My Clown Was Trained By Mike Vick

[Omar]

My clown has become very aggressive. Whenever my hand enters the tank, it is attacked...Although painless, its annoying...Im pretty close to getting rid of the little guy...suggestions???

 

[JimmyR1rider]

Is he being hosted by an anemone? And is your hand when in the tank close to it? My mated pair of True Perculas started being hosted by their anemone on Sunday night. Before that they since January NEVER were aggressive towards any of the other fish and would let one of my cardinals hang out with them- now they dont leave the anemone unless he either closes up completely or to eat and anytime a fish comes anywhere near the nem they attack them and shoo them away .

 

[beerfish]

This is what clownfish do. Wait until they get bigger and they DO hurt.

Pssstttt.... Gordon... ask around....

 

[prattreef]

:lol2:

 

[bizarrecorals]

look on the bright side, at least they're healthy

 

[duke62]

mine draws blood

 

[KathyC]

This is what clownfish do. Wait until they get bigger and they DO hurt.

Pssstttt.... Gordon... ask around....

Poor Gordon....not many fish on MR attain the reputation he had! May he RIP

What kind of clown is it Obewan? If a maroon, get yourself some kevlar gloves..lol

 

[James]

When you need to rename "Mr. Pickles" to "Kim Jung Il" you have a problem. Good luck Omar.

Here are 2 links to help you identify him. I am pretty sure he is false percula but I don't remember when we bought him.

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/clowns/truepercula.php

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/clowns/ocellaris.php

Thank god for "practice" testing days. I swear all I do is prepare for tests with these kids....

 

[jaa1456]

Yep those are false percs or known as ocellaris clowns. Mine bight also but I have never heard of one drawing blood.

 

[aznt1217]

Chris brown him dude.

 

[Omar]

Chris brown him, dude! Lol


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[guri]

My bastard maroon clown bites so hard that I got cuts im bleeding sometimes so I got used to it im very careful now

 

[SevTT]

My clown has become very aggressive. Whenever my hand enters the tank, it is attacked...Although painless, its annoying...Im pretty close to getting rid of the little guy...suggestions???

This is entirely normal behavior for a clownfish defending its territory, unfortunately. Clownfish are damselfish, and thus total bastards. However, they're cowardly, highly territorial little bastards, and thus manageable in even a moderately small reef tank, since they don't venture far from their host.

Oh, and your little guy is probably a girl, or on his way to becoming one.