Attack clown

Daniel92481 · Sep 9, 2020

Hey reefers, I have a pair of clownfish in my tank. They have been model citizens since I got them about a year ago. Now, whenever I want to vacuum the sand, one of the clowns goes into attack mode. He jumps out of the water like a madfish trying to bite my hand, and bites even worse when I put my hand/arm in to move the gravel vac around. No blood has been drawn yet lol. The other clown pays no attention to me when I do this. The other thing I do is scrape the coralline off every so often with a razor. When I do this, neither one of them mess with me. Maybe they know I have a razor, I don’t know lol.

Any suggestions other than a long arm glove or longer vacuum? I don’t see him letting me vacuum the sand anytime soon.

rapid · Sep 9, 2020

so now they have became a matched pair more then likely one will be smaller (the male) and one is going to be larger much larger (the female). The male is the one attacking you correct? hes just protecting his home and woman.

my male will attack my hand anytime i come near there nems. will never stop with OCC clownfish Pair. on the plus side your clowns are now a pair male and female.

rapid · Sep 9, 2020

Get you self a sandsifting goby then youll have no need to vaccumm the sand

Diamond goby

Daniel92481 · Sep 9, 2020

Yea, one of them is bigger than the other. I’ve read about the diamonds. I’ll have to check them out. Thanks!

mattzang · Sep 9, 2020

shoulder length glove could help. they're kind of annoying to do stuff like gluing frags with, but vacuuming should still be fine

what kind of clowns?

Daniel92481 · Sep 9, 2020

They are Davinci clowns. Grade B.

rapid · Sep 9, 2020

just a clown thang lol

AKReef · Sep 9, 2020

Could be a clutch of eggs in there too. My clowns would get aggressive every time they laid eggs.

rapid · Sep 10, 2020

Daniel92481 said:
Yea, one of them is bigger than the other. I’ve read about the diamonds. I’ll have to check them out. Thanks!

just to note DO NOT BUY A GOBY if your not prepared for it to burrow all through your sand, Carry frags into its hole, carry hermits into its hole, rearragne your nice flat sand bed into a everchanging bed of dunes lol. you will never be able to place anything into the sand ever again without it getting burried. Plus youll never get it back outa your tank.

thaistyle · Sep 10, 2020

It's a hit or miss with clowns. I've had ones that don't bother me but the current ones I have does the exact same thing. I try to buy tools where I don't have to dip my whole arm into the tank.

Daniel92481 · Sep 10, 2020

rapid said:
just to note DO NOT BUY A GOBY if your not prepared for it to burrow all through your sand, Carry frags into its hole, carry hermits into its hole, rearragne your nice flat sand bed into a everchanging bed of dunes lol. you will never be able to place anything into the sand ever again without it getting burried. Plus youll never get it back outa your tank.

I’ve read how they like to burrow in the sand and rearrange your scape lol. They are definitely interesting. As far as carrying frags, I had to glue them all down thanks to my urchin who is always looking for a new back pack lol

Daniel92481 · Sep 10, 2020

thaistyle said:
It's a hit or miss with clowns. I've had ones that don't bother me but the current ones I have does the exact same thing. I try to buy tools where I don't have to dip my whole arm into the tank.

Yea, I’m glad I’m not the only one! I was thinking of getting a longer gravel vac if I can find one.

Dark_Knightt · Sep 10, 2020

Daniel92481 said:
Hey reefers, I have a pair of clownfish in my tank. They have been model citizens since I got them about a year ago. Now, whenever I want to vacuum the sand, one of the clowns goes into attack mode. He jumps out of the water like a madfish trying to bite my hand, and bites even worse when I put my hand/arm in to move the gravel vac around. No blood has been drawn yet lol. The other clown pays no attention to me when I do this. The other thing I do is scrape the coralline off every so often with a razor. When I do this, neither one of them mess with me. Maybe they know I have a razor, I don’t know lol.

Any suggestions other than a long arm glove or longer vacuum? I don’t see him letting me vacuum the sand anytime soon.

Its also possible that the female is pregnant or that they are about to have their first clutc h of eggs, but the odds of that are kinda low.

Daniel92481 · Sep 10, 2020

Dark_Knightt said:
Its also possible that the female is pregnant or that they are about to have their first clutc h of eggs, but the odds of that are kinda low.

That would be really cool!

Dark_Knightt · Sep 10, 2020

Daniel92481 said:
That would be really cool!

I want to breed my clowns when they mature in about a year. Ill put a lil flowerpot(empty) near their hiding place, and then check everyday. Once theres eggs, put it in a seperate QT and raise the fry. Maybe then sell or make clownfish harem tank.