Maroon Clown

Hey guys,

I have been looking into Gold Band Maroon clown's. The guy at the LFS says they can get very aggressive over time. Has anybody had any experience with this.

 

Cool, just bought one yesterday, and it's actually my first saltwater fish so ill be watching this thread. Unfortunately I have no idea

 

Extremely aggressive.

Was once my favorite clown, I had a pair for 6 years and the male died during a move. I attempted on 2 occasions to introduce a new small male, both times she killed it within 10 minutes.

Well ok, then I will just forget the clown fish and tired adding a larger blue damsel, same results. Any fish, shrimp, crabs she killed.

In my experience with clowns, Tomato, Clarkii, and Maroons are the worst offenders.

 

Mine is such a punk... I love him.. beautiful. But he is a bastard. I ended up putting him in with the Mantis lol... He was fine with everything that was already there... but anything new is toast.

(I say he, but really I think it's a girl)

 

Aw dangit, should have done further research beyond liveaquaria summaries. I didn't realize there was much variance with clowns.

Do you think there's risk he'd kill a yellow tang if I add one in a few weeks? And if so, I love triggers, can he hold his own with a more aggressive breed like that?

Oh and not trying to hijack your thread Ryland, I'm just glad I saw this thread.

 

Thanks for the reply's. I'm glad someone else could get benefit from this post as well. Although I like the looks of this clown it doesn't seem to be a good candidate for the reef community.