Crazy Suicidal Clowns

Noj · #1 03-14-2006, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by OCDP

Does she have an anemone in the tank? Does she bite only when your hands go by there? Or does it not matter where your hands are? My old female captive bred ocellaris was like this as well.

I don't know why it would be jumping out??? Nothing stressing it, or spooking it? That will often do it.

She only has a frogspawn frag in there, that is set up in front of their corner of the tank. No matter what my liverock structure has been over the past year or so, they always take the same corner. And they nip at my hands whenever my hands get within an inch or two of the water. Doesnt matter if I am on the other side of the tank or anything. The female is far more aggressive, but the male takes his share of nibbles.

The only thing that would be stressing the out would be me attaching the frags, and they are the only fish in the tank so theres little that could spook them.

OCDP · #2 03-14-2006, 09:35 PM

Interesting. You've got some pretty territorial clowns then, kind of odd for perc's too IMO .. haha. That sucks though, getting nipped every time you need to put your hand in the tank.

It sounds like your clowns are hosting a cave in your tank... they'll host pretty much anything.

Just out of curiosity.. do you know if these clowns are tank bred? Or wild caught?

TheReefGeek · #3 03-14-2006, 09:37 PM

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they are the only fish in the tank

They are lonely! The bites mean BRING ME FRIENDS!

Noj · #4 03-14-2006, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by OCDP

Just out of curiosity.. do you know if these clowns are tank bred? Or wild caught?

I bought the pair off a lady on this board last year when she was taking her tank down, she told me they were captive bred and she got them from JL. I'm not 100% certain, but I took her word for it.

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Originally Posted by TheReefGeek

They are lonely! The bites mean BRING ME FRIENDS!

haha I'm looking, I'm looking. I feel like I have a certain loyalty to my clowns now, I can't just add another fish in their without consulting with them. And they can't talk, so I'm stuck with just the two of them right now.

OCDP · #5 03-14-2006, 09:50 PM

Weird... because I also had captive bred clowns, and they were also very territorial (more so the female) .. and so are yours.

I wonder if there's any kind of study or something to see if captive bred clowns are more territorial than wild caught?? It seems that way....

*PS: I think your clowns might like a firefish or a goby of some sort... they're always cool fish to add (IMO)

Noj · #6 03-14-2006, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by OCDP

*PS: I think your clowns might like a firefish or a goby of some sort... they're always cool fish to add (IMO)

I love gobies, but I have a bare bottom tank and only frags right now. Is that suitable for clown gobies?

OCDP · #7 03-14-2006, 10:00 PM

I don't think clown gobies are sand dwellers. Please correct me if I'm wrong though!

There's lots and lots of kinds of gobies... browse around Live Aquaria. (www.liveaquaria.com)

You might find one you really like! (clown gobies are really cool though)

Scott

Beverly · #8 03-14-2006, 10:17 PM

I have an CB ocellaris pair with a GBTA in my 37g and a pair of tomato clowns (unknown if CB or WC) with an RBTA in my 67g. Neither pair of clowns has fish as tankmates. I would not introduce other fish into my 37g because of bioload concerns. And because of the ferocious nature of the tomatoes, at least toward each other and to me, I would not introduce fish into their tank.