I need help with an ANGRY fish?

Question

I have an Clarkii clown fish that loves his rosebud anemone. Before I got it all fish used to be happy and play nice. Then I got the anemone and it and the Clarkii connected right away. Then I noticed his attitude change. I he started to get really aggressive towards all the other fish. I once saw him grab my other clown and drag him by the tail. It only gets worse. i have to pay attention to him at all times when feeding my corals or placing my hand in the tank because he will bite me. It does not hurt but it is just a shock and annoyance that i do not want to deal with. Any suggestions on calming him down?

Answer 1

When you see him being aggressive go in there with a net and chase him away or if he was the first fish in that tank than he might think it's his and the others are in his place so you can move the decorations around. You can move him to a different tank.

A$H!

Answer 2

the fish is being protective of the anenome. i would remove the anenome or the agressive fish

Answer 3

This is what people don't understand, Clownfishes love anemones, if that's the only anemone inside of that tank, the most dominating clownfish will defend his right to that anemone. So that means, anything that comes near or even is a threat to take that anemone away from him, will be attacked by him.

Some people cannot afford other tanks, or doesn't have one off hand, besides, it may be too late by the time that you cycle a new tank to separate the clownfish inside your display tank, so here is my suggestion, if you add more anemones to your tank, this may help and give you a solution, that way, the clownfish that is attacking the others will know that his anemone will always be his, and the others will always have their own. If you hold it to one anemone, this will create problems, especially against fishes that can use anemones as their home.

So my suggestion and answer to your question is, try adding more anemones to try and calm down the aggressor.

Anyways, I hope that this helps, Good luck...............

Answer 4

You gave it a territory,and it's behaving territorially. Whar did you expect?

Answer 5

take the problem out of the tank