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Old 08/03/2004, 12:51 PM
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Clown being a bully!

Have had a true perc since Feb in a 10 gallon. Took over someone else's 55 gallon couple of weeks ago, had an angel & 2 damsels.

The clownfish and angel fish have joined forces and killed one of the damsels, and have been picking on the other damsel to the point that he's now so stressed he's getting white markings.

Any way to make the clown and angel play nice? The clown is definately meaner. Afraid the damsel may have been pushed too far. Plenty of hiding spaces, just made more this morning.
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Old 08/03/2004, 01:02 PM
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They will most likely kill it, poor thing, can you catch it out and give it to someone with a sw tank? Or maybe take it to a fish store?
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Old 08/03/2004, 01:04 PM
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Will they go after anything else I put in the tank? Do I need to stick to semi-agressive fish? (thought damsels were).
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Old 08/03/2004, 01:06 PM
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How big are these fish?
How much are you feeding and what are you feeding?
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Old 08/03/2004, 01:08 PM
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pretty small (2-3"). Flakes in the AM, frozen "Marine Cuisine" in the PM - just shave off a bit. Just have the 3 fish, a brittle star, 4 tiny blue leg crabs, a brown leg crab, and 1 snail.
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Old 08/03/2004, 01:11 PM
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Actually 2 to 3 inches is pretty big. For that size tank, you may want to just remove the damsels from the tank. They are fighting over territory and the clown and angel will win.
Your food is fine. Make sure you are giving them enough, what they dont eat the snails will,
Best of luck
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Old 08/03/2004, 07:23 PM
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Funny Usually its the damn Damsels that are the PITA

Try to redo the rockwork, it may help
 


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