wat r the difficult fish to keep in captivity?

[that was niceeeee]

reef safe or not reef safe also list down..thanks..

1.moorish idol

2.cleaner wrasse?

3.clwon tang

still got wat ar?list it down..thanks

[AlfaRomeo]

For me personally, AT!

[weileong]

whitecheek.

[that was niceeeee]

is cleaner wrasse also one of them?

[timzhiquan]

clown tang?

[that was niceeeee]

yeah clown tang..if u r lucky it wil survive n start eating...bad luck le die die will not eat

[DeepBlue]

purple queen anthias...challenge is to keep them over a year....

the frequent need to feed is tough for busy busy Singaporeans

[tineng]

whitecheek.

darn......no wonder mine died....

[that was niceeeee]

haha..deepblue ever heard anybody kept it more than a year?

[roidan]

purple queens not easy..

i feed hell lot to them and end up my tangs get bigger faster and chickened out at about 5 months mark or so, those can net out i net out...those cannot net out i let them starve by reducing feeding frequency and amount

now my AT is in the 5th month....hope it can get pass a year

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roidan with your this big tnak surely can get pass more than 1 year my MI now 3 weeks plus liao going 1 mth

[Dispar_Anthias]

is cleaner wrasse also one of them?

yes definately........ and guys/ reefers pla dun buy them..... let play a small part to help the eco- system....

Hmm i will list down a few-

1)at- sensitive, prone to ich and difficult to feed

2)moorish idol- VERY difficult to feed, prone to parasite

3)regal angel- Hard to feed

4)purple queen anthias- need regular feeding and hard to get it start to feed

5)white cheek surgeon aka powder black tang-Prone to ich... many died after few months in tank

6)clown surgeon- prone to marine fungus, and extremely aggressive

7)Powder blue- i guess many people will say they are quite ok what but actually the are extremely poor in acclimatizing... If They can get stable in the tank dens hould be ok

8)catalina goby- need cold water

9)cleaner wrasse- poor feeder and dun do well in captivity

oh ya quite a few anthias are difficult to keep due to thier diet for example, sunburst, pavirostris, square spot, ventralis, princess

And many of the wrasses can be hard to keep when newly introduced cos they get shock easily, poor acclimatizer and poor shipper

[lightningstrike]

personally, i feel sunburst anthias is difficult 2.

[that was niceeeee]

ok...but my cleaner wrasse half a year liao..still havent die

[patrick123]

My cleaner wrasse is the most greedy one. It is usually the first one to come for the food, and it even eats vege...

I find some of the goby/dartfish are quite difficult. After put inside the tank and you never see them again. May be is because of my dottyback which is quite agressive.

[optimus prime]

mandarins.......

[Eric]

mandarins.......

For me the difficult fishes are the dartfishes, always MIA.

Eric

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dartfish never try..but cannot put in a big tnak if its shy r else gone

[Chris]

Has to be Purple Queen. Unless you strip down the tank to just rocks and huge skimmer, their frequent eating habits will not allow you to keep water in good condition. I ever because of 2 PQ, many corals up lorry.

Those jumping type also difficult...cos don't know when they will commit sucide.

[tineng]

For me the difficult fishes are the dartfishes, always MIA.

Eric

funny.....always tot that dartfish are easy.....only have to make sure no other fishes are pestering it...

[that was niceeeee]

yeah..wan to keep whitecheek tang but if got clown tang o fierce think still can keep?

[A320]

tried 9 dartfish...........all unable to get past a week.

[Terryz_]

I would say is Leopard Wrasse... Tried Twice gone in less than a week... Never tried them again...

[neokn]

tried 9 dartfish...........all unable to get past a week.

You are lucky. My dottyback and doctor warsse can't even last for 3 days and they go AWOL.

Saw on the web that bristle star will actually attack smaller fish and I have one of those in my tank. Being trying very hard to locate the fella but I can't seens to find it near the place I last saw it.

[tineng]

yeah..wan to keep whitecheek tang but if got clown tang o fierce think still can keep?

i will definately try whitecheek again....unfortunetly don't see any of them around now.....