Your nominee for meanest clown

[desdemona2]

Maybe I should do a poll, but I have only had Clarkiis and false Perc. The Clarkii female was mean (the male was not). I actually gave mine away as they were so mean to the Kole. However she didn't really bother other fish (perhaps the swimming all over was bothering her). I have had two sets of Percs. The first set died in cycling disasters (the tank recycled). The second one jumped and one was eaten by a sally light foot and the other jumped. She lived for a few days afterwards.

I am thinking I will get a bubble tip and want a species that naturally go to the bubble tip. This leaves me with Clarkiis, Tomatoes, or Maroons.
I am still inclined to think that the Clarkii will be least likely of being trouble.

--des

[K. Lee]

A. polymnus. :D

[Vert20]

Large female Maroon, hands down, truly the meanest to those that invade her territory...:D

[bluebubbles]

tomato

[shawn maybee]

female marron meener then hell ,,i have been bit several times by her,but she is so cute though ,,,but lets not forget about the female fire clown a very mean little clown

[...Stoked!]

Originally posted by bluebubbles
tomato

ditto

[Anemone]

Female maroon - bites me whenever I try and harvest a clone or two (She has plenty of others). The last two times she's drawn blood! :eek2:

Kevin

[BlAcK_PeRcUlA]

female maroon

[Dan]

Female maroon clown, hands down the meanest, most vicious clownfish in the universe. I had to take all the guns and knives out of the house. She once killed a grizzly bear with her bare fins. Poor bear died with complete terror in its eyes, wondering what induced God to create such a critter.

Dan

[ri]

I'm not gonna vote but I can also add they seem to live forever!

ri

[desdemona2]

Only the good die young? :D

Anyway thanks for assisting me in my decision. I think it's the Clarkii.

--des

[CBOYFAN2020]

i had a little tomato that chased my bigger maroon all over the tank:eek2: i had to get rid of it ($32 vs. $12 hmmmmm):smokin:

[ReefGeekster]

Originally posted by Anemone
Female maroon - bites me whenever I try and harvest a clone or two (She has plenty of others). The last two times she's drawn blood! :eek2:

Kevin


How can you tell a male from a female?

[CBOYFAN2020]

male is usually smaller if there are two. if only one in tank it will eventually turn into a female.

[55 Aquatics]

I have a cinnomon female clown that attacks me when i feed my sabae.....

[Anemone]

Originally posted by CBOYFAN2020
male is usually smaller if there are two. if only one in tank it will eventually turn into a female.

Yep, and the male is usually signifcantly smaller, if the two are paired. My current female was the male in my first pair. The female in that pair became egg-bound and died (after I had her for over 5 years:( )

Kevin

[Special K]

FEMALE MAROON!!!!!!:mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2:

[Totlxtc]

Female Maroon! :p

[dennisthe]

Have a pair of ocellaris and I named the female after my ex- she's always biting the hand that feeds her. Whenever I put my fingers in the tank she comes for a bite, even drew blood once. Odd that she only bites me though.............

[b0lingball]

female maroon

[BonsaiNut]

Female maroon.

I had one get out of the tank, and slap me around for coming home too late. No wait, that was my wife.

[phdezra]

Maroon. We need to form an elite arm of the US Special Forces and send them over to Iraq. :uzi:

[Elmo18]

Female Gold-Band Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus)

Man does she do dmg!!

- Elmo :)

[Saliki]

Strangely enough...my maroon clown got murdered by my yellow tang...yes....yellow tang! My red flame clowns is mean as a devil.....it must have bit me 20 times the other day while cleaning the tank!:eek2:

[KORE(67)]

I think a clarki is a good clownfish to start with, i have one and it is peaceful(my 1st inhabitant of the tank), but nips the fins of new inhabitants of my tank. I agree with the majority and say maroon clowns are the most agressive. A friend has a breeding pair of them, and the female killed his dwarf fuzzy lionfish, which was nearly twice the size of her.....:D

[leafreef]

:furious: ..............have a pair of cinnomons, the female is a
_ _ tch!!!! Have the scars on my hands to prove it!

[naso30]

it is the female marron. they are the largest strongest, and hence the meanest! :blown:

[KORE(67)]

Im not to sure about the largest, I've seen clarki and tomato clowns bigger, but they can be very agressive..... all clowns can be agressive, it just varies....my advice is to get a clarki....as I'm having no problems with mine.....:D

[johnrags1234]

A. polymnus.

I have to disagree with this one k. lee.My A polymnus is a great little fish! Everyone has a different experience with every different fish.

I vote for female maroon for sure!

