my clown is terrorising other clowns! help!

[colinsoon]

hi all, urgently needs some help here....

i got this orange clown from reborn, or at least its how they call it, and added it to my tank. then it so happens dat i added 2 more fake clowns into the tank, and initially they are all sharing this huge anemone, but now the 2 fake clowns are hiding in a corner of the tank, and my orange clown just chases the other two clowns around the tank! the orange clown will swim around to find them, and chases them around the tank the whole day long. tried catching the orange clown, but missed everytime... need help before the two fake clowns gets too stressed out and die... i haf another fake clown, a bigger one, before i added the orange clown in.

sorry, but i am new to this, ain sure of all the terms and names...

[valerossi]

Clowns are terrotoiry fish

[valerossi]

Sorrie. territorial fish.

Seems like Maroon Clowns

[alex826768]

bro it takes time for them to get together .... how long did u quarantine b4 introducing ...? i have got 6 clowns in mine n they 1 big family ......

[valerossi]

How big is ur tank?

[cornyfish]

hi all, urgently needs some help here....

i got this orange clown from reborn, or at least its how they call it, and added it to my tank. then it so happens dat i added 2 more fake clowns into the tank, and initially they are all sharing this huge anemone, but now the 2 fake clowns are hiding in a corner of the tank, and my orange clown just chases the other two clowns around the tank! the orange clown will swim around to find them, and chases them around the tank the whole day long. tried catching the orange clown, but missed everytime... need help before the two fake clowns gets too stressed out and die... i haf another fake clown, a bigger one, before i added the orange clown in.

sorry, but i am new to this, ain sure of all the terms and names...

I'm assuming the orange clown you bought is the tomato clownfish, and the fake clowns are the Ocellaris clownfishes.

I'm afraid the fact of the matter is that such behaviour is only to be expected... Tomato clownfishes, Maroon clownfishes and True Percula clownfishes are very aggressive fishes that will attack and even kill the more docile clowns like the Ocellaris (common clown). If you're planning to keep these aggressive clowns, either keep them 1 to a tank, or ensure you get a mated pair.

However, the above does not apply to the ocellaris clownfishes. These generally can be kept even in a small group, like alex described.