Aggressive Clownfish

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I have a large female tomato that draws blood and chases small fish in my 120 gallon long and a female Ocellaris clownfish in my 40g rimless ... both paired with small males

The tomato only attacks when I'm not paying attention or get to close to her anemone sill puzzles me how she knows to go for knuckles or between fingers ...

Now the Occellaris on my rimless will tail-splash and jump up to a foot to nip me ... she has already jumped out of the tank once trying to attack me ... It was just funny before but noticed today she had locked jaws with my larger blenny only other fish after feeding and where spinning all over the tank before the blenny retreated back to his hole.

What can I do to get my fish to stop this behavior feed more food? Hand feed?

 

[deangelr]

clownfish are mean.. aggressive. thats just the way they are..

 

[HumbleFish]

clownfish are mean.. aggressive. thats just the way they are..

+1 Maroons & Tomatos are the worst.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Perfectly normal behavior. Some clowns are more aggressive than others but all clowns are territorial and will attack anything they perceive as a threat to their territory.