a group effort from nearly all who survived. quite the pay per view event and i only caught the tail end.

Well, it wasn't on purpose, but letting that "cute harmless looking little hitchhiker crab" that came on my rics live cost me 90% of a $140 ric rock!!

On the plus side, I think he is finally dead lol.

Camel Shrimp......were sold to me as peppermint's..........they munched holes right threw my toad stool. And my zoo's have never been the same since.

urchins, look cool but rase total terror on my tank, tipping every thing over

emerald crabs!

i have found that all shrimp, crabs, stars, urchins and snails are annoying in a reef. They steal food, knock things over, steal frags and frustrate me. I will never put critters like this in my tanks again.

Anybody have any "sexy dancing shrimp" plagues? (I haven't just wondering)

bumble bee snail is a must not - eats clams and soft corals

Tiger Cowre is also a no no, it eats hair algae when it's small but will start to eat corals when it gets larger, I know it ate my GSP for sure.

Emerald crab

totally agree. I hate them now, all they do is mess everything up and pull frags off of the rockwork that you just mounted. imo the jackass's of the hobby

I had a Cowrie eat my GSP as well.
Did not know about the bumble bee I better take out the one I got.:surprise:
Anyone want it?:twised: