Anyone else have a love/hate relationship with clowns and turbos?

tang named junkyard · 01/30/2012, 10:49 PM

If it's not my turbos knocking down everything it's my clown causing a sand storm every night at 6pm on the dot. The clown is tempting fate as he has hollowed out a base rock holing a huge pile above that stacks to the waters surface. One day I'm convinced the whole house is coming down. My morning ritual is breaking out the turkey baster and blowing the sand off everything. sux

MaxxedMan · 01/30/2012, 11:01 PM

My old clown did the same thing. Was sleeping on a glass floor eventually. The reason I'm building my new tank without a DSB and placing my rock on the glass below the sand level is because of that maroon clown.

Tornader · 01/30/2012, 11:23 PM

Get 'em an anemone... Stop the torture! :-)

jrjones800 · 01/30/2012, 11:25 PM

i have the same problem

tang named junkyard · 01/31/2012, 12:47 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzrSk...e_gdata_player

Some footage

thereeftank · 01/31/2012, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tornader

Get 'em an anemone... Stop the torture! :-)

Mine cleans the sand away from the anemone, so doubt it will help. It's a nautral behavior that I doubt could be stopped.

amazo · 01/31/2012, 08:00 AM

None of my clowns are much of diggers(2 clarki,2 perc,and a maroon)but my percs are pretty agressive.My black one is a nipper attacking my hand every time I put it in the tank and the orange one is arch enemies with my fish net.

wrxreefer823 · 01/31/2012, 08:06 AM

My goldstripe maroon did the same exact thing, except ALL DAY, EVERY DAY! It got to the point where I had to rehome her. My cinnamon clown would also nip at my hand everytime it went in the tank. Now I'm down to one occelaris who is very peaceful.

haftafish · 01/31/2012, 08:12 AM

LOL my clowns do the same thing in the front corner of the tank. I just leave it alone at this point. Bare glass in that corner. I want to put an anemone there but my tank is to young at this point. only 5 months old.

01/30/2012, 10:49 PM	#1
tang named junkyard Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: bakersfield Posts: 1,201	Anyone else have a love/hate relationship with clowns and turbos? If it's not my turbos knocking down everything it's my clown causing a sand storm every night at 6pm on the dot. The clown is tempting fate as he has hollowed out a base rock holing a huge pile above that stacks to the waters surface. One day I'm convinced the whole house is coming down. My morning ritual is breaking out the turkey baster and blowing the sand off everything. sux

01/31/2012, 08:06 AM	#8
wrxreefer823 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 601	My goldstripe maroon did the same exact thing, except ALL DAY, EVERY DAY! It got to the point where I had to rehome her. My cinnamon clown would also nip at my hand everytime it went in the tank. Now I'm down to one occelaris who is very peaceful. __________________ "Before you swim you've gotta be okay to sink..." Current Tank Info: Currently setting up a Red Sea 625 XXL

01/30/2012, 11:01 PM	#2
MaxxedMan Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 309	My old clown did the same thing. Was sleeping on a glass floor eventually. The reason I'm building my new tank without a DSB and placing my rock on the glass below the sand level is because of that maroon clown.

01/30/2012, 11:23 PM	#3
Tornader Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: CA Posts: 114	Get 'em an anemone... Stop the torture! :-)

01/30/2012, 11:25 PM	#4
jrjones800 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: sparks Posts: 50	i have the same problem

01/31/2012, 12:47 AM	#5
tang named junkyard Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: bakersfield Posts: 1,201	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzrSk...e_gdata_player Some footage

01/31/2012, 08:00 AM	#7
amazo Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Jamestown N.Y. Posts: 189	None of my clowns are much of diggers(2 clarki,2 perc,and a maroon)but my percs are pretty agressive.My black one is a nipper attacking my hand every time I put it in the tank and the orange one is arch enemies with my fish net.

01/31/2012, 08:12 AM	#9
haftafish Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hardwick NJ Posts: 191	LOL my clowns do the same thing in the front corner of the tank. I just leave it alone at this point. Bare glass in that corner. I want to put an anemone there but my tank is to young at this point. only 5 months old.