Clownfish aggression Anglefish HELP

[Giancarlo_Flex]

Tank History: So ive had my 40 gal tank for 1yr+, my clowns ive also had since the beginning and a diamond goby a few months ago. Everytime ive added fish its horrible, from chromis, damsels, except a Royal Gramma Basslet and cleaner shrimp. Anyways, so today I got a cleaner shrimp and a red stripe angelfish, one of the clownfish keep trying to bite the Angelfish continuously chasing, so I put both the clownfish in a “breeder/quarantine/time out box. They can still see eachother but at least they are separated. Any tips? Thinking of buying a PVC pipe 3-way elbow for some kind of hiding spot. And leaving the clowns isolated for another day.

 

[ya_boii]

One thing I might try is to rearrange the tank/rocks. This breaks up any established territory and allows for new fish to have space/time to carve out their own little corner of the tank.

Some more rock might help too, since the right side of the tank feels a little barren. More hiding places means more places to claim territory which means less aggression. I would also double check for clown eggs. That would make for some aggression.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

There is no where for fish to hide in that rockwork, its too open for the fish you are selecting..... clowns, chromis, and damsels are very territorial and aggressive, they will naturally chase each other and they need to be able to hide. Angelfish should be in a much larger tank. I would rethink the rockwork and try selecting more peaceful fish that are appropriate for the tank size.

 

[Tamberav]

As others said, the rock work is just a few large bolders stacked with no where to really hide or claim. The rock should probably be broken apart into smaller pieces and epoxy back together in a way that creates lots of caves and hiding area.

 

[Giancarlo_Flex]

As others said, the rock work is just a few large bolders stacked with no where to really hide or claim. The rock should probably be broken apart into smaller pieces and epoxy back together in a way that creates lots of caves and hiding area.

You think buying a few pvc pipes/elbows would be good to give it those hiding spots

 

[Giancarlo_Flex]

One thing I might try is to rearrange the tank/rocks. This breaks up any established territory and allows for new fish to have space/time to carve out their own little corner of the tank.

Some more rock might help too, since the right side of the tank feels a little barren. More hiding places means more places to claim territory which means less aggression. I would also double check for clown eggs. That would make for some aggression.

Thank you, you think buying a few pvc pipes/elbows would be good for those sort of hiding spots on the right side

 

[Tamberav]

You think buying a few pvc pipes/elbows would be good to give it those hiding spots

No, fish don't like PVC pipes, just look how ticked they get in QT lol, they know everyone can see them in those pipes. I don't even like them for QT tanks, they are just cheap and don't absorb meds/easy to sterilize so it's convenient.

Just break up those bolders or buy more rock and break up the new rock and glue it into something with caves and hides.