Yeah I thought they might eat them, but i have a small tank with 1 grumpy maroon very large clown and anemone ,He won't even let me put coral in there he pushes it all around the tank,i was going to put them in there,There's a reason I don't have any in my tanks. Same with goddamn Lamarck's angels, miserable little coral eating bastards. They started with my Xmas tree worm rock, then they killed a Lobo, now they live with Larry, Larry being my Leafmouth grouper. I often wondered why nobody bought the damn things. Just about everything eats Xmas tree worms. :(
That makes sense ,we all are@Susan Bates, your 'very large clown' is most likely a 'she' rather than a 'he' - the big, bossy ones are generally females :rolleyes
mine nips at me 2Yep, a large Maroon is a female and that's another one that's a miserable bastard. I've pretty much given up on clowns, my Fiji Tomatoes have become little shits as well and they're going to be sent to the sin bin and shipped out when I get an order for them. I had a pair of omanensis clowns and when they were guarding eggs you DID NOT put your hands in the tank if you didn't want to bleed. 18cm clowns are mean as snakes. If a clown can move things, they will.
@Susan Bates, your 'very large clown' is most likely a 'she' rather than a 'he' - the big, bossy ones are generally females :rolleyes
I don't think you quite understand about the omanensis clowns, they'll take a chunk out of you. No ifs, ands or buts about it, you WILL bleed. The female was the size of a salad plate with 2mm teeth and mean as a damn snake.mine nips at me 2
Yes, they were omanensis, these things were monsters in size and attitude. I have a mate who is Egyptian and "blends in" better that I do in the middle east. So I tasked him with getting me 4 omanensis clowns. About 6 hours later, he returns with 6 buckets and 12 of them, lol. I took them to my house, cleaned them out and away we went back to the States. They are now the property of a breeder who paid a princely sum for them. I hope they have better luck with the fry than I did, they were a pain in the ass. The worst was running the gauntlet of teeth trying to get the eggs out, lol. I had them for 3 years before I sold them. When he first brought them back I said the same thing, damn, these things look like bicinctus clowns. 6 months later when they were eating me out of house and home I wished I'd have never asked for them.@ReeferRob, A. omanensis is a very rare find - I am surprised that there were any available, anywhere :confused: How confident were you about the ID? Are you sure they weren't A. bicinctus?
(And I don't mean to question you on your significant knowledge of all things related to this hobby - I am just genuinely interested in clownfish :))
Does the Sultan of Oman believe in capital punishment ? You would probably have just 'disappeared'.Edit: If they'd have caught my ass with them they'd have thrown my ass UNDER the jail, lol.