fish wars

[jandree22]

Perhaps I've just been blind to it for a while, but seems like all of a sudden my fish are all pissy living with each other. First of all, I know it's not abnormal, but my larger (3") Occellaris clown just recently started attacking my hand whenever it's on his half of the tank. Doesn't seem to be bothering any fish... infact my yellow tang and him sometimes just chill RIGHT beside each other with not a care in the world. They're "home" is behind the rocks in the back corner of the tank, so I can't be sure whether or not they're protecting some eggs?

The second issue is my 6-line wrasse... I just started noticing him getting in scurmishes with the chromis in the tank. It's usually an equal match and the chromis hold their ground, but I'm wondering if it's because of the similar body/fin shape? This battle doesn't happen too often, but occasionally.

Third issue, my yellow tang recently got a few nips taken out of his doral fin from someone recently. I have yet to see ANYTHING in the tank so much as give him a dirty look, so I can't even fathom which one's doing it... he gets close to everything(Occellaris, Chrimis and Wrasse) and is always okay.

I was thinking about adding a Coral Beauty angel yet at some point, but I'm wondering if it's a bad idea?? The CB was gonna be the very last addition I'm planning.

 

[Anonymous]

Your larger ocellaris clown is a she, not a he. It's very likely they have eggs. I've been bitten before by those oh-so-cute-and-peaceful ocellaris clowns while they are tending their eggs. Enough to draw blood. 8O If they do indeed have eggs, the male (smaller one) will be constantly tending to them by fanning them with his fins and mouthing them.

As for your other fish, I think maybe your fish are just becoming mature and more territorial. It's not unusual for 6 lines to get belligerent when they get big.

 

[jandree22]

Well, I wasn't quite sure if they were indeed a mated pair and in the roles of "Mr. and Mrs."... I read some really long article before about how Clowns manipulate their sexes and forgot some of the 'rules' about how that worked. That being said, I still have a feeling they were gettin their freak on :lol:

 

[The_Big_Fish]

I had a domino damsel and two perc. clowns (male and female) in the same tank for 4 years. Either one of the clowns would nip at me whether there were eggs present or not. If my hands went any where near thier home they tagged me! LOL!
As for the domino, well we all know there story.
Completely psychotic fish when they mature a little.
That little bastage would tag my arm over and over again.

 

[highwayman]

One of my mollies (male) thinks he is bull of the woods and tries to herd the females around along with the posturing.
They also like to nip at fingers at varius times.

 

[Anonymous]

My Royal Gramma would attack my hand when it got on her side of the tank.

 

[Anonymous]

My tang hit me with the spike once. Left a nice scratch. I've never trusted him again. :x

 

[Anonymous]

My tang hit me with the spike once. Left a nice scratch. I've never trusted him again. :x

Once? :lol: My lineatus does that just about every time I put my hands in the tank. It's the only fish I've ever kept that becomes more aggressive when you chase it around.

 

[Anonymous]

My tang hit me with the spike once. Left a nice scratch. I've never trusted him again. :x

Once? :lol: My lineatus does that just about every time I put my hands in the tank. It's the only fish I've ever kept that becomes more aggressive when you chase it around.

It only takes once for me to be affraid of something. Sometimes not even that. :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

My foxface loves to nip at my finger tips...it's how I feed him, but when I'm not ready for it, it makes me jump! :lol: