What fish has bitten you
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iamwrasseman
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clowns nip IMO . crocodile Dundee had a knife correct ! lets hear about some damage . my eel turned my finger into hamburger meat for a couple of weeks ,it happened fifteen years ago and you can still see the scarring ! now thats a BITE !
alpinestar
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Undulated trigger got me a couple years ago, gold canary Blenny and my trio of b&w clowns are the devil incarnate, I have had them for 3 years until I lost them recently but they would find a way to bite the soft part of your hand, no matter what or were or how you held your hand. But they were just protecting there home, female would even come to the surface and almost fully out of the water to get you. Wouldn't have traded them for anything though
jselectronics
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Had a banana wrasse break skin on my daughter in a pet shop lol
rosemoondust
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it looks like is is foaming at the mouth...lmao...i think you might need rabbi shots 
rosemoondust
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The only problem I had is with my lionfish. He is always hungry and he has absolutely no fear of anyone. I always hand feed him since he has a habit of ramming into any feeder sticks to try and get to the food (he acts more like a bull shark than a lionfish with an appetite to match ). I had to have my mom feed my fishies one day and she had no problems hand feeding the magnificent foxface or zebra eel (who has been hand feed since he was just a wee little baby barely a few inches big). I guess she didn't release how aggressive the lionfish is when it comes to food and he swallowed the food along with my mothers figures. I guess the lionfish quickly released that my mom does not taste good and let go with no damage.
I know this is off topic, but I wanted to add some large clownfish since I have a large hammer head coral about 8inches in diameter maybe a little bigger. Now considering everyone's account of how aggressive their clownfish are will they pose a threat to my lionfish? Since, he gets picked on by other fish...hence why he only has 2 tank mates.
). I had to have my mom feed my fishies one day and she had no problems hand feeding the magnificent foxface or zebra eel (who has been hand feed since he was just a wee little baby barely a few inches big). I guess she didn't release how aggressive the lionfish is when it comes to food and he swallowed the food along with my mothers figures. I guess the lionfish quickly released that my mom does not taste good and let go with no damage.I know this is off topic, but I wanted to add some large clownfish since I have a large hammer head coral about 8inches in diameter maybe a little bigger. Now considering everyone's account of how aggressive their clownfish are will they pose a threat to my lionfish? Since, he gets picked on by other fish...hence why he only has 2 tank mates.
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it looks like is is foaming at the mouth...lmao...i think you might need rabbi shots
Wow, it really does
Eric the half-bee
Passer of gasses
My maroon clown female. Feisty lil bugger she was, RIP.
I also had a female A. occelaris that bit me everytime I put my hand in the tank. One day when my hand was resting on the rim above the tank, she launching herself out of the tank in an attempt to bite me. I made the mistake of picking her up off the floor and putting her back in the tank, which resulting in many more years of being bit -- and always either across the knuckles or between the fingers at the sensitive webbing, like others have mentioned. My clown wasn't a part of a pair and didn't have a coral home...
How many people's biting clowns have been captive bred? I once saw a photo of a woman at ORA feeding baby clowns & her fingers were in the water, and I wondered if that is why there are so many finger biting clowns out there...
The only other fish I ever had bite me was a minute 2 spot blenny at a shop where I used to clean tanks. Blennies aren't nice fish...
How many people's biting clowns have been captive bred? I once saw a photo of a woman at ORA feeding baby clowns & her fingers were in the water, and I wondered if that is why there are so many finger biting clowns out there...
The only other fish I ever had bite me was a minute 2 spot blenny at a shop where I used to clean tanks. Blennies aren't nice fish...
Mine was captive bred. I always try for that, they are just bulletproof when CB!
Anyway, I do not think a clown will bother your lionfish. Is it a Maroon? You mentioned LARGE so I'm assuming that or Tomato/Red saddle complex clowns.
Matthew
PS. A large Maroon or eohippum clown might be a nuisance or threat to your Hammer. It might try hosting in it, and cause the polyps to remain retracted.
Anyway, I do not think a clown will bother your lionfish. Is it a Maroon? You mentioned LARGE so I'm assuming that or Tomato/Red saddle complex clowns.
Matthew
PS. A large Maroon or eohippum clown might be a nuisance or threat to your Hammer. It might try hosting in it, and cause the polyps to remain retracted.
rosemoondust
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I will probably be adding a maroon. I personally don't want one, but my mom keeps bugging me to get one since she likes them. I will watch my hammer to make sure it is a mutual relationship
Kahuna Tuna
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I have kept several species of damsels and all of them have bitten me at one time or another, my current female yellowtail blue is a biter but her mate is all bluff. My other biter is my female true perc, the male is very mellow but the female will bite me whenever she gets the chance and she has drawn blood on a few occasions. The worst wild fish bite ever was also a damsel in Hawaii and it was a good sized one who took a chunk off the top of my thumb. Nasty fish them damsels.
Grassroots
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-a 9inch yellow dogface puffer bit a good little chunk of the tip of my pinky off.
-7 inch dogface forget the variant (bronze with blackish spots) bit my thumb just the other week and drew blood.
-maroon clown bites me every time my hand is in the water
-tessalata moray 14inches or so grabbed my thumb while i was feeding but let go quickly.
-9inch regal angel bites the hair on my arm frequently
-7 inch dogface forget the variant (bronze with blackish spots) bit my thumb just the other week and drew blood.
-maroon clown bites me every time my hand is in the water
-tessalata moray 14inches or so grabbed my thumb while i was feeding but let go quickly.
-9inch regal angel bites the hair on my arm frequently
