I am staring to hate my Clown

[swaziland]

I have a gold stripe clown who will not let me introduce any new fish he will kill them, any way to stop this? Existing fish are ok. 35gal tank :help:

 

[chadman]

do you have a lot of rockwork? if you don't this could be the problem...maroons are usually more agressive though

 

[chadman]

gold stripe maroon clowns being the most agressive

 

[swaziland]

I do have a lot of rocks. Is it a lost cause or should I give him back assuming I want more fish

 

[the j.o.p.]

clowns are just more desirable damsels.

 

[chadman]

certain clowns are in the damsel family i dn't believe that all of them are

 

[chadman]

i mean if he is nasty now he prolly isn't going to get friendlier...you may just want to cut your losses now...is he pretty big or is he little?

 

[swaziland]

3 inches or so. only nasty towards new fish

 

[chadman]

do you keep your lights off for a little while when you place new fish in the tank...and do they have ample space to hide? also are you positive it is the clown killing them and not something else like stress or water parameters or something?

 

[renogaw]

you need to take your maroon out of the tank, let the fish forget its territory, then put it back into the tank a couple days later. Keep it in a QT or something.

 

[swaziland]

If I Qt the clown for a day or 2 while i introduce a new fish your thoughts

 

[ice4ice]

Question 1 - what fish are you trying to add ?
35 gallon tank is pretty much abit too small for a Maroon to share with another fish. You do realize they get up to 6 inches as adults ?

 

[thud]

Originally Posted by swaziland
3 inches or so. only nasty towards new fish
3 inches and he's killing your other fish? Please?

 

[renogaw]

completely believable. maroons can get nasty.
to introduce a new fish, qt it for the couple weeks to make sure it is fine, then putting the maroon in for 2-3 days could give it enough time out time away from its territory to be messed up when it gets re-introduced.

 

[nietzsche]

what type of fish are you introducing? I wouldn't introduce anything small at all.. and youll most likely have to a get a larger tank for the gsm. i'm trying to find someone to take my female and male or just wait until the summer or the beginning of next year to start a larger tank. they're really territorial and aggressive

 

[swaziland]

whtas up with thud man I saw him kill 3 fish so pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[swaziland]

hey thud pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[swaziland]

thanks everyone for the advice but thud pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[barchtruong]

send da fish off to my tank......
I'll take it