attacked by clown fish???

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  1. Los1980

    Los1980 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    I know these little guys are curious and smart...I have a sun polyp that i feed every other day...the little guys always hover around my hand looking and then eat away at whatever floats away. Today the tiny percula attacked my hand...as soon as i put my hand in he'd zip and start nipping at my hand...this normal? lol
     
    Los1980, Mar 24, 2011
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  2. fishyfinder

    fishyfinder Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    O yeah! Touch their favorite rock and you'll have world war 3 in your tank. :)
     
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  3. Los1980

    Los1980 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    lol here i th ought they liked me and were just being curious!!! lil bastard scared me at first! lol
     
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  4. fishyfinder

    fishyfinder Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    hahah Mine hides in the island when the hand hits the water then out of nowhere dive bombs my hand. Mine eats out of my hand too around feeding time, they can be little bastards. lol Great fish though.
     
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  5. jimmy_beaner

    jimmy_beaner Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    If you relate your hand to food... they link them together. I feed from airline tubing or turkey baster for that reason. They'll swim by my hand, but don't attack it. Always curious to check me out every time I enter the tank. The millisecond airline tubing or turkey baster gets anywhere near the tank, they freak out. Very interesting fish.
     
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  6. fishyfinder

    fishyfinder Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    you have nice fish. haha I don't put my hand in the water when feeding them. I just pinch a bit of food between two fingers. This is not the same excitement for food.
     
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  7. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Clownfish are jerks. Some don't bite but most do.
     
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  8. jimmy_beaner

    jimmy_beaner Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    My female clownfish loves cyclopeeze... she practically begs for it, and will spit out other foods until she's hungry enough.
     
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  9. kreator

    kreator Flamingo Tongue

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    LOL, I love these guys!
     
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  10. alpha_03

    alpha_03 Bubble Tip Anemone

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    LOL, wait till they get bigger they can and will hurt you- nemo aint so nice and cute now is he?. Consider this as a warning, trigger fishes and the like are even worse- mine have drawn blood.

    We are after all invading their home- and since they have no shot guns and opposable thumbs- they bite you. ;)
     
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