Comments on: Three fish that don’t belong in any aquarium

By: vlad

vlad — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:38:34 +0000

That is an excellent point Tatu. I personally haven’t seen a single Chromis viridis that is in adult size.

By: Tatu Vaajalahti

Tatu Vaajalahti — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:17:52 +0000

Those three would certainly be on my list too

Here’s one of mine thay may surprise you
Chromis viridis (!) I don’t know any other fish that comes even close to the number “killed” by hobbyists every day. Many beginners buy these as a small group only to find that all but one or two strongest will survive the fighting. They also seem to have very bad survival record just after shipping although this might have more to do with specific source than the fish itself (I have heard from LFS owners that sometimes there is very high mortality). Considering how many are sold, it is very rare to find a large group of full grown specimens…

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:19:36 +0000

@Hubert – it’s not an exhaustive list. What’r yours?

By: vlad

vlad — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:01:33 +0000

So which ones are they?

By: Hubert

Hubert — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:36:55 +0000

if it’s my pick there are alot more fish that shouldn’t be kept in an aquarium and those are not my top 3 picks.

For those in Toronto, of course you can find me for a copy of CORAL

One thing to note is that most of the so called ‘studies’ are done by hobbyist in this hobby, not by means of experts. Unlike the saltwater aquaculture farm fish that carries alot more $$$$$ value, not much real ‘studies’ are done by scientists.

By: M007

M007 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:15:04 +0000

Re the file fish, check out the last issue of Coral magazine. It has a whole section dedicated to this hard to keep species and may be of some help to anyone will to take up the challenge.