Maroon clown killed lionfish :(

[vetteguy53081]

Isolate the clown before adding any more fish. They are notoriously nasty and will not change their bad habits

 

[MTBake]

The maroon clown I had was about 5" long. It drew blood if I stuck my hand in the tank. Moved rocks, coral, and sand as he/she saw fit. They are definately an aggressive fish. Clarkii are also pretty nasty.

I even have a percula that goes after me when I'm working in that tank. Doesn't realize that it's still too small to do more than startle me.

 

[PJ2]

I used to have a pair of maroons and the female was so dang aggressive! She had a thing with black color... whenever I wore a black T-shirt, and I came close to the tank she would repeatedly strike the glass until I walked away. It was the strangest thing ever. Also, whenever I added a new fish they were lost within a few days. I lost a rusty angel fish, flame angel, orange shoulder tang etc. they were beautiful but eventually I had to part ways with them.

 

[Reefbuds]

I’ve read cases where redoing the aquascape does a “reset” on territory. I’ve heard people doing this with very territorial fish when they add a new one, so everything is fresh for all the fish.

This has worked for me with my six line wrasse. Extremely grumpy fish. Will attack anything that comes into the 55g. Reset the aqauscape and everything was screwed for a few days. You must do it before the clown designates new territory tho.

 

[PhreeByrd]

It could move rocks the size of a football of they weren't secure. Would pick up and dump frags that I glued down into his personal frag dumping ground. Also fanned sand all in to one pile in the corner of the tank. Cool fish but a pain in the behind to be honest.

This matches my experience with my maroon clown exactly. It immediately goes after anything new or changed in the tank, whether it's rocks, corals, or my hands, and I am constantly moving sand back into place that it has fanned out of one corner of the tank. It doesn't bother any of my other 8 fish, but it's been a long time since I've tried to add a new fish, and I'm doubtful that it would let me. Rehoming the clown is probably the only good option.

 

[bobyboy]

Just buy a regular normal Lion and the clown fish problem will be solved then trade it for something else once you’re done with it.

 

[Mike1995]

Just buy a regular normal Lion and the clown fish problem will be solved then trade it for something else once you’re done with it.

I'm not just gonna buy a fish and get rid of it when I get bored

 

[SaltLifer]

I had a maroon clown in a 75g tank. It killed EVERYTHING I tried to add after it. I bought a foxface thinking “he can’t kill it, it will stab him with its spines”. Wrong. Dead. You’re gonna have to love that fish and only that fish or get rid of it.

 

[Brittany Marie]

I have a lightning maroon and a snowflake, they go at each other like crazy sometimes. To the point I have to take my feeding tongs and break them up. They were introduced at the same time, my first fish. I guess it really depends on individual