Found this out the hard way yesterday lol. Clowns have been in my tank for about a month now and the female scared the life out of me when i was shoulder deep messing with some rocks. Water everywhere from pulling my arm out. I was reading up more on it and apparently the females tend to get more aggressive, especially when they’ve laid eggs.
Yes mine are about the same size. Ive never fed out of my hand. It’s always been a coral feeder. It doesn’t hurt but just don’t want it turn into an evil fish and be the smallest bully of the tank lol
I believe it’s my female as well since it’s slightly larger than the other. I was shocked so I put my fingers back in and sure enough it started coming for them
Female is larger and picks on the male. She tends to chase the male around and eat more food. Or if you only have one clown, it’s probably a female
I don't do quite the same, but I also don't back down. My female ocellaris will fan her tail at me when I get to close to her rock. I just chase her with one of my fingers, all the while she keeps fanning her tail. I've never been bitten by mine though.
My tomato clown became aggressive after about 3 yrs old he stays on one side of the tank and the other 3 clowns stay on the other side. He chases other fish away from his area very territorial He also killed one of my clowns.and yes he bit me a few times while cleaning the tank if i was on his side near his anemone .the only other fish that bits me is my file fish and he has some sharp teeth! But he thinks my fingers are food .
The fancy clowns are aggressive and get more territorial the bigger they get
