Most disappointing Livestock Purchase?

[mike31154]

Copperband Butterfly. Not disappointment in the fish, it's such a beautiful critter, but disappointment in my stupidity for purchasing one prior to proper research. I know there are a good number of success stories with these, but if you look at the recent poll related to Copperbands, the statistics are a good indication that these guys are best left in the ocean. It was quite tough watching my specimen slowly starve to death.

[reef bound]

My most disappointing experience, 2 beautiful elegance corals. One had pink tones, the other greens. Absolutely stunning specimens. Both did great in QT tank, so we put them in the 180g after a week and a half. Two to three weeks later the green one started to deteriorate, and unfortunately whatever it was seemed to be contagious because about 2 weeks later the same happened to the pink one. Not sure why it happened, we had not had any issues with any other corals. They just slowly deteriorated. Very upsetting experience, not to mention a little pricey.

[Tom R]

My Mexican Look Down Fish $85.


I brought him home spent the afternoon acclimatizing him. Released him into the tank and my Queen Trigger came over and bit his eyes out.

He ended up being nothing more than an expensive dinner.

Oh ya everyone at the LFS told me that they should get along no problem.

Tom R

[freezetyle]

For me it would have to be a small clown goby and a small skunk cleanershrimp. I acclimatized both fish and dropped them in the clown goby found a spot to hide, saw him around a month or so later and haven't seen him since. The small cleaner shrimp was a little too small and my clowns and flame angel ate all of his legs before he even hit the ground

[tgoeujon]

definately my diamond goby, he was perfect in my 55 but when i moved him to my 110 he decided it was his job to bury my favia corals as well as my symphilia on a daily basis. still tryin to figure out a way of catching him

[Skimmin]

For me it has been two Naso tangs. I purchased two over the last two months. One lasted in QT for approx 2 days and the other about 3 weeks. The one of three weeks hurt. I was starting to feed by hand and making a new buddy and then... DEAD. I've given them a break for a while. Maybe try in another 6 months or so. The first one I believe was really sick from the get go, but the second one had me baffled.

[Pier Pressure]

Cleaner wrasse. He lasted less than 24 hours - when I found him all dried out on the carpet about five feet away from my COVERED tank!