If you were to ban one fish from the hobby what would it be?

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

Blue Tang because I'm tired of seeing dead ones. I feel like every LFS might as well have a tank dedicated to the new blue tangs they just got in as they'll all be dead or dying.

Also Copperbands as they seem to be the fish that people most starve but then decide to have another go with anyway.

Very similar in my experience with sharks.

 

[Tamberav]

Just wait for him to age and you to try add another fish in… Im sure you’ll end up pulling the trigger haha

No he is an adult. Was wild one. Added many fish after him.

That is only reason he is still around.

I went to LFS and bought him for 60 dollars the day they announced hawaii closed. I should have bought them all for the monies haha

That is also when I tried two different Koles and gave up on them. Jerks they were.

Oddly enough my leopard wrasse is a huge jerk to new fish.

 

[ebushrow]

Moorish idols

 

[Jay Hemdal]

What does grade B mean, and how would one go about identifying them on the wholesale list?

Grade B is just a catch-all phrase for junk fish sold be some exporters, the fish the larger exporters pass on. Cheap, small thin fish from the Philippines and Jakarta. You can’t always tell though. Here is a write up I did of sourcing fish:

Sourcing Marine Fishes and Invertebrates

Sourcing Marine Fishes and Invertebrates Experienced aquarists are aware that fishes from different regions of the world can have different levels of sustainability when acquired for their aquariums. The reasons for these differences may include...

www.reef2reef.com

Jay

 

[Rick's Reviews]

I would ban the fish 'new fish' 'green horn' you tube. Instagram, tik tok users.

These guys do not care about fish or invertebrates, they just add and add videos to help Thier income.

I would ban these fish

 

[lion king]

Predatory fish as in lions, scorps, anglers, eels, and the like. Many require live foods to thrive and suffer a very high mortality rate. Dwarf, medium bodied lions, scorps, and anglers many times die before they even leave the lfs. Eels have a whooping 2 year lifespan in captivity as bragged about by Reefs while they live 20-30 years in the wild. Most hobbyist refuse to learn about their special care, and even when educated, refuse to put in the effort.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Predatory fish as in lions, scorps, anglers, eels, and the like. Many require live foods to thrive and suffer a very high mortality rate. Dwarf, medium bodied lions, scorps, and anglers many times die before they even leave the lfs. Eels have a whooping 2 year lifespan in captivity as bragged about by Reefs while they live 20-30 years in the wild. Most hobbyist refuse to learn about their special care, and even when educated, refuse to put in the effort.

Agreed - I don’t recall ever keeping an angler longer than 2 1/2 years. My lionfish always get fatty liver disease and keeping them longer than 3 years is tough. Eels aren’t as much of an issue for me - 5+ years is my norm. I’ve had green morays in public aquariums for 10+ years.
Jay

 

[Chessmanmark]

Octopus that only live a year and are highly intelligent.

 

[Slocke]

Octopus that only live a year and are highly intelligent.

If they're so smart why don't they figure out how to live a bit longer. JK

I do wonder what would happen if cephalopods did live as long as us and it's almost scary. They have the brain power what they lack is the gaining of knowledge and the ability to pass it down. Age would solve the first and potentially the next. They also have the dexterity to use and learn complex tools.... Sorry I let my mind wander again.

 

[KrisReef]

Not one particular fish, just all those ones that costs as much as a down payment on a cottage and get snapped up by the wealthy exotic collectors and then drown me in envy when I see their finny pictures and engorged price tag with the smug smiles of their new owners plastered up where they look down from on high to let us know we're not worthy. Envy is the source of all bad fish that need to be extirpated.

 

[WheatToast]

...are kind of boring, etc...

Boring? I love how aggressively my Chromis feed (one Chromis viridis "Queen Uronema" and one Chromis cyanea "Francois"). They love greeting me in the morning !

So if you could magically get rid of one fish from the hobby what would it be?
it could be for fragility, temperament, pickiness, even if you frankly are sick of this fish.

Betta splendens and goldfish. It also pains me to think what golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) and nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) have gone through after outgrowing their tanks.

 

[AydenLincoln]

Not a fish but octopus. I don’t think they should be kept in captivity in a small glass box considering how intelligent they are.

 

[Tyler Flynn]

Any Yellow Tang. They have no personality, they’re aggressive, they’re a plain yellow fish, they’re v e r y overrated. Change my mind.

Like come on, couldn’t you have a different yellow fish? It’s like every man and their dog has a yellow tang and when you ask “can you think of a yellow fish” nobody mentions other fish outside of yellow tangs.

Lemon peel, gold flake, and flag fin angels are much nicer looking yellow fish in my mind

 

[Miami Reef]

I would ban most angel fish. It’s not fair that a fish can look that beautiful but can’t go in my reef tank.

Not fair.

 

[ultraArcite]

All grade B SE Asian fish - tiny and half starved: mandarins, green chromis, Gobiodon, cleaner wrasse, tiny Pygmy angels, etc. Most are caught with cyanide…..

Jay

luckily most of those fish are available through Biota

 

[LIreefguy]

None this isn’t Russia.

 

[ultraArcite]

None this isn’t Russia.

I wonder if Russia has an issue with invasive Lionfish in its reefs...

 

[jasonrusso]

Moorish Idol and diamond goby.

 

[violetjones]

Wild caught mandarins - it is so sad seeing them starve at LFS…i have a captive bred and have dumped $300 of different pod species to seed my tank to make sure the tank has a wide range of pods. She is a fat round fish with chubby cheeks from all the food which makes me so happy but so sad when I see other mandarins starving everywhere because people don’t have the knowledge or resources to make them healthy

 

[James63]

So if you could magically get rid of one fish from the hobby what would it be?
it could be for fragility, temperament, pickiness, even if you frankly are sick of this fish.
Mine would be Chromis, they have so much against them, they are prone to an INCURABLE disease, whittle themselves to a school to one individual, marketed to beginners, many have been caught with cyanide, are kind of boring, etc...

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