Clown Gone Rouge!!!

[idisc]

Quick Question:

Tank Live Stock:

1x Ice Mocha Clown (2")
1x Snowflake Clown (1") - Dead
1x Tail spot Blenny (2.5")
1x Diamond Goby (3.5") - Dead
1x Fire Fish ( 2.5") - Dead
1x Mandarin (2.5")
1x Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
1x Peppermint Shrimp

I had the goby for 2.5 Months, Mocha and blenny for around 2 Months, Fire fish for over a month, snowflake for just under a month and RBTA for about 3 weeks. My main clown the Mocha used to sleep with my mandarin all the time.

Everything in the tank was peaceful. I decided to get my clown a friend (the snowflake), being must smaller I figured it would easily surrender and become male. They fought for the first day and then slept together up until I got the RBTA...the snowflake started to host and the mocha would go nowhere near it.

Then they both started to host it....The fire fish was really started to come out now and all was good.

Next thing I knew the fire fish was missing....and the little clown would not go near the rbta or the bigger clown....then a week later the small one had his tai missing...next day..was being eaten by a shrimp...

Now yesterday I noticed that my goby is missing....I have never once seen my big clown attack anything....but I work 12 hour days...has my clown gone rogue....??? is it the blenny... (doubt it)...

Should I get rid of the rbta or the clown?

 

[snorvich]

You are mixing two species of clownfish?

 

[Cpike]

Maroon clowns are extremely aggressive towards other clowns. I'm trying to pair one now and she wants to kill every other clown I introduce. But, she is totally cool with every other fish. Never had an issue. Mine also hosts an anemone.

 

[idisc]

Its not a maroon, typo - Its a Ice Mocha (Basically a snowflake with nice black outline)

 

[michellejy]

Did you quarantine the new clown? The missing tail could be fin rot from an introduced disease. My clown got brook (I think) from a juvenile clown I tried to pair her with. The symptoms didn't show up for a while after the juvenile was introduced.

 

[ThRoewer]

You are mixing two species of clownfish?

Seems everybody is doing it these days without even realizing it. Clownfish are the new guppies.

 

[OrionN]

Guppies only breed with other guppies so don't insult the guppies by compair them to clowns mixed breeds