tischdog32 December 21, 2008 December 21, 2008 So, I dont know whether this is normal or not, but today I was rearranging some rock, and when i went to move a rock that has my RBTA on it, my maroon clowns started attacking my hand ... it didnt hurt at all, but they were ramming my hand left and right, and even as I moved on to other rocks, the one little guy followed my hand trying to bully it all over the tank ... I mean I know I wouldnt want someone moving my home, but is this normal?
vaironman December 21, 2008 December 21, 2008 Yup. It's normal. In fact, when the pair starts laying eggs, they get really aggressive and can actually give you a hard bite. Not to the sense of bloody but it scares the heck out of anyone whom didn't expect the bites.
OUsnakebyte December 21, 2008 December 21, 2008 My very large female GSM clown has brought blood to my hand more times that I care to remember. It especially hurts when she gets the soft web of flesh right between the fingers. Joy... Tis natural though. In the wild they would be chasing away butterflies or any other anemone predators...
capsfan December 21, 2008 December 21, 2008 My very large female GSM clown has brought blood to my hand more times that I care to remember. It especially hurts when she gets the soft web of flesh right between the fingers. Joy... Tis natural though. In the wild they would be chasing away butterflies or any other anemone predators... Same here. My female false ocellaris bites me almost everytime I put my hand in the tank. It really does hurt when they take a chunk from between the fingers. They are mean enough to draw blood.
lanman December 21, 2008 December 21, 2008 Keep in mind - most injuries from clown fish bites are from trying to pull your hand out of the tank too fast - and knocking your light fixture off... or ripping your hand up on a coral or a piece of rock... etc... bob
Kevin Garrison December 21, 2008 December 21, 2008 Mine never attacked until I gave it an anemone... then I added a mate... general rule, don't get close to the anemone and you should be fine On the other hand, all I have to do is put my hand in the tank and the jewel damsel comes after me.
overklok December 22, 2008 December 22, 2008 Every GSM clownfish I have owned attacks hands. As others in this thread have mentioned, they have a propensity to attack the webbing in between the fingers. I think it is amusing. Weaver
Sikryd December 22, 2008 December 22, 2008 I have a marroon in my basement tank with no anenome that lets me hold it, pet it, the whole nine yards. I knew it would let me pet it, but blew me away when I was showing my neighbor this and it let me take it up to the surface and pet it with my other hand while it was on his side. Cool fish! I like em' But when him and his mate were in my main tank with an anenome before the clarkii's killed his mate, they would bite me. So go figure...
treesprite December 22, 2008 December 22, 2008 My tomato clowns were nice for many years. Out of the blue one day the female began attacking me and has been doing it ever since. I moved the pair to their own tank, otherwise I would not have been able to have my hand in teh tank long enough to get a massive patch of frogspawn stings. I'm afraid of her!
jnguyen4007 December 22, 2008 December 22, 2008 I wear latex gloves to protect my hands. when they realized they could bite my hands, they would go for the arms. Smart buggers...
Steve G December 22, 2008 December 22, 2008 Keep in mind - most injuries from clown fish bites are from trying to pull your hand out of the tank too fast - and knocking your light fixture off... or ripping your hand up on a coral or a piece of rock... etc... bob Exactly! You have to go zen and just let the fish peck you and not react.
tischdog32 December 22, 2008 Author December 22, 2008 I actually found that if I keep my hand balled up in a fist right up until I grab whatever I need to, the fish will not attack my fist, only individual fingers, or the webbing as most of you have said ... I have a pair of maroon clowns and its always the one fish, the smaller one thats attacking, can i assume thats the male or female, is one more aggresive than the other?
motti December 23, 2008 December 23, 2008 I actually found that if I keep my hand balled up in a fist right up until I grab whatever I need to, the fish will not attack my fist, only individual fingers, or the webbing as most of you have said ... I have a pair of maroon clowns and its always the one fish, the smaller one thats attacking, can i assume thats the male or female, is one more aggresive than the other? i think that the smaller one is the male
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