Are maroon females usually mean?

[cherubfish pair]

Are maroon females usually mean?

 

[SkullV]

Yes.

 

[Angel*Fish]

Yes And she usually decides about 20-25 g of your tank is hers. If you put a coral in there and she doesn't like it, hope you figured out a way to nail it down I googled and found this picture - she's thinking just what it looks like, something along the lines of go ahead - make my day.

Edit: I'm sorry - I answered wrong. No, they are not usually mean, they are ALWAYS mean :lol:

 

[kerusso316]

Uhhhhh Yea.

 

[davocean]

Mine bit me drawing blood countless times, moved corals if she thought they were too close to her nem, if I glued coral to a rock too big to move, she would just head butt it to pieces, and once just cleaning the lid she flew out of the tank trying to bite me and hit the floor.
Yeah, they are a lil fussy...

 

[US Marine Coral]

LOL. That's crazy that she flew out of the tank. Mine is 5+ inches and she practically eats out of my hand. I guess I must just have one that is chilled out

 

[cherubfish pair]

Would it make a difference if she was tank raised or not?

 

[SkullV]

Would it make a difference if she was tank raised or not?

Nope

 

[davocean]

^^ Agree, my lil "peaches" was tank raised.

 

[Silfer]

my female maroon is a *****, little bugger is 2.5" in a 5ft tank and think she owns the entire thing... doesn't bother other fish, just me! No matter where I put my hand in the tank she will come attack me.

Guess she hasn't heard of the saying don't bite the hand that feeds

 

[Angel*Fish]

Mine bit me drawing blood countless times, moved corals if she thought they were too close to her nem, if I glued coral to a rock too big to move, she would just head butt it to pieces, and once just cleaning the lid she flew out of the tank trying to bite me and hit the floor.
Yeah, they are a lil fussy...

I assume she was ok? If so, ROTFLMAO!!!! :lol:

When I upgraded tanks, the female refused to leave her anemone and so the anemone went to the new tank on her side on the BTA. But she was holding one fin up. And if she'd had fingers on that fin, I have no doubt which one she'd have been sticking up at me.

 

[davocean]

^^ yeah she was fine, though as she laid there I thought, this would be a perfect time to trade her in, but she had just finally accepted a male mate two weeks earlier(she killed the first two before I could even get a net, and that was w/ specimen container intro)
She smashed a nice blue chalice into bits, and a perfect bowl shape hibiscus monti, among other nice pieces.
I sold that tank and gladly gave her w/ it to uh, "sweeten the deal"!LOL

 

[davocean]

double post

 

[Nasoblond]

I finaly had to sell mine as she just bossed everyone around in the tank. Even all the food I would put in the tank was ALL hers.

 

[Anemone]

Yep, after 14 years in the hobby, mine finally forced me a couple of years ago to buy those rubber arm-length gloves to do stuff in the tank. Now I don't end up with 10-15 bleeding cuts per tank cleaning.

Kevin

 

[elegance coral]

Are maroon females usually mean?

Check this out and see for yourself.:lol:

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[davocean]

^^ Great vid, exactly what mine would do, except she surely would have bit me w/ my hand that close to her.
She shattered a 4-5" blue chalice to bits, and a salad bowl size hibiscus monti, dragged acans(went ballistic on acans which made me think they may release toxins more than some corals)
The other day I had to move a rock that my picasso's spawn was on, and I was amazed they didn't bite me, didn't even stress.
My maroon would have had blood!

 

[GoingPostal]

Mine didn't allow any new rocks/corals near "her" side of the tank, she'd just ram into them until they were gone, she'd also pick up hermits, snails, small rocks and carry them across the tank. Attack the siphon, clear out my sandbed, yeah, large clowns are a pain. Naturally when I upgraded to my big tank, my 4+ year terror (my 1st fish ever) promptly disappears. She never bit though.

 

[rharr21]

I have an ORA gold stripe (tank bred/raised) and she is mean as hell. I can't tell you how many times I've been bitten and burned my elbow on the MH because I jerked my arm when she snuck up and nailed me. They even look angry.

 

[elegance coral]

^^ Great vid, exactly what mine would do, except she surely would have bit me w/ my hand that close to her.
She shattered a 4-5" blue chalice to bits, and a salad bowl size hibiscus monti, dragged acans(went ballistic on acans which made me think they may release toxins more than some corals)
The other day I had to move a rock that my picasso's spawn was on, and I was amazed they didn't bite me, didn't even stress.
My maroon would have had blood!

The fish in the video doesn't really bite. I feed her out of my hand, so when I first put my hand in the tank, she'll nip me. Once she figures out it's not feeding time, she leaves me alone. The little nip doesn't even hurt. It's not like the aggressive bites I've received from other clowns that draw blood. I started hand feeding all my clowns a few years ago, and haven't had one that really bites since.