super aggressive clownfish tankmate

gman52

gman52

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In my 20 gallon I have a super aggressive ocellaris clownfish with a yellow watchmen goby. So far the clown killed a firefish, beat up a diadema basslet so bad I had to remove him, it killed a purple reef chromis, and a six line wrasse. The goby isnt bothered only because he actually stands his ground vs the clown. I think I need a fish that won't get pushed around right when he is put in the tank. My reef chromis lasted a while, because he would stand his ground at least a little bit.
So my question is, is there any fish I can add to the tank with the clown or should I just leave those two in there. From what I can gather I need a fish that won't let the clown bully him right of the bat, otherwise its over for the new fish. Im tired of wasting money on fish that die in about 2 days. any help is apprecaited.
sorry for the long post
Thanks
 
rbrockm1

rbrockm1

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i would perform an exersium on him or put him in fishy jail. kidding aside i would remove him from teh tank. try gettn a tank raised clown.
 
bbb

bbb

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If you decide to get another fish trying moving the rocks around so the clown looses it's territory.
 
deadmanschest

deadmanschest

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you could try a strawberry psuedo i know they can get aggresive and would probably hold his ground but i would say buy a diff clownfish a tankraised one and get ride of the mean one.
 
patrick8929

patrick8929

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i agree the best thing to do is just get rid of the clown
there is no garentee that the new fish will hold its ground
 
jacksdad

jacksdad

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Originally Posted by gman52
In my 20 gallon I have a super aggressive ocellaris clownfish with a yellow watchmen goby. So far the clown killed a firefish, beat up a diadema basslet so bad I had to remove him, it killed a purple reef chromis, and a six line wrasse. The goby isnt bothered only because he actually stands his ground vs the clown. I think I need a fish that won't get pushed around right when he is put in the tank. My reef chromis lasted a while, because he would stand his ground at least a little bit.
So my question is, is there any fish I can add to the tank with the clown or should I just leave those two in there. From what I can gather I need a fish that won't let the clown bully him right of the bat, otherwise its over for the new fish. Im tired of wasting money on fish that die in about 2 days. any help is apprecaited.
sorry for the long post
Thanks
Try another clown. Just make sure it is smaller than the clown you have. I had the exact same thing happen in my tank. Every fish I added after my clown ended up dead because of either abuse or stress from the clown. I got another clown and haven't had issues since. Again make sure the new fish is SMALLER than you rcurrent clown. Otherwise they will fight and possibly kill one another.
Hope this helps,
Bob
 
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