Things You Wish You Never Bought

[Pier Pressure]

I thought I would start a post about this.

I bought a bright pink tube worm (I think it must be a tube anemone) from a LFS where I was told that it should do just fine in my tank. It is about the size of a coco worm, but has long, neon pink skinny tentacles coming out of the top of it. It sure is pretty.

It does just fine, all right - just fine at killing everything it comes into contact with. I have lost many coral frags to this bad boy and it moves around the tank on its own so it is hard to keep control of. We affectionately refer to him as the "Whip of Death".

I decided not to try to sell him because after all why would I want to pass him on to another person who is even less knowledgeable than myself in the saltwater hobby?

He has stayed in the same place now for a few months and is not touching any of the corals so hopefully that trend continues.

Now I know I am not the only one who has made one of these impulse buys. What stories do you have about things you wish you never would have introduced to your aquarium?