Aggressive clowns

[Tchung23]

Is there a way to stop them from being so aggressive? They terrorize my yasha and blue spotted jawfish even though the jawfish is way bigger. I'm thinking of trading them in for smaller clowns maybe 1" or so.

 

[dedragon]

sometimes they are just little a -holes. What type of clownfish are we talking about though, and the size of the tank?

 

[Tchung23]

sometimes they are just little a -holes. What type of clownfish are we talking about though, and the size of the tank?

mocha Gladiator clowns about 2", tank is a red sea xl200

 

[dedragon]

do they have an area where they mostly chill (like near an anemone) and are chasing the fish away, or are you saying they are chasing these fish around the tank? how long have all the fish been together? usually ocellaris clowns arent too bad if no one is encroaching their space

 

[Tchung23]

do they have an area where they mostly chill (like near an anemone) and are chasing the fish away, or are you saying they are chasing these fish around the tank? how long have all the fish been together? usually ocellaris clowns arent too bad if no one is encroaching their space

No anemone. Blue spot and yasha hardly ever leave their burrows but when they do just to eat which is very close to burrow as I try to spot feed them because of the clowns. The clowns will chase them back to their holes. They've been together for 1.5 months. Bought together but they never leave each others side for very long. I'm thinking of treading them in for much smaller ones. Perhaps that might be better. I have and offer from someone to trade. Although my fish are worth more because of size and type I can't bear to have them continue to bug my other fish. Do you think smaller clowns like 1" or less would work better??

 

[JonoB]

I just had an issue and taped a mirror to my tank. It at least made the clowns focus on the reflection and gave the other fish some reprieve. I took the mirror off yesterday and the clowns haven't been aggressive again...yet.