Clown Fish??

[mikesommers]

This might sound crazy but I have not messed around with clown fish allot. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on adding another clown to my 65. I have 1 small Marroon (maybe an 1 1/2) and was wanting another. I did not want to do a Marroon if I could get away with it. I would really like to get a Picasso Clown. I have had good luck with my Tangs but I lnow clowns can be pretty territorial. So any ideas, coments??? Please LMK!

 

[jesspete]

IMO, to be happy in that size tank, yank the maroon. I think they're some of the most aggressive clowns and it would be a shame for one to take out a picasso.

 

[mikesommers]

JessPete;310365 wrote: IMO, to be happy in that size tank, yank the maroon. I think they're some of the most aggressive clowns and it would be a shame for one to take out a picasso.

That would be impossible. Way to much coral & rock. He is very laid back. He dosent touch any of the other fish. So you think he would go after another clown though?

 

[rostato]

YES. Maroons are very mean and dominant clowns. Take out the maroon, and get what you want.

 

[jesspete]

I had a maroon in a 90 with tons of rock and caves. I dropped in one really big perc. Rostato had to take it from me and nurse it back to health after two days in the tank. Always exceptions though!

 

[rostato]

I can't even get my perc to take another mate. She was without her mate after it jumped for about a year, and I have since tried two more percs, and she has nearly killed them both...Clowns are a part of the damsel family, they can be very mean.

 

[mikesommers]

Guess that idea is out. Thanks for the opinions. I cant take everything out to catch him.

 

[rostato]

Entice him with soem food and use a container to catch him. My clowns have always been so friendly that I can catch them pretty easily. I have never had a marron though...

 

[jesspete]

I had a maroon in a bta. I tried to catch it for twenty minutes, but it knew what I was doing. We turned out the lights, let it get back in it's nem (or out in the open) and shined it with a flash light. Blinded it, it scooped it up, and bagged 'em!

 

[rostato]

JessPete;310423 wrote: I had a maroon in a bta. I tried to catch it for twenty minutes, but it knew what I was doing. We turned out the lights, let it get back in it's nem (or out in the open) and shined it with a flash light. Blinded it, it scooped it up, and bagged 'em!

Thats the bestpart about clowns. They don't hide when they sleep!

 

[jesspete]

he wasn't even sleeping yet. lights had been out for like five minutes

 

[weaglereefer]

I thought clownfish were supposed to be funny. My 2 false percs, Abbott and Costello, never do anything funny. Huge misnomer.

 

[mikesommers]

We are pretty attached to the little guy. So I think we will just hold off. I relly like the Picasso's but we have had the maroon for almost a year and a half. If he becomes a problem then I will deal with him. He dosent have a nem but he does have a colony of blue palys the size of a foot ball:up:

 

[jesspete]

He'll probably only mess with another clown, so just avoid another expensive clown. If you must try it, I would go cheaper and be prepared to yank the newcomer.

 

[rostato]

JessPete;310590 wrote: He'll probably only mess with another clown, so just avoid another expensive clown. If you must try it, I would go cheaper and be prepared to yank the newcomer.

+2 But I'll bet a frag he will be mean to any other clown you put in there...

 

[mikesommers]

rostato;310599 wrote: +2 But I'll bet a frag he will be mean to any other clown you put in there...

:lol2:

 

[mikesommers]

Its my wifes fault. She just had to have him @ 14.99. So need I say more. He was just so cute she said.

 

[jesspete]

Cute till he kills a hundred dollar fish. lol

 

[mikesommers]

Thats why we are sticking with goby's in that tank:lol2:

 

[mikesommers]

I do have a Blond Naso that would love to eat him alive if he moved in on the other side of the house. I wouldnt do that to him though.