Most disappointing Livestock Purchase?

[AHHope]

Originally Posted by kien

It sounds like a common theme is, "when I first got into the hobby.. " hehe, and on that thread.. yes, when I first got into this hobby, I thought them peacock mantis shrimp were the coolest things ever! Just had to have one. Didn't bother to ask questions about it, and for some reason the LFS store never bothered to tell me anything about them. Got him home and threw him in my "reef" tank at the time. Well, I'm sure you can imagine how the rest of this story goes. Let's just say it wasn't pretty..

well for a mantis lover like me that would have been an amazing show!

[fishoholic]

For me the most disappointing would be the new fish we bought (a few months ago) that died shortly after we bought it and to make matters worse that fish ended up killing 3/4 of the rest of my fish.

[Atomikk]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

For me the most disapointing would be the new fish we bought (a few months ago) that died shortly after we bought it and that fish ended up killing 3/4 of the rest of my fish.

Thats the velvet incident right?

[JDigital]

My Singapore Angel was one of my most disappointing purchases. they are such a timid fish, that they do not acclimate well IMO, they scare easy (easier than Foxfaces), and from what I have seen very prone to Ich... I never did get to enjoy mine because he was hiding all the time.. which meant he wasn't eating, which made the ich got worse, and then dead.

[RuGlu6]

Buying a live rock infested with eggs of these worms.
they eat everything and anything ! corals, fish, and polyps too.
Very nasty.
Lesson learned:
Live rock Never again!

Next tank will be started with DRY Eco rock only !
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[fishytime]

I have two....both powder blue tangs.....Ive tried twice and both times they only lasted a few weeks.....still dont know why, to this day...

[burgerchow]

about 14 years ago, put 4 camel shrimp into my 90 gallon lps dominated reef. Damn shrimps ate everything. Took me months to catch them. We didn't know any better at that time, as there wasn't much info on them.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

For me the most disappointing would be the new fish we bought (a few months ago) that died shortly after we bought it and to make matters worse that fish ended up killing 3/4 of the rest of my fish.

Originally Posted by Atomikk

Thats the velvet incident right?

Yep. But generally speaking it sucks whenever you buy something new (fish or coral) and it dies right away.

[belzebuth]

Powder blue tang....Died yesterday. Lasted about 2 months

[Atomikk]

Originally Posted by belzebuth

Powder blue tang....Died yesterday. Lasted about 2 months

Probably was cyanide caught. Was he eating well but just looked skinny?