Mean & Nasty Fish

[Susan Edwards]

"Nemo" is supposed to be a good fish
"Nemo" is supposed to be a nice, caring & loving fish
"Every tank needs a "nemo", a clown fish"
My answer to those false facts?
HA!
Clown Fish are mean!
"If not for my grandkids who love "Nemo", and yes, even my own "a reef tank is not a reef without "cute little nemos", these two mean fish would be so gone.

Today I got 2 good size bites to the back of my hand. Last one I had got infected because I didn't they'd broken skin. Took me a couple days to realize that "cut" was a dang bite. Neosporin and bandages on this time.

I cannot put my hands in the tank without being attacked! Without blood drawn.... UGH And not just in the middle where the pair are. ANYWHERE IN THE TANK I get attacked. They are not afraid of the turkey baster, the tongs, the tweezers. I have to keep a fish net against the back of my hand, and even then, them monsters go around, and the net disrupts too much

Yes, I have those icky arm gloves but they are a pain to put on as the inside is ripping and the water goes right down inside. Fine for major tank work but when I want to just deal with some algae etc. they are too much work.

Maybe I'll see if I can devise an egg crate wall I can put in yet I don't want the flow to cause it to hit corals.
Gardening gloves? New ones? Maybe those would work. Maybe cut sleeves off a shirt for arms?

Or net the fish and put in a small qt box when I'm working or when I get my observation tank set up, maybe they'll go live there with the new fish! UGH

what do you do with aggressive clowns

 

[Katrina71]

Do you feed them by hand? Being serious.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Clown Fish are damsels....the meanest of fish! A good friend had a similar flesh eating clown and what he had to do is have a net in one hand while he put the other hand in the tank. He'd use the net to fend off the attacks of the clown.

 

[Susan Edwards]

Do you feed them by hand? Being serious.

No. I have never fed by hand. I've even tried a couple times putting food in on other side of tank just to draw fish to that side

 

[Susan Edwards]

Clown Fish are damsels....the meanest of fish! A good friend had a similar flesh eating clown and what he had to do is have a net in one hand while he put the other hand in the tank. He'd use the net to fend off the attacks of the clown.

I do that. I put it right against my hand. Trouble is, they are going under or around.... They host that huge leather

 

[Raege]

I feel your pain. My wife’s Maroon has drawn blood from me, he has gotten better if I point my finger at him for a bit and move it towards him a few times he will gonto his nem and leve me alone for a bit. If I don’t he ones at me like a muscle and bites wherever he can.

 

[Susan Edwards]

So I checked my 2 bites this morning and found 3 more that showed up. Found my duncan had fallen, tried to put it back on rock and got bit again! This reboot is gonna be fun with those monsters. Seriously considering moving them to the QT/observation tank...

 

[AquaRaider44]

Black and maroon and onyx clowns are the most mean. We have about 45 pairs of various types and every other pair doesn't bite and is good but those you better put a decider in to clean lol