Tomato clown fish together with other clown fishes

Hey Camilsky,

You may want to consider getting two small juvenile maroons and let them mate themselves. They will be so busy doing that, they won't bother your usually very peaceful percs....

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Hey ! Scott! That's what I'm planning to do! Thanks for tip and Marry X-mas!

 

I have a big Tomato clown and it sure is aggresive sucka gives a good bite if you get to close. It is fine with my other fish (false lemon peel angel,good size blue damsel,snowflake eel) It bonded with my flower pot coral and pretty much killed it they are tough on their bond mates. I do like my clown though it has great personality!

 

My tomato clow's life ended miserably. As some of you might know, I'm about to go reef. I'm getting my lights (Aquactinics TX5) next week. I've had my tomato for about 5 years. He was about 4 inches long. The only life he ever attacked was mine. He got along fine with my 2 recently added cardinals. In the past, he has harrassed a fish or two, but never nipped. Just territorial and a bit selfish at feeding time. He sometimes spent as much time chasing other fish away from food, as he did getting his own.

If my hand went into that tank, he immediately started to hit it, and nip hard he did. What bothered me most was his habit of clearing off sand or CC substrate to make himself a home. More than one piece of LR went down as a result of his incessant excavations.

After much deliberation, I decided he must go. Having a reeftank will require that the bottom stay somewhat undisturbed except maybe for cleanup crews and a sandsifting fish or two of my choice.

I called the LFS I trust and told him the situation, my reason why, and if he'd take him and perhaps give me some store credit for something. He readily agreed. "Come on in," he said. The clown went into a nice gallon zip-top bag, that in turn went into a plastic grocery bag to shield him from light, and away we went.

No sooner was I 200 yards from the hiway did an oncoming SUV jump the median, barrelling right towards me. I had ZERO time to react. I hit my brakes and tried to veer, but it was so quick, I don't think I slowed down a bit from 54 mph. I hit him head on, so hard I turned his vehicle upside-down, totaling both vehicles in the process. Here's my dearly departed almost paid for F-150.

His vehicle didn't fare so well. The other man had some major head lacerations, but I think he'll pull through.

My seatbelt saved my life but that poor tomato clown's bag exploded as hard as my airbag did on impact. What a helpless feeling, seeing him flopping on the wet floorboard amidst the broken glass and my tools from the back seat.

Just a word to you nice reefers out there. I hope you wear your seatbelt. I put mine on maybe 90% of the time, but I'll be putting on 100% for here on in. I got away with a nasty welt to the collarbone area from where the seatbelt held me back. However, I walked away.




So, to the OP, although I've never mixed clownfishes, I would vote that mixing them would probably be less than ideal. As in the past, my tomato has chased around a fish or two, albeit mostly at feeding time. Due to his territorial knack for chasing others, and how they're known to be even less welcoming to those of their genus, it's probably not the best move to mix clowns. I'm going to buy a pair of small tank-raised percs now. They're absolutely beautiful, and I think that will be it for clowns.

 

Wow! I'm so glad that you're ok!

 

Gosh! You are tough ! I'm also happy you are in one piece after such a fancy adventure! :-/

 

sorry to hear about the accident and the loss of your vehicle and fish.i will buckle up more often.actually to tell you the truth one day i was trading in some fish and i thought about if i got into a wreck while transporting my fish what would happen to them.that sucks very badly.

 

thanks everyone. Sorry if I hijacked the thread.

 

Glad you're ok.

 

thanks sssnake