displaced clown, two-timing clown, my tank soap!

[romanr]

Alright, a while back ago I started a thread about my mean biting Tomato Clown. The one that would attack my hand anytime it was in the tank. I've had him since '03 but over the last year he developed the nasty habit of biting me while I worked on the tank. He bites hard, generally startled me and was going to sooner or later cause an accident. Well, I had enough this past weekend and removed him from the tank. Took him to the LFS and traded him in for a much younger and smaller Tomato. Put him in his new home and within 1 hour he was in the RBTA which hosted the last Tomato. I thought cool, I traded in for a younger non-biting clown and didn't miss a beat. Or so I thought....
Well the tank also houses a Clarkii who makes his home in a hadonni. He and the Tomato were never best of friends but left each other alone and stayed confined to the immediate area of their respective anemones. Well, the next time I looked (about 14 hours later), the Clarkii had displaced the Tomato from his new home. Now the Clarkii seems to be renting a day cottage but sleeps in his hadonni at night. Either way, the Tomato is displaced and unhappy hiding behind a powerhead. I haven't seen him bullied but I haven't seen him venture out of his hiding spot. He is eating so I'm hopping a compromise will be reached. Like I said, it wasn't a problem with the old tomato and the Clarkii. Maybe I just got lucky.

 

[davocean]

Think we mentioned something like this may happen not long ago.
The clarki is going to most likely kill them eventually, just a matter of time, I'm sorry to say.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Think we mentioned something like this may happen not long ago.
The clarki is going to most likely kill them eventually, just a matter of time, I'm sorry to say.

I think that you are correct -- about something like this happening.


I believe I mentioned this in the other thread (( or at least thought it )), your best bet is to decide what type of clown species you want to keep and stick with that. If you want two clowns, go with the same species.

 

[romanr]

So I stay with the Clarkii and try to find him/her a mate? Will it continue to use both anemones?

 

[Toddrtrex]

So I stay with the Clarkii and try to find him/her a mate? Will it continue to use both anemones?

Assuming that you get rid of the tomato. The odds are good that the Clarkii is a female, so you would want to get one that is smaller.

Can't answer about it using both anemones, it could continue, stop, or switch, anything could happen when you remove the tomato.

 

[romanr]

Interesting. I'll take the tomato out tomorrow. Thanks for the help guys.