Aggressive Ocellaris...towards me?

[Chicagoreef2016]

So I have a pair of ocellaris clowns, had them for about 6 months. They live happily with a royal gramma and a midas blenny in my 60 cube. Just added a couple blue reef chromis. But I digress...in the last month or so the male clown is very aggressive towards me. Any time I put my hand in the tank he is lining up a spot on my hand or arm up and then bites me. When I put my arm anywhere near the water line he is just waiting for me to come in so he can go at me. Is this out of the ordinary? Do I need to get him another female

 

[kapoofta]

It happens to me at times too. If I have to put my hands in to clean or something I usually use a pair of aquarium gloves, best things I ever bought (link below).
If it is just something quick I usually hold a fish net in my other hand. He quickly gets scared of it and hides until I'm done.

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[Slarti]

Nope mine does the same, another one may just make it even worse I think.

 

[monkeysee1]

Do I need to get him another female

NO!
Your mated pair of clowns you have now will gang up and kill the poor third one. Three's a crowd when it comes to clownfish.
Just keep your pair as they are.

I also have a pair of Ocelleris clowns, one is orange and white striped (female) and the other onyx and white striped (the male - he's slightly smaller).
My male does the same thing yours does - the little sheet bites my finger whenever I put my hand in the tank to vacuum the sand bed, or to do a water change, etc. I tap him with the clear plastic vacuum but within five seconds he comes straight for my hand again!
Just a nerve-wracking weekly chore I have to contend with, that's all.

 

[Chicagoreef2016]

Sorry, the get him another female was just sarcasm. Which apparently didn't make it over the way I thought it did.

 

[monkeysee1]

I should have known!
Rats!!

 

[TigeBell]

Be glad that you don't have a maroon clownfish that draws blood.

 

[rocsec1]

I had a pair that did that. It was a real pain

 

[nereefpat]

Typical clown behavior

 

[jccaclimber]

They seem to vary in personality like that. Mine will almost eat out of my hands. On the other hand, the two pairs of black clowns I've encountered were pricks that enjoyed beating me up more than eating. Putting food in the tank didn't even distract them. That's actually how I finally caught them. Put my hand in, waited for them to come over, scooped them out. One was in a friends tank, the other I had the misfortune of holding for a couple weeks when a friend had to tear the tank down. I don't miss them. You bite the hand that feeds you and you're out.

I'm told by friends that they are more likely to do this when hosted by a nem, but mine are 80% hosted by my RBTA (in the last couple months) and I have no issues.