Tame clownfish?

[Brew132]

I had a nice designer clownfish that I thought would pair with an odd fish out clown (there were 3)...poor guys picked on him for 2 hours and I placed him in a container in the tank but eventually he died...

I'm about to move to a 110 gallon tank from a 37 gallon and I would love to get some Tangs, snowflake clown fish and so on...I'm just really weary of these clowns now.

Is there anyway to tame these fish so that they aren't aggressive to the other ones at first? When I move them to the new tank would the switching of their environment help? Can I place the other less aggressive fish in the tank and place the other clowns in an isolation/breeder tank in the dt for a week before letting them go?

Any thoughts?

 

[shifty51008]

Roll up a news paper and spank them.

But really they will do what they do, they will only accept who they want, you cant change that. Some clowns are better then some but it is still up to you to watch them and remove them before it gets to bad..

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

You can only keep one pair of clowns per tank. Adding another to an already existing pair usually ends in the death of new clown.

The pair you have should be fine with the other fish you listed. Just no more clowns of any species.

 

[Shia]

I have a tank with only a mated pair of clowns and I am not able to add anything because of their aggression. What people have recommended with aggressive fish and new additions: rearrange all of the rocks in a pretty dramatic way and pray.

 

[davocean]

You can only keep one pair of clowns per tank. Adding another to an already existing pair usually ends in the death of new clown.

The pair you have should be fine with the other fish you listed. Just no more clowns of any species.

Ditto

 

[OoNickoC]

I had a nice designer clownfish that I thought would pair with an odd fish out clown (there were 3)...poor guys picked on him for 2 hours and I placed him in a container in the tank but eventually he died...

I'm about to move to a 110 gallon tank from a 37 gallon and I would love to get some Tangs, snowflake clown fish and so on...I'm just really weary of these clowns now.

Is there anyway to tame these fish so that they aren't aggressive to the other ones at first? When I move them to the new tank would the switching of their environment help? Can I place the other less aggressive fish in the tank and place the other clowns in an isolation/breeder tank in the dt for a week before letting them go?

Any thoughts?

The only way I have seen more than two of most species work is by grouping them 5+ in aquariums. The dominant female will take post and establish a "hierarchy", but there will usually be an odd-man-out in that group. The reproduction section of this wiki sums it up well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiprioninae

 

[snorvich]

You can only keep one pair of clowns per tank. Adding another to an already existing pair usually ends in the death of new clown.

The pair you have should be fine with the other fish you listed. Just no more clowns of any species.

Exactly.

 

[Brew132]

Ok all good information thanks so much