Clown's have sharp teeth

acook · #1 06/01/2007, 09:14 PM

Ok how do I get my female Percula to stop bitting me when I put my hand, arm, etc in the tank. I have had this fish around 2 years and she does have a male. Both are fat happy and currently hosting my 8 headed torch coral. Lets get past the common sense answers of "she's protecting her territory". Is there any training that might can be done to stop this behavior.

Thanks Dale

Slakker · #2 06/01/2007, 09:26 PM

Perhaps if you feed her from your hand, she'll stop attacking your hand...then again, maybe it'll get worse and she'll attack more...lol

I know you're not looking for people to say stuff like this, but perhaps she's getting more territorial because your clowns are starting to prepare a spawning site!

Peter Eichler · #3 06/01/2007, 09:49 PM

Wear a shark hand puppet

nick18tjetta · #4 06/01/2007, 10:34 PM

A percula can't be that bad, I had a 6" Goldstrip maroon that would draw blood on a regular basis.

acook · #5 06/01/2007, 10:41 PM

LoL you guys made my night. Yea If she were to spawn I'd be a proud PAPA. More likely she associates my hand with food and my arm is attached to my hand and so on. A 6" goldstripe maroon is a big clown, and so is a 4"perc when she's latched on to your pincky fingure

AquaReeferMan · #6 06/01/2007, 11:12 PM

Yeah my Fire Clown used to do that to me all the time. I ended up giving that little ****** back to the LFS.

acook · #7 06/05/2007, 08:04 PM

LOL well these little buggers are my wifes babies. And as you well know you can't get your wife to commit to a reef tank without a little nemo action. LOL, my toll is up to 10 times in 5 days. I generaly don't put my hand in my tank that often, but my wife has started a 29 gallon and half of the corals are going in hers. I haven't had blood drawn yet nick18tjetta But if my female keeps getting bigger it won't be long.