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Old 12-01-2008, 06:25 AM
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Default Biting the hand that feeds you.

I have read similar posts of reefer's clownfish nipping them when they put their hands in the tank but my little perc is a piranha! I swear I can feel the teeth on this one inch monster and it makes me jump so high each time!

If I peer down from above he practically jumps out to bite me! His little clown face comes right out of the water in a frenzy to nip my nose. Little Nemo is quickly becoming Little Diablo in my eyes.
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Old 12-01-2008, 06:27 AM
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I feel your pain im going through the same thing with a true perc.
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Old 12-01-2008, 06:39 AM
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mine have never bit me. even when they knock over their torch and i have to get it upright again. guess im lucky.
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Old 12-01-2008, 07:00 AM
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I had a tomato clown that drew blood. I could not quite belive it myself.
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Old 12-01-2008, 12:51 PM
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. Great pic. My male, sent out by the female will bite my hand. Its not bad though. A friends male perc is nasty and has taken a hunk out of both myself and him.

My former Cinnamon,s would go for the skin between my fingers and hold on.

Sheez, nemo,s my #@&%. They can be nasty fish if they want.
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Old 12-01-2008, 02:41 PM
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Glad I'm not the only one with a "clowndevil" fish . And they look so cute and cuddly just swimming there. Until I put my hand in the tank. In my case they are defending a Zenia that they are hosting. I finally had to buy the full length gloves so I could work in the tank.
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Old 12-01-2008, 02:47 PM
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My little black occ is also a vicious little sob, but I love him. He bit me 3 times last night while mounting corals and only stopped when I put a fish net in the tank while I was working. Once the fish net goes in, he hides in the corner, lol.
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Old 12-01-2008, 03:56 PM
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LOL nice picture. Mine does the same thing I can't even get my hand close to the tank without her charging.
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Old 12-01-2008, 04:01 PM
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mines the same way, even 3ft away from his "house" he will bite hard(plastic tongs go ting). So in goes the net and then i can do some work. Its more scary than my lion fish.
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I had a cute little tomato clown and that thing attacked everything I put into the tank including a prized brown tang. It chewed it to threads. I have run into it in town here it is in this tank and I do laugh when I see it. I sure wasn't laughing when it turned into a tiny jaws.
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