Clown fishes are in timeout!

[dank reefer]

Clown fishes are jerks!

I had to remove rockwork from my tank which ended up busting/breaking off a bunch of corals to get them out of the DT and move them somewhere else. They have Napolean syndrome the little turds. They get along with their tank mates which are a yellow tang, 6 line wrasse, 1 chronos, and a lawn mower blenny. Introduced yesterday 6 fire fish, and a flame tang. I took advice from my Lfs, and other here of the forum to rearrange rocks and put new fish when lights out. This morning I saw 5 of the fire fish, and couldnt see the flame tang, but knew he must of been hiding behind the rocks. Got gome today and found 2 dead fire fish, one had made it's way into the sump and one was being harrased and chased by the dynamic duo. Then I saw the little pricks chasing the flame tang around. HECK NO!

So now they are in timeout in the sump area, and hopefully they will learn from this lesson. Fish are friends, not food.

 

[Aardvark1134]

Negative clowns are part of the damsel family and like most damsels they are mean as can be. If your tank is under 3ft long they probably consider the whole tank theirs and don't appreciate you letting more people in their house.

By the way which type of clown? Some are way meaner than others. If they are tomato or maroon you are probably in for more fights. While alot of clowns pester mainly each other...they will get ticked at anything they consider in their house without permission. Their house size varies by species alot.

 

[dank reefer]

Negative clowns are part of the damsel family and like most damsels they are mean as can be. If your tank is under 3ft long they probably consider the whole tank theirs and don't appreciate you letting more people in their house.

By the way which type of clown? Some are way meaner than others. If they are tomato or maroon you are probably in for more fights.

Tank is a 90g 4ft long. Ocellaris clowns, they are. I've had them for over a year. They started this crap as soon as the started hosting a toadstool I have in the tank, and Napolean kicked in.

 

[Aardvark1134]

1) Usually Ocellaris are one of the less mean ones
2) If they are ready to put down eggs they will be in a bad mood

 

[suta4242]

Which species of firefish?

FWIW when firefish fight between themselves the result can be lethal. Just something to keep in mind.

They started this crap as soon as the started hosting a toadstool I have in the tank, and Napolean kicked in.

Sounds like they’ve got a surrogate anemone and may be getting ready to breed. In that case they’ll defend their home ruthlessly...

 

[dank reefer]

Which species of firefish?

FWIW when firefish fight between themselves the result can be lethal. Just something to keep in mind.

They started this crap as soon as the started hosting a toadstool I have in the tank, and Napolean kicked in.

Sounds like they’ve got a surrogate anemone and may be getting ready to breed. In that case they’ll defend their home ruthlessly...

Just the typical red fire fish. They didnt have time to pick a fight with each other. PeeWee, and Herman (clown fishes names) took care of the fighting for them.

They remind me of Jack Russell's. Small but mighty. Peckers!