clown fish trying to make a meal of me.

[kevvin27]

I moved away for a couple months and had my brother taking care of my aquarium while I was gone. I came back every weekend to do any maintenance it needed and I noticed after the second week my female clown started getting a little aggresive towards me. I'm back home now and the clown has actually jumped out of the water at me a couple times once bouncing off the light about 5 inches above the surface and back into the tank. I can't put my hand in or even near the water without her biting me. Is this going to change as time goes on?

 

[Bifferwine]

What kind of clown is it?

 

[kevvin27]

ocilaris. sorry not so good on the spelling

 

[PRC]

That's funny...I can put my hand in my tank no problem with my Clarkiis. If my nephew comes over and does, he immediately gets attacked. LOL.

 

[kevvin27]

lol thats funny. as soon as it sees me get near the tank it's up at the surface but it doesn't care about my brother being there now lol.

 

[Bifferwine]

Clowns are notoriously aggressive towards hands in their territories, but jumping out of the water is a new one. It doesn't surprise me though. It sounds like you've just got a psycho in your tank.

 

[Toolman]

hide the guns and lock your bedroom door at night:bounce:

 

[RyanG]

My female Perc draws blood when she bites.

 

[yote]

Sounds like a fatal attraction to.
It'll ony get worse as time goes on.:mrgreen:

 

[kevvin27]

My female Perc draws blood when she bites.

lol wow thats incredible. she got me a couple times where i checked to see if I was missing skin but nothing like that yet.

 

[Gigaah]

My maroon clown will attack anything light blue. ANYTHING. including light blue rubber gloves. He's see's it comming before it even enters the tank and darts out ready to attack. I don't know what it is but I have a sponge scrubber and an algae scraper both light blue and he REALLY goes after it. Bit a hole in my rubber glove several times too.

 

[the reef kid]

You guys think your wimpy little percs and ocellaris are bad, you should see a 5 inch maroon get mad at you! I have to beat my pair back with a stick or they shred my fingers!

 

[bige83]

don't they usual get piss with tings around them anyways

 

[sen5241b]

No it will not change. My clown bit me all the time. They usually won't break the skin.

 

[fastrd400]

My female Perc draws blood when she bites.

My female Saddleback is the same way. I normally throw a bit of food in the tank yo keep her occupied. My Female maroon bite the :pooh: outta me all the time before she died.