Teeth

[puffer21]

This is going to sound really stupid but do True Percula clowns really have teeth?
Thanks and sorry for the stupid post but I was really wondering.

 

[dantodd]

AFAIK all anemonefishes have teeth.

 

[MJI]

They sure do...

And remeber, the only stupid question is the one not asked...

 

[puffer21]

are they sharp teeth. Im really scared of things that bit. I have a crab in my tank and he was on a rock i picked up and i saw him he was starting to crawl on my hand i sreamed and droped the rock in the bucket and water splashed all over me. It was a very scary moment.

 

[Sk8r]

Ok---look at your hand. Your skin is about, oh, pretty thick. Look at the teeth involved. Less than your outer layer of skin. This is not a significant bite, and the crab only pinches. The guys that can generally get you in the reef tank aren't the ones with teeth and pincers---they're the jabbers, like rabbits and lions. If you were bitten for an hour by a clownfish, you'd probably get a red rash and maybe even need a bandaid, but their nips are a long way from fatal.

 

[puffer21]

oh ok.

 

[ClownReef®]

My female Onyx always bites me when im working on the tank..no worries, it feels like a tickle..

 

[puffer21]

ok thanks

 

[stykthyn]

get a fully grown clarkii or maroon and look at their teeth, those puppies can draw blood

 

[puffer21]

oh

 

[Sk8r]

Almost all marine fish have teeth. Usually they won't attack. Clowns are particularly bad about it. And, yes, maroon clowns are notorious, and frequently do damage to other creatures. Pretty---but!

If you have any worry, wear a latex glove---but be sure to wash the powder out of it, if any, because the powder designed to make it easy to get on will harm your fish and corals, and it will get wet inside, being short.
It's too thick for most things to get through---except the jabbers. Once you get one clean, just hang it upside down to dry in the sun, and you can get it on. It will prevent most bites and coral stings, which, by me, are nastier than the bites, and some people get allergic to the very water, because of too many stings. Just don't tangle with a moray eel or a maroon clown and you'll have nothing to worry about.

 

[puffer21]

Ok thanks

 

[Ken-21]

My clowns nip my hand to tell me to feed them. It doesn't hurt.

 

[puffer21]

ok what about pistol shimp?

 

[ezhoops]

your worried about a true percs teeth and rightly so, just think about the teeth on some of those larger clarki complex species :thumbdown :furious:

 

[puffer21]

oh

 

[binaryterror]

i screamed and droped the rock in the bucket

lol

 

[puffer21]

Well i was scared.

 

[Dr_Tang]

my female false perc likes to bite me when im cleaning the tank...Never hurts, just startles me sometimes.

 

[Sk8r]

I had a pair of clarkii (I sold them to someone who could cope with their rate of reproduction.) The female blamed my ring for the theft of her anemone (it was a bad one) and attacked it every time I put my hand in the tank. It actually saved my fingers from being bitten: all her energy went to biting the ring.