tank cleaning with clowns

[Maverick00]

Is it common to have an aggressive male clownfish when cleaning the inside glass of your aquarium? He always followed my hand around but now hes constantly trying to nip at my hand. The little bugger got me good this morning, i damn near elbowed my light fixture off the tank.

[bkelly]

my female black & white clown does the same packs a good punch when shes had enough of my hand being in there

[toxic111]

both of mine have bit me several times.. so it is not unusual

[FishyFishy!]

I've had numerous different paired clowns, they are all like that. The best is when you're not expecting the nip/head-butt... and you knock your light fixture clean off the tank...crippling a couple bulbs...

I haven't done that though..........it was....a friend of mine...

[asylumdown]

I had a pair of cinnamon clowns once that were like that. The female packed a wallop, she actually drew blood once.

I hated those clowns. I would have fed them to a grouper if I knew someone who had one. Giving them away was far less satisfying, but accomplished the same goal.

[DCDN]

My female isnt quite that bad yet. Only time she gets like that is if my hands anywhere close to her anenome. She's managed to get me a few times

[mike31154]

I have a spawning pair of Maroons, and as Maroons go, I reckon I'm rather fortunate. The male is too small to pose any threat and the female is not too bad compared to things I've seen & read on various forums. She has her limit, but generally leaves me alone. Had both of them since they were juvis and my hand is in the display fairly often cleaning out stuff, so they're more or less accustomed to the presence. Look out when I get the toothbrush in there to remove a stubborn patch of algae, Mama clown goes ballistic. Fortunately she hits the toothbrush, not my hand.

[The Grizz]

I have 3 false Percs in my 165, a pair of cinnimons & a maroon in my 116, a tomato clown in my 48 frag tank & 2 true Percs in a 30, never had ANY of them even come close to my hand ever. I only clean my tanks by hand with a razor blade. The only fish that ever come to play is my cleaner wrasse. But yes they can be aggressive for what ever reason.

[rastaangel]

Whenever my hand goes in my tank my black/white female goes ape on me and will relentlessly attack my hand until its gone. If its in there for more then a few seconds the male joins in as well. I attribute this to the fact that they spawn all over my tank and feel as tho they have to protect the whole tank. I have gone threw numerous light bulbs from the reflex action lol so if im in there for a while I threw the net over the female to protect myself... While is funny cuz I used to hand feed the volitans I had yet im afraid of a lil clownfish

[Maverick00]

^^ haha no kidding, i was actually thinking about throwing a net on him while cleaning. It doesnt seem to mind if im moving frags around or even cleaning the glass with a razor, its the yellow sponge that ****es him off.