Ocellaris Biting
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RobertTheNurse
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They basically telling you to "get your hands out of my house" territorial animals...quite natural.
Alexopora
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If you search around in this forum, you will see many sharing their experiences with biting clowns. Some have even drew blood. So far my clowns don’t bite me so I have never had to try out methods to discourage that behaviour but I have seen people recommending gently flicking them each time they try to bite.
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For whatever reason clowns love to bite, nothing dangerous, it may startle you at the beginning but soon after u should get used to it.
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More startling than dangerous
I wear gloves in the tank now and laugh at them trying to bite
I wear gloves in the tank now and laugh at them trying to bite
Be glad you do not have a 4” clarkii female in one tank, 4” tomato in another and 3.5” maroon in another. If I didn’t wear gloves I would have chunks of flesh missing. Made that mistake a few times.
KevinC
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IF he bites, FIGHT. BACK.
When my clownfish bit me before, I fought back and frantically move/slap some current on to him. You will need to scaring him back and every time he comes close, repeat the same thing. After 3-4 times they will stop. My clownfish now coexist with my hands when I reach down into aquarium.
When my clownfish bit me before, I fought back and frantically move/slap some current on to him. You will need to scaring him back and every time he comes close, repeat the same thing. After 3-4 times they will stop. My clownfish now coexist with my hands when I reach down into aquarium.
Man, I wished that worked for mine. That just makes them come at different angles or through nooks in the rocks lol. You are a lucky person.
Same for me... It's the female that chases my hand around and bites, even when I flick or scare away.
Whenever she bites the softer part on my hand between the fingers, it draws out blood. It feels like a minor scrape/cut, nothing deep or serious. So I try to wear gloves whenever possible now
I am a retired Marine Major.
NO. I YELL AND CUSS!!!!!!
May need to try and do that though.......
aggrofish
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The male, which was i traduced after the female bit me a couple times when he was new to the tank. As other have said more startling than anything. hand fed a couple times now they leave me alone.
