why is there that one fish species that never lives?

[ddc0715]

I have never EVER been able to keep a butterfly alive. EVER. I got some old fish, some pushing 5 years. I mean what the heck?

anyone else have a species that you just can not keep alive?

 

[exnisstech]

Powder blue for me. I gave up. I've not had any success with powder browns either.
What type of butterfly have you tried? I have CBB but I have a method I use to get them fat and healthy and eating very well before adding them to a tank with other fish. IMO this is critical to thier success.

 

[Reefer Matt]

Six line wrasse. They usually last 6 months to a year for me. So I quit trying.

 

[Dburr1014]

I tried a few times ages ago to keep a pair of clowns, always one died.

I've had my pair 10 years now.

 

[malfist]

Anthias or fire fish for me. I've kept all the fish already mentioned here at one point or another for many years. I've got a pajama cardinal that's probably 13 years old and some clowns that are almost 10.

But for the life of me, I can't keep a school of anthias going or a firefish alive

 

[Tcook]

Chaoti wrasse and CBB. Chaoti feeds aggressively and does well for 6 months. Then a switch turns off, they wither away and die.

 

[Bob Weigant]

Chaoti wrasse and CBB. Chaoti feeds aggressively and does well for 6 months. Then a switch turns off, they wither away and die.

Exactly the same for me