Clown fish attacking other fish! Help!

[Teage29]

My female ocellaris clownfish is attacking my orbiculate cardinal! I have no idea why. I'm just wondering if any one has the same problem and could help! She is currently pairing with a male ocellaris clown. She will only attack one of my 2 cardinals! The female clown is fine with 1 cardinal, 1 clownfish, and a purple dart fish! She isn't hosting anything trying to get my nitrates to about 0 before trying anemones again. Anything might help!! Thx!!

P.S. I have 5 fish total!

 

[RayL]

how big is your tank

 

[Breadman03]

how big is your tank

They can be quite territorial in a small tank.

 

[Azedenkae]

From what I read, Clownfish are highly territorial. They'll chase away anything, and especially when not hosting, they'll keep on chasing the fish as opposed to returning to the spot/thing that they're hosting. Apparently.

 

[ska d]

They usually become more aggressive right before they are about to spawn

 

[Teage29]

Thx everyone and my tank is a 25 gallon. What can she host other than an anemone because I have no luck with them! They always move and die!

 

[Ambition]

Clownfish can host brook, ich, velvet, and other bacterial or parasitic infections...

The clownfish associate with anemones and other objects for protection, meaning they go to the object. In the symbiotic relationship between clownfish and anemones the clowns go to the anemone, not the anemone to the clownfish, thus the anemone will host clownfish. Similar to how the host of a party is the one throwing the party (usually in their own home), the other people there are associates because they come to the party.

 

[Teage29]

Also if my clowns spawn what would the babies look like because I have an orange female and a black male? Would they be all orange or black or onyx? I'm wondering because I don't know if I should take the fry out or leave them

 

[Azedenkae]

What are the reasons for the death of your anemones? Did they get sucked into powerheads? Or did they just die? Did you try to move them to a 'suitable' spot?

You'll need to tell us the specific breeds/species of your clownfish, or else it'd be a stab in the dark. That or take pictures.

Clowns can also host some corals such as hammers and the likes.

 

[Teage29]

One died from a power head, the other one moved into a cave and died, one of my long tentacle anemones died from something un none and from the nitrate spike it caused the other long tentacle to die. Ya I have no luck!! And I had a frog spawn and my clown fish rubbed it to death. And both my clowns are ocellaris bought at the same time and there is a female and male. I hope all that helps

 

[fish geek]

I would remove the female for about a week then rearrange the decor before reintroducing the clown.

 

[Teage29]

Ok I might try that but I don't want to mess up my clowns pairing because they are in process of finishing pairing. Any other ideas and my female clown will move my corals if she does "like" where they were put. And I don't like to glue my coral down in case I want to move them. My clowns are just a pain but I could never rehome them lol.

 

[Teage29]

Thx for all your help everyone and my female clown seems to be calming down on her own!!