mccullochi agression?

[mainereefer]

So how aggressive are mccullochi compared to other clowns?
I read they are aggressive but meaner than gold stripe maroon or aggressive like Clarki ???

 

[Peace River]

So how aggressive are mccullochi compared to other clowns?
I read they are aggressive but meaner than gold stripe maroon or aggressive like Clarki ???

Good question - I would also like to know. @Wen - can you share any thoughts on the temperament of McCullochi?

 

[Wen]

Good question - I would also like to know. @Wen - can you share any thoughts on the temperament of McCullochi?

My pair of McCullochis are almost to the adult coloration, the female is large, but the pair are not close to breeding anytime soon. They have also not selected a host yet, but probably the big torch colony.

I had hoped to keep a pair of mature/breeding ocellaris with them in a 280 gallon...surely that was big enough, hahaha. Within the first 10 seconds of them together in the 280gal, the female McCullochi was definitely going to kill the female Ocellaris, it was vicious to say the least. Now the Ocellaris pair live in a 30gal refugium.

While the female McCullochi has not claimed her territory yet: she ignores the jawfish and wrasses, holds her own with the tangs and angels, does not like the hawk fish or the anthias (chase / no bite), and she ignores the hermits. I was slightly concerned about her with the skunk cleaners as she was sizing them up as either a future threat or she doesn't know how to signal a cleaning, lol.

She has never attacked my hand, but seeing how she went after the ocellaris, I may be wearing gloves in 6 months.
Never had a Clarki or Goldstripe.

 

[mainereefer]

How long have you had them? How big are they ?

 

[mainereefer]

So my mccullochi is paired easiest pairing clown I have ever had but she picks on the cleaner shrimp and hates the peppermint shrimp....

 

[Largeangels]

Anyone else find that these are the slowest growing clowns? I've got 2 pair and they are one of the slowest growing fish. All my other fish and clowns grow at a pretty good rate. But not these guys. I've also got a couple who's tails are still black.

As far as aggression they haven't been bad. I've got one pair in with a pair of gold nugget maroons that lays eggs and the "tolerate" each other. I placed the Mcullochi in an acclimation box to see if they would be tolerated by the maroons but there was an accidental release by someone else and now I just can't catch either one. Luckily they have been ok.

 

[brahm]

I have two, I'm not sure if they are a pair or not sometimes they act like it most of the time they are separated, it's very odd.. I've also seen the smaller of the two submit to my wrasse, and damsel and well every other fish in the tank.

My female will bluff charge anything that comes near her nems. She's started bonking me but hasn't taken any bites ...yet

This currently puts them at less aggressive than other clownfish outside of skunks, but so much of that has to do with the individual fish vs the species from my experience. I wouldn't be surprised if as they get older (around 9-10 months now) that will change.

I've been tempted to add a few more as there is such an odd dynamic between my two but I'm going to wait until they get bigger and see if they "pair" up or properly or not.

 

[brahm]

Little update she bites me now :rolleyes: