Have had him for 6 years but I came close to giving him up to the LFS!

romanr · 11/04/2009, 07:36 PM

He (Tomato) has been a pretty good resident in my tank and was my first acquisition for this my latest reef. He's big and fat and has taken to attacking my hand whenever it's in the tank for an extended period of time. The problem is it generally startles me since I'm trying to concentrate on placing a coral or something like that. And he's biting nice and hard. This last time he was relentless so I ended up netting him and putting him in a bucket while I had my hand in the tank. I was very close to just taking him to the LFS for credit but I couldn't bring myself to do it! I think from now on I’ll probably have to take him out in order to work in there.

Arati · 11/04/2009, 07:52 PM

Next time you catch him just pull out all his teeth with a pair of tweasers. I would also recomend that you yell and him while you do it. That should fix him,,'

Nothing worse then an uppidy Clownfish!

Gary Majchrzak · 11/04/2009, 07:53 PM

where is the female while "he's" biting your hand?

Pimps · 11/04/2009, 07:56 PM

Wow, that's pretty funny though I can understand your frustration. I'd just put his angry butt in a bucket while you do your work in the tank since this fish was your first resident. Good luck with w/e you choose.

romanr · 11/04/2009, 08:18 PM

No female. Just an RBTA. I was really frustrated but I think I have a working solution.

NirvanaFan · 11/04/2009, 08:25 PM

My female ocellaris won't attack me if I'm wearing a nitrile glove (one of the cheap disposable ones without powder). She'll bite it once and that's it.

If I don't have a glove on, she'll draw blood. She's taken a few rides out of the tank and on the floor while clamped on my hand.

If you only have one clown, it's probably a female if it's been by itself for more than a couple months.

romanr · 11/04/2009, 08:32 PM

I guess I have another cranky female since she's been the only Tomato in my tank for 6 years.

Pylon · 11/04/2009, 08:45 PM

Hit him on the nose with a rolled up newspaper :P /endjoke

romanr · 11/04/2009, 09:03 PM

Picture of beast

clowns101 · 11/04/2009, 09:16 PM

AHHHHH!Thats the same thing that my female Ocellaris and female Tomato does!

Veosk · 11/04/2009, 10:52 PM

my male use to do that. Has not in 6 months?? don't know why he stopped, but glad he did.

fooseball08 · 11/05/2009, 02:07 AM

my fem ocellaris does but she isnt big enough to draw blood... i used to have a little humu humu trigger that would nip at my arm when i stuck it in my tank when i had a FO tank and he could draw blood

davocean · 11/05/2009, 02:53 AM

My maroon of about 5 years did the same.
I started wearing a shiny watch kinda by accident one day, and she bit that instead of me, became routine after a while to wear that watch.
After a while she mellowed out, I figured her teeth had dulled!lol
But I know what you mean about the surprise attacks while carefully placing fraglie corals, mine broke a few biting me, and also head butting them.
And she drew blood many times.

dc · 11/05/2009, 09:39 AM

They are truely evil. If I have gloves on my GBM just rams me. Funny she's the hardest fish for me to get rid of as I tear down my tanks. I've had her since 2001.

SimpleAznMan · 11/06/2009, 09:20 AM

6 yr old virgin fish should watch 30 yr old virgin movie

MarineFlake · 11/06/2009, 07:17 PM

Sushi an option? : ) Seriously, I have a pair of perc clowns and I have found they are rather tolerant of me unless I keep going at it for an extended time. I mean think about it, we all don't mind the meter reader or the mail man coming to do their job. But, when the jobs over, let it be over, don't expect to hang around for coffee and doughnuts. Point is, maybe try a little activity at a time and let the poor lil dude have his peace. Attacking something is his way of saying, "Mine! Get out of my house!"...if I might be allowed to personify your clown...with an australian accent....though Im not sure why it's australian...You from australia per chance...maybe the clown is...Ah darn, now Im rambling...see, no fun when it just keeps going and going and...GL! ; )

romanr · 11/06/2009, 07:31 PM

very good point marineflake. I'll try that next time.

adtravels · 11/06/2009, 08:58 PM

'He' is a 'she' is what Gary is trying to say

reefstew · 11/06/2009, 09:16 PM

We have blue ,yellow tail damsels in our 240 gal reef tank & my wife hates them so bad that she wants to flush them but can't catch them. And btw, I'm a clownfish breeder & I know about the suprise when one attacks.

11/04/2009, 07:36 PM	#1
romanr Reefer Madman! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Central Florida Posts: 754	Have had him for 6 years but I came close to giving him up to the LFS! He (Tomato) has been a pretty good resident in my tank and was my first acquisition for this my latest reef. He's big and fat and has taken to attacking my hand whenever it's in the tank for an extended period of time. The problem is it generally startles me since I'm trying to concentrate on placing a coral or something like that. And he's biting nice and hard. This last time he was relentless so I ended up netting him and putting him in a bucket while I had my hand in the tank. I was very close to just taking him to the LFS for credit but I couldn't bring myself to do it! I think from now on I’ll probably have to take him out in order to work in there. __________________ Raul Roman Current Tank Info: 65G reef, 10G sump/refugium, Remora Pro skimmer w/ Mag 7, Magnum HOT, Phosban reactor, 400W MH & 65W PC, ACIII controller

11/04/2009, 07:52 PM	#2
Arati Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: LI,NY Posts: 670	Next time you catch him just pull out all his teeth with a pair of tweasers. I would also recomend that you yell and him while you do it. That should fix him,,' Nothing worse then an uppidy Clownfish! __________________ I wasn't planning on keeping the turtle until it could pull me around under water. ~RV7AFlyer Current Tank Info: 150 ish gallons of Reef

11/04/2009, 07:53 PM	#3
Gary Majchrzak Team RC Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 28,215	where is the female while "he's" biting your hand? __________________ 16 years experience with multiple types of marine aquarium systems. Current Tank Info: 72x24x30 225 gallon peninsula reef aquarium

11/04/2009, 07:56 PM	#4
Pimps Registered Member. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 159	Wow, that's pretty funny though I can understand your frustration. I'd just put his angry butt in a bucket while you do your work in the tank since this fish was your first resident. Good luck with w/e you choose. __________________ Current Project: 35gallon tank, BakPak2, 2inch sand bed black Tahitian sand, 15lbs cured Fiji rock - Currently cycling Current Tank Info: 25g f/w, 35g s/w

11/04/2009, 08:18 PM	#5
romanr Reefer Madman! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Central Florida Posts: 754	No female. Just an RBTA. I was really frustrated but I think I have a working solution. __________________ Raul Roman Current Tank Info: 65G reef, 10G sump/refugium, Remora Pro skimmer w/ Mag 7, Magnum HOT, Phosban reactor, 400W MH & 65W PC, ACIII controller

11/04/2009, 08:25 PM	#6
NirvanaFan Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,830	My female ocellaris won't attack me if I'm wearing a nitrile glove (one of the cheap disposable ones without powder). She'll bite it once and that's it. If I don't have a glove on, she'll draw blood. She's taken a few rides out of the tank and on the floor while clamped on my hand. If you only have one clown, it's probably a female if it's been by itself for more than a couple months.

11/04/2009, 08:32 PM	#7
romanr Reefer Madman! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Central Florida Posts: 754	I guess I have another cranky female since she's been the only Tomato in my tank for 6 years. __________________ Raul Roman Current Tank Info: 65G reef, 10G sump/refugium, Remora Pro skimmer w/ Mag 7, Magnum HOT, Phosban reactor, 400W MH & 65W PC, ACIII controller

11/04/2009, 08:45 PM	#8
Pylon Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: West Jefferson, NC Posts: 94	Hit him on the nose with a rolled up newspaper :P /endjoke

11/04/2009, 09:03 PM	#9
romanr Reefer Madman! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Central Florida Posts: 754	Picture of beast __________________ Raul Roman Current Tank Info: 65G reef, 10G sump/refugium, Remora Pro skimmer w/ Mag 7, Magnum HOT, Phosban reactor, 400W MH & 65W PC, ACIII controller

11/04/2009, 09:16 PM	#10
clowns101 Clowns Crazy!!!!!! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,048	AHHHHH!Thats the same thing that my female Ocellaris and female Tomato does! __________________ clowns.101@hotmail.com is my email Thanks, Austin/clowns101 Current Tank Info: 3 tanks 30,10,8 and working on a 300 to 400 gallon clownfish breeding system and a anemone propagation system of about 100 gallons!

11/04/2009, 10:52 PM	#11
Veosk Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 55	my male use to do that. Has not in 6 months?? don't know why he stopped, but glad he did.

11/05/2009, 02:07 AM	#12
fooseball08 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 54	my fem ocellaris does but she isnt big enough to draw blood... i used to have a little humu humu trigger that would nip at my arm when i stuck it in my tank when i had a FO tank and he could draw blood

11/05/2009, 02:53 AM	#13
davocean Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Encinitas,CA Posts: 4,845	My maroon of about 5 years did the same. I started wearing a shiny watch kinda by accident one day, and she bit that instead of me, became routine after a while to wear that watch. After a while she mellowed out, I figured her teeth had dulled!lol But I know what you mean about the surprise attacks while carefully placing fraglie corals, mine broke a few biting me, and also head butting them. And she drew blood many times. __________________ There's a fine line between owning your tank and your tank owning you! Current Tank Info: 67G Solana XL mixed reef, Nova extreme pro T5's, Eheim 1260, Vort mp20, BM250 / 60G Solana XL nem tank, LEDs, Eheim 1260, Vort mp10, octo extreme160 /75G planted

11/05/2009, 09:39 AM	#14
dc Moved In... Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wyoming Posts: 31,431	They are truely evil. If I have gloves on my GBM just rams me. Funny she's the hardest fish for me to get rid of as I tear down my tanks. I've had her since 2001. __________________ Debi ><> Now that we're all moved, Please be patient there's still lot's of tweaking to do. THANKS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Tank Info: :^( Soon to be none!

11/06/2009, 09:20 AM	#15
SimpleAznMan Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 29	6 yr old virgin fish should watch 30 yr old virgin movie

11/06/2009, 07:17 PM	#16
MarineFlake Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Olive Branch, Ms Posts: 344	Sushi an option? : ) Seriously, I have a pair of perc clowns and I have found they are rather tolerant of me unless I keep going at it for an extended time. I mean think about it, we all don't mind the meter reader or the mail man coming to do their job. But, when the jobs over, let it be over, don't expect to hang around for coffee and doughnuts. Point is, maybe try a little activity at a time and let the poor lil dude have his peace. Attacking something is his way of saying, "Mine! Get out of my house!"...if I might be allowed to personify your clown...with an australian accent....though Im not sure why it's australian...You from australia per chance...maybe the clown is...Ah darn, now Im rambling...see, no fun when it just keeps going and going and...GL! ; ) __________________ Diet and exercise...That'll be $400.00 please. Current Tank Info: 135G reef

11/06/2009, 07:31 PM	#17
romanr Reefer Madman! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Central Florida Posts: 754	very good point marineflake. I'll try that next time. __________________ Raul Roman Current Tank Info: 65G reef, 10G sump/refugium, Remora Pro skimmer w/ Mag 7, Magnum HOT, Phosban reactor, 400W MH & 65W PC, ACIII controller

11/06/2009, 08:58 PM	#18
adtravels Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In between all things known and unknown (bangkok) Posts: 2,241	'He' is a 'she' is what Gary is trying to say __________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 60gal cube, Vortech mp40w x2, 400 watt 12k reeflux MH with lumenmax reflector, 55watt act, octo extreme 160 skimmer, ehiem compact 5000 return, etc, chiller, and 55 gal Onyx percula and gigentea species tank

11/06/2009, 09:16 PM	#19
reefstew Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Phoenix ,Az Posts: 128	We have blue ,yellow tail damsels in our 240 gal reef tank & my wife hates them so bad that she wants to flush them but can't catch them. And btw, I'm a clownfish breeder & I know about the suprise when one attacks.