Who is the jerk in your tank?

[JGT]

Mine is one of my Favorite fish so it gets a pass.

Have you tried running two different clips?

I have one on each end of the tank

Yep. Then it’s like watching a tennis match. He swims back and forth between the 2 chasing anyone near away. And I have an 8’ tank!

 

[Spare time]

I try to avoid using the term mean or jerk when it comes to animals. Jerk implies a right and wrong way for the fish to act (i.e. social norms or morals). If an animal in captivity is being aggressive, something about the environment is causing it to be aggressive. So when you keep a fish and you notice aggressive behavior, ask yourself, "What about this environment, be that physical, biochemical, or social, is causing this behavior?"

 

[bxclent]

For me, it is this guy...

Any time I get my hand within a couple feet of the Euphillia he calls home, he swims over and bites me. Not painful, but startling for sure.. lol... He is fine with the other fish in the tank, but he definitely doesn't like my hand. Or maybe, he likes it, just in the wrong way lol.

So, who is your tank jerk?

My female clown, Ginger, can be a jerk with me. However, she's fine with her tankmates.... though a little bossy at times.

 

[JGT]

I try to avoid using the term mean or jerk when it comes to animals. Jerk implies a right and wrong way for the fish to act (i.e. social norms or morals). If an animal in captivity is being aggressive, its extremely likely that something about the environment is causing it to be aggressive. So when you keep a fish and you notice this aggresive behavior, ask yourself, "What about this environment, be that physical, biochemical, or social, is causing this behavior?"

You are right. I prefer to call my Desjardi a flippin ay hole.

 

[Jedi1199]

I try to avoid using the term mean or jerk when it comes to animals. Jerk implies a right and wrong way for the fish to act (i.e. social norms or morals). If an animal in captivity is being aggressive, something about the environment is causing it to be aggressive. So when you keep a fish and you notice aggressive behavior, ask yourself, "What about this environment, be that physical, biochemical, or social, is causing this behavior?"

If it helps you sleep better, think of my use of the word "jerk" as the reflexive action that happens whenever he bites me.

As I said above, he is fine with the tankmates, he just doesn't like it when my hand gets near his home.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I try to avoid using the term mean or jerk when it comes to animals. Jerk implies a right and wrong way for the fish to act (i.e. social norms or morals). If an animal in captivity is being aggressive, something about the environment is causing it to be aggressive. So when you keep a fish and you notice aggressive behavior, ask yourself, "What about this environment, be that physical, biochemical, or social, is causing this behavior?"

While the last sentence rings true, there are temperamentally aggressive fish.

When calling a fish a jerk, we aren't talking to the fish and need to worry about its feelings.

We are talking to people who know fish so we personify the animal with a term other people understand.

 

[Jedi1199]

I found it!!!


Here is the thread that @revhtree posted about the "Red Saddleback Anemonefish"

Saltwater Fish of the Day: Red Saddleback Anemonefish

Red Saddleback Anemonefish / Amphiprion ephippium image SCIENTIFIC NAME - Amphiprion ephippium COMMON NAME - Red Saddleback Anemonefish (Fire Anemonefish) SIZE - 4.7" 12 cm) MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 30 US Gal. (114 L) FOODS AND FEEDING - Feed a varied diet of marine fare frozen...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[nicholas.babb@gmail]

The right answer is clown

 

[NTar11]

A. Hole Tomini Tang for my tank.

 

[fairyfishy]

the big boss “ruler of the ocean” lol

 

[blaxsun]

My bicolor cleaner wrasse. He killed my valentini puffer and took a poke at the new mandarin dragonet I introduced. Very bad idea - the image of him gagging and throwing a fit after was priceless.

 

[CoralB]

The LFS called it a "Cherry Tomato Clown" I was looking for a true name for it before I posted this thread. I haven't found it online yet. @revhtree posted a thread about this fish several years ago, but I haven't been able to find that post again.

Based on body shape and general temperament, I am going with a clown variety, but subsequent searches have yet to yield a true name for it.

I’ve not seen a clown with that coloration . Nice fish !

 

[Fudsey]

I got 3 jerks in my tank.

This clown jumped out of the tank trying to get my hand early in her life, bounced off the floor but still going.

Then there's the nasty to all fish 2 spot tang.

But the meanest fish to all others is this guy

He's close to 5" long now and rules the tank. No one gets in his way, ever.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

the big boss “ruler of the ocean” lol

That homie even Looks like it has zero chill.

 

[shakacuz]

my midas blenny! definitely likes to roam the tank and supervise what each inhabitant is doing. anyone who gets close to its hiding/perching spots will get chased off. only my yellow coris wrasse fights back

 

[G Santana]

This guy by far

 

[flashsmith]

The six line wrasse currently spending the rest of his days in the sump.

 

[GoTakeANap]

Definitely the yellow tang. It reminds the fox face and kole tang every few days.

 

[andy28115]

I had an a hole fish, I named him clove oil and his behavior improved immensely and immediately.

 

[Redbeardz]

Well, I crossed my fingers and hoped he would play nice…..not the case!! I knew the odds were against me though. I will be finding a new home for my clown tang soon. He goes after everybody, not just the other tangs. I even put 4 nori clips in the tank. He thinks they are all his. He darts across the tank at lightning speeds defending each one like a demon from hell. I picked him up when he was only about 2”. He did ok for the first year I had him. He’s about 4.5” now and his attitude has changed drastically.