Clarkii trouble

I bought a clarkii about 2 months ago for my 10 gallon, within a week he killed my skunk shrimp, recently i just added him to my new 29, ive had a 6-line wrasse in there for two weeks, within minuts he started chasing the wrasse and scared him into hiding, what should i do with this fish ? get rid of him?

 

Usually if they are that aggressive all you can do is change around the scape some to establish new territories. If that does not work the clown will probably not accept any new fish, especially another clown.

I had the same problem with a Maroon clown and it never worked out. Every fish I added he killed within 10 mins. The aggression only gets worse as they get older and is intensified secondary to the small size of the tank.

Good Luck

 

Yup,clarki's are one of the most aggressive clowns,I owned one for a short time and he was one mean fish.

 

I hate my clarkii clown.. I've been trying everything to catch him and get rid of him. I am literally about to starve him for a week and "fish" him out with some krill and a hook...

 

wow so judging from the reply's they seem to be little arseholes , well i will try to change the scape the sad part is i just added him today

 

My clown fish mean list

1. Maroons
2. Tomato
3. Clarkii

All clown fish have the potential for being very aggressive but those 3 top my list.

 

Just about anything that isn't an occelaris or percula has a pretty good chance of being mean AFAIK.

 

try having the lights off for a couple days, this should calm things down

 

i would like to try that down fall is a have a mushroom frag in there now, hmm maybe i could move it back to my 10gl

 

it wont do much to a mushroom, heck i could throw some kosher salt in a toilet and a mushroom would thrive in there