Clownfish drew blood!

[DinoMagnet]

Jk no but seriously are clowns aggressive towards humans? I have two mocha storm clowns that have never lunged at me. But yesterday when I was cleaning my tank one of them literally tried to rip my finger off (overreacting lol ) I would like to add I have noticed for the past few days they do their little dance quite often. Could this be the reason why they are being hostile towards me? Mating etc

 

[jarviz]

My 1.5" mocha clown bites me too LOL. i can't tell if it's territorial or scared... or just thinks i have food on my hands. i have fed him with tweezers and also out of my fingers... so maybe it just thinks there's food coming out of my skin lol.

The bites don't hurt but if it keeps it up or if the bites start doing more damage, i may have to send it back to the shop.

 

[Anthony Page]

Jk no but seriously are clowns aggressive towards humans? I have two mocha storm clowns that have never lunged at me. But yesterday when I was cleaning my tank one of them literally tried to rip my finger off (overreacting lol ) I would like to add I have noticed for the past few days they do their little dance quite often. Could this be the reason why they are being hostile towards me? Mating etc

Found this out the hard way yesterday lol. Clowns have been in my tank for about a month now and the female scared the life out of me when i was shoulder deep messing with some rocks. Water everywhere from pulling my arm out. I was reading up more on it and apparently the females tend to get more aggressive, especially when they’ve laid eggs.

 

[jarviz]

how do you know it was the female that bit you lol. are there differences that obvious?

 

[DinoMagnet]

My 1.5" mocha clown bites me too LOL. i can't tell if it's territorial or scared... or just thinks i have food on my hands. i have fed him with tweezers and also out of my fingers... so maybe it just thinks there's food coming out of my skin lol.

The bites don't hurt but if it keeps it up or if the bites start doing more damage, i may have to send it back to the shop.

Yes mine are about the same size. Ive never fed out of my hand. It’s always been a coral feeder. It doesn’t hurt but just don’t want it turn into an evil fish and be the smallest bully of the tank lol

 

[DinoMagnet]

Found this out the hard way yesterday lol. Clowns have been in my tank for about a month now and the female scared the life out of me when i was shoulder deep messing with some rocks. Water everywhere from pulling my arm out. I was reading up more on it and apparently the females tend to get more aggressive, especially when they’ve laid eggs.

I believe it’s my female as well since it’s slightly larger than the other. I was shocked so I put my fingers back in and sure enough it started coming for them

 

[jarviz]

Yes mine are about the same size. Ive never fed out of my hand. It’s always been a coral feeder. It doesn’t hurt but just don’t want it turn into an evil fish and be the smallest bully of the tank lol

LOL... i try to flick mine away if it bites me.. jsut to show it who's boss for still

 

[Anthony Page]

how do you know it was the female that bit you lol. are there differences that obvious?

Female is larger and picks on the male. She tends to chase the male around and eat more food. Or if you only have one clown, it’s probably a female

 

[Oregon Grown Reef]

LOL... i try to flick mine away if it bites me.. jsut to show it who's boss for still

I don't do quite the same, but I also don't back down. My female ocellaris will fan her tail at me when I get to close to her rock. I just chase her with one of my fingers, all the while she keeps fanning her tail. I've never been bitten by mine though.

 

[Chrille26]

I have a Black Ocellaris paired with a Percula Picasso, and the smaller Percula is very friendly but the bigger Ocellaris is like a bull shark towards my hands or tankmates getting too close to their hosting Duncan. I once tried to shoo ig away with my hand, that was a mistake!

 

[austibella]

Jk no but seriously are clowns aggressive towards humans? I have two mocha storm clowns that have never lunged at me. But yesterday when I was cleaning my tank one of them literally tried to rip my finger off (overreacting lol ) I would like to add I have noticed for the past few days they do their little dance quite often. Could this be the reason why they are being hostile towards me? Mating etc

My tomato clown became aggressive after about 3 yrs old he stays on one side of the tank and the other 3 clowns stay on the other side. He chases other fish away from his area very territorial He also killed one of my clowns.and yes he bit me a few times while cleaning the tank if i was on his side near his anemone .the only other fish that bits me is my file fish and he has some sharp teeth! But he thinks my fingers are food .

 

[smacbride]

One of my clowns used to attack the diamond on my wedding ring. I think she thought it was something to eat...

 

[jradishness]

My lawnmower blenny attacks the back of my hand whenever I clean the glass. It was cute and funny at first, now it’s old. If he keeps rearranging coral, he’s gonna find himself in the predator fowlr. Then we’ll see who’s the boss of the tank.

 

[Mywifeisgunnakillme]

I had a striped maroon clown like 15 years ago and she was CRAZY!

It's just in their blood, and they should call them vampire clowns if you ask me!

 

[jarviz]

How do you guys deal with them biting your hands all the time? even though it doesn't really hurt, it's still annoying as hell... and i'm afraid when it gets a little bigger, it can actually do some damage.

I just hate when i'm moving my frags around, and it snaps at me, then my hand jumps and i smash the coral into a rock or glass lol. i'm veeeery close to tradiing it in lol.

 

[jarviz]

How do you guys do work if it nips your hands everytime, especailly if you have a bigger clown?

 

[Stuartmercer]

How do you guys do work if it nips your hands everytime, especailly if you have a bigger clown?

Gloves.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Jk no but seriously are clowns aggressive towards humans? I have two mocha storm clowns that have never lunged at me. But yesterday when I was cleaning my tank one of them literally tried to rip my finger off (overreacting lol ) I would like to add I have noticed for the past few days they do their little dance quite often. Could this be the reason why they are being hostile towards me? Mating etc

The fancy clowns are aggressive and get more territorial the bigger they get

 

[UkiahTheTurtle]

My frostbite Ocellaris clownfish don't nip at me at all in fact they let me feed them from a Aiptasia X syringe

 

[Crashnt24]

I traded away my clowns and will probably never get another pair because of this. I hate wearing gloves and their bites start to hurt lol