[naso30]

KORE_Nipple_GUNN(67)-
You've seen a clarki and tomato clown larger then a maroon? :confused: If so that's rare, according to "Marine Fishes" the maximum size of a clarki is 5.5 inches, a tomato is 5.5 inches and a maroon is 6.3 inches. According to "Dr. Burgess's mini Atlas of Marine Aquarium fishes" the maximum size a clarki attains is 10cm, a tomato is 10 cm and a maroon is 18cm, quite a big difference. Also I have never seen a clarki or tomato bigger then a full size female maroon. It is possible one of these clowns have attained a size greater then a maroon via some sort of mutation or such, but it is not common and it is not the "norm". The vast majority will never even get to their maximum size in the aquarium. I know this fact because I have been scuba diving all over the world and have seen fish in the wild attain huge size compared to their aquarium counterparts.

[JazzMan]

Krusy or Homee

[K. Lee]

Originally posted by johnrags1234
Everyone has a different experience with every different fish.


I'd say so. ;) This fish is a terror.

FWIW, size wise I'd bet a T clown weighs more than a Maroon given both are "maximum length". My female T clown is a brick.

[K. Lee]

<img src="http://reefcentral.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=925480">

That's an old pic with my old camera.

[johnrags1234]

great pic K. Lee!

[Wolverine]

Jumping in here late, but another vote for a female maroon. That's the first fish I ever had break skin from a bite.

Dave

[Wee Man]

i had three tomatoes that whenevr i cleaned the tank it would bite me furiously
K.Lee u actually like that blue carpet eww it killed everythin in my tank

[shawn maybee]

I WILL SAY FEMALE AMRRON LIKE BEFORE ,,BUT YOU ALL MUST NOT HAVE EVER SEEN A FIRE CLOWN ,,THE FEMALE IS VERY MEAN

[lightson357]

Drop your wallet in the tank and see which one swims away with it. :lol:

[ginntonic74]

Gold stripped maroon clown is by far the nastiest around next to my wife.

[aj2001]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/10899maroon.jpg
Now I know eventually she'll get mean, but I've had her a year now, since she was 3/4" now shes around 3" and still a sweet lil fish who doesnt bother anyone Except the bangaii who keeps trying to host in the lta w/ her.
Aj

[Nu2Reef]

I've got a cinnamon clown that used to be timid. As soon as it discovered the BTA it has become meaner and meaner. My Brazilin gramma looks like it’s been in a fight and my other fish are becoming reclusive and I know she’s the problem.

I think there’s going to be a clown/BTA looking for a new home soon.

[vlamingi3]

My friend breeds clowns and his female melanopus is the meanest clown I have ever seen bites like hell. Especially when taking her eggs. I have also seen a 6 inch clarki and maroon clown both females that have nothin on the melanopus. We had a female melanopus and a female maroon stay together for a short while and it ripped the maroon up.

[Dakan]

female gold stripe maroon

[ReeferMac]

Maroon's are the biggest...... I've ever seen. Especially the female's.

- Mac

[Bushka!]

my female maroon is such a sweety.. just thought i'd add. :D

just lucky i guess? :confused:

[seaofdunes]

female tomato

bites every time my hand is in the tank, even 45 min after feeding!

[Aaron1100us]

How about this one

http://www.funshop.com/m197.html

It was only $744.99

That sure looks like one mean clown:)

[Addicted Reefer]

This girl right here mean gold strip maroon

[bellows]

Addicted Reefer she looks meaner than your *puppy* :D

[Addicted Reefer]

Very well might be. but my puppy out weighs her by 109.99999lbs
:D

My lord i just read my post before i must have been smoking crack or my key board is jacked.:confused:

[Alberio]

I think Pennywhistle from the Stephen King novel 'it' is the meanest clown.

Oh... you mean clown FISH! I'd have to nominate the gold stripe maroon.

mjd

[coolcat310]

My A. Ocellaris is probably the meanest clownfish around. He beat up my GSM, and now he's hiding from the Ocellaris. :D

[Loudz34]

My female Goldstrip Maroon is a bit@# She will nip and chase me away from her Anenome..... almost killed my peculas....

[x9typesh]

i'm gonna have to agree with almost everyone else...female maroons are VICIOUS.

[REEFGIRL1]

my coral knocking over, clam killing (knocked around two croceas so much they died from stress, leaves the derasa alone), rock pushing, maroon clown. She is slightly better behaved now that she has a LTA, I hope to try a large maxima clam hopefully she won't kill it too.

[DJ88©]

Maroon. Female.. Go figure.. :rolleyes:

She'd rip hair out of my hand/arm then parade around the tank with it in her mouth. Everytime I was in the tank. And that was when she was only 2" long.

She even jumped out of the top of the tank one day to get after me..

Later I was demonstrating to a fellow reefer.. She did it again. Lept up out of the water to bite me. Missed and hit the floor.

B!tch is an understatement.