Victims of Clown Fish Attacks

[hampmp]

My clowns are still young not aggressive yet. They rub against my hand when I am working in the tank. Even around the anemone.

 

[patsfan1130]

I love my 6'' female maroon. I've had her for nearly 15 years. What I truly find amazing is she won't bother me at all when I have my hands in the tank. Anyone else like my wife or brother...It's a full on assault!

 

[Paul B]

This guy is 17 years old and for about 15 of those years I have to wear gloves or just scream when I put my hands in the tank. The little sucker has teeth and he knows how to use them. His mate that smaller She Devil also gets into the act and they both take a different finger at the same time. Vicious little suckers.

 

[afsportsguy000]

Haha! I thought I was going crazy when my female Clown out of the blue started charging from across the tank, I think there are eggs in something they have hosted (Fake hollow setup I am about to remove). I have not seen blood yet honestly I didnt think that was possible. I think its just a charge at this point, always startles me. i can not wait till they draw blood what a funny story

 

[velvetelvis]

This guy is 17 years old and for about 15 of those years I have to wear gloves or just scream when I put my hands in the tank. The little sucker has teeth and he knows how to use them. His mate that smaller She Devil also gets into the act and they both take a different finger at the same time. Vicious little suckers.

They're pretty little varmints, though! BTW, with clownfish, females are the dominant fish and usually much larger, so your smaller fish is actually a He-Devil.

 

[Paul B]

Usually that is so but I have seen them spawning and they don't know that, the larger one here is the male.

 

[y0ung0ne]

Mine loves to wiggle in to my fingers and then bite inbetween them while I am trying to scrap the glass. She can be a mean little occy but would not have it any other way GF loves watching them swim together and do the little dance. But man it really can hurt when she grabs the right piece of meat.

 

[velvetelvis]

Usually that is so but I have seen them spawning and they don't know that, the larger one here is the male.

Guess I should have checked your post count before I tried to correct you about something. I've never heard of that before, but clownfish are good at confounding expectations.

 

[Paul B]

Guess I should have checked your post count before I tried to correct you about something

Don't do that, I am wrong many times, my wife told me so. And that post count is high because I am retired. I never even looked at it but I just did and Dam, I spent a lot of time on here

 

[badharley99]

Haha they are known to nible on humans lol

 

[gilbert2625]

My clowns attack my yellow tang is this normal?

 

[devildog999]

This thread is one of the funniest things I have read in quite a while

My True Perc pair used to nip a bit at me until I taught them that the hand was to be feared! lol After chasing them around for a little bit, they never did it again

 

[Paul B]

My clowns attack my yellow tang is this normal?

Yes, it would not be normal if they left your tang along and invited him over for tea. When clowns are in good condition they are territorial.

 

[Reefing Newbie]

I have two small black and white ocellaris clowns and they will give me "kisses" if it is just the tip of my finger. If my whole hand or arm is in the tank they swim away.

My female perc (not paired) will grab on and yank, so no hands in her tank.

 

[Whip316]

i got a pair of fancy occy in my solana and they both go after me in synchronized attacks. they are aweful.

my worse offenders are my breeding darwin pair. the female will actually jump out of the water and try to bite me. i removes the screen and was looking down over the tank to see something in the tank, and she jumped and bit me on the cheek. got saltwater in my eyes, i hit my head on the shelf above the tank and i was bleeding a little. then i stood around doumbfounded thinking did that just really happen?
she used to jump out at my hand but a few times i had to pick her off the floor and she mellowed. she wont jump, but now waits for me to put my hand in the water.
evil queens i tell ya.

i had a blue stripe pair that the female was 6" easy and she actually had teeth. i always was super careful putting ym hands in the tank with them. she could reove patches of skin i bet!

a way to keep he clowns at bay for me is that i will put in a net in the tank and swoosh it around and keep it close to my hand or whatever i am doing. usually works at distracting them.

 

[Rabbit]

When I got my little pair the female, named Crusty (percula), would love to suprize and bite me. After a while, say a year or so, she decided to 'tollerate' me working on the tank and now doesn't bother me. She learned NOT to bite the hand that feeds her.

I've had her about a decade now. She mellowed with age.

 

[garcastle2]

My 15+ yo GSM gets offended when I use the magnetic scrubber and she does all out attacks on it LOL. She use to just bite the glass when trying to express herself so I guess it's a slight improvement.

She will remind me to feed her by flicking water out of the tank at me if I try to leave the room with her brine shrimp thawed. She's never bitten me though.