Territorial fire/cinnamon clown trying my patience

[TriggersAmuck]

Any success in "taming" (yeah, right) your fire clown? :)

 

[fugetaboutit05]

You can try fish jail. Get a breeder box (hanging in the tank), capture the offender, and put it in there for a few days. My LFS suggests this first for aggressive fish behavior. The timeout lets the other fish get established in the tank. I don't know how this will work for paired clowns, etc. They do it in store if they have a clown that is overly aggressive to the other tank mates. Just a suggestion to try.

thanks bud, i actually just did this. to introduce new fish to the tank. it had to be done lol. i figure at the end of the week ill take her out and let her mingle back in. she is paired with the male in the tank and the NEMS that are in there, but i dont think 5 days will hurt anything.

 

[fugetaboutit05]

Any success in "taming" (yeah, right) your fire clown? :)

good God no lol... i picked up a netted box for her, spent the better part of an hour trying to capture her (sucessfully) and put her in that. added the new fish and now i wait and see. ive checked on her a bunch, not a happy camper lol but its working. i do love the personality she brings to the tank, but holy hell is she a pain in my butt hahaha...

 

[TriggersAmuck]

@fugetaboutit05 - Just a cautionary tale: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/1...icordea-goby-build.644580/page-4#post-8198265

If your breeder box is net material instead of hard plastic hopefully this would be far less likely a problem.

 

[Azedenkae]

Out of curiosity, can you post a pic of your clownfish? I'd love to know if they are fire or cinnamon clownfish.