Livestocks to avoid?

[drunkenpeanuts]

What the livestocks best that we avoid? like beautiful cuke? damsels?

[dravan]

well it depends on wat u wanna keep... damsels are agressive

boxfish release toxic when stress some ppl don't like triggers as they are a nusiance destroying the rockwork to look for food

[Golden Tooth]

Sea apples.

[riot]

cukes- ask bum

dragon wrasse - ask spider

[SBS_Transit]

what else that a newb shoundnt keep yet ?

[arcanehacker]

dragon wrasse - ask spider

I tot its known? They are not friendly, territorial, not reef safe.

[arcanehacker]

well it depends on wat u wanna keep... damsels are agressive

boxfish release toxic when stress some ppl don't like triggers as they are a nusiance destroying the rockwork to look for food

actually boxfish realeasing toxin is very rare.. its more because they are very prone to ich...

to add to list:

- anemone

- nudibranch

[D'minor]

anemones. VERY tempting for newbies...but pls restrain

Especially the bleached, purple tip ones.

[Golden Tooth]

anemones. VERY tempting for newbies...but pls restrain

Especially the bleached, purple tip ones.

Nah... The moving ones.

[gtrigger]

Hermit crabs.

Disturb sand bed, topple rocks, and some eat fish and small crustaceans.

[morbid81]

Just out of curiosity, why should anemones be avoided by newbies?

[FuEl]

Just out of curiosity, why should anemones be avoided by newbies?

They are nearly impossible to keep alive by newbies. And they give newbies high blood pressure later on..

[siglap]

anemone is one of the first ls to be in my tank and its still hapilly staying in there. it is possible just feed it well and take care of it. it will all be worthwhile. and make sure it stays away from the filter suction cap

[moxa]

try taking a look at compatibility for reference

http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/compatibility_chart.cfm

[DeepBlue]

triggers....keke....my wife has many in her fowler, the worst experience we had is the undulated trigger, very fierce and ferocious......

[morbid81]

The first organism that I added in my tank was the anemone and till now it's been quite healthy(touch wood!) It's the local ones that move around...in fact it's grown bigger already. But now I'm beggining to get paranoid

[FuEl]

If you are talking about carpet anemones..those are quite hardy..but they tend to be dangerous to everything else around them.

[neutronics]

If I were a newbie, I would avoid mandarin, regal angel, potters angel, cleaner wrasse, clown tang, sea apples, nudibranchs, spanish dancers, anemones, flame scallop and moorish idol unless my water quality is stable and excellent and I am dedicated to give attention to them 24/7 in terms of feeding.

[arcanehacker]

They are nearly impossible to keep alive by newbies. And they give newbies high blood pressure later on..

to be frank.. few weeks after I started out, I bought 2 very small (bout 1 -2 cm tall) anemones too.. till now they are still alive... only thing is they didn't grow a bit.. (and no, I'm not talking about carpet anemones)

I think newbie can still keep these but start with the very simple and very small kinds.. dun try to get those fanciful coloured ones..

[Jimaroon]

Nudibranch is not meant for many reefers. They need special food that can be found in the ocean. They cannot survive in our tanks for long. I have read about such articles from books and internet.

Sea cucumbers can be avoided too. My friend's such creatures puke out the intestines in the tank. Rather disgusting!

[Golden Tooth]

to be frank.. few weeks after I started out, I bought 2 very small (bout 1 -2 cm tall) anemones too.. till now they are still alive... only thing is they didn't grow a bit.. (and no, I'm not talking about carpet anemones)

I think newbie can still keep these but start with the very simple and very small kinds.. dun try to get those fanciful coloured ones..

U'll see them fade away soon.

[arcanehacker]

U'll see them fade away soon.

what is soon? few months?

[spicyball]

what is soon? few months?

Hope your aim is not just to keep it alive for a few months...

[Golden Tooth]

[blacknails]

Basically just don't buy bany LS you haven't already read up on and researched about..