fire fish HELP!!!!

What are the other fish in the tank?

may have been the clown being aggresive to the new comer.

i had him in the acclimating box for 30min now i caught him again and put him inside there again I'm thinking on living him inside there for a couple of days, i also put some garlic with the food but he does not want to eat anything since yestarday

its a percula

here is what i would do. poor little fire fish. from now on this should be your motto. always put clowns in last. i learned that with my perc and tailspot blenny, however the tailspot teases the perc more than anything now. leave the fire fish in your acclimation box, shut the lights off and do some aqua scaping( move all your rocks around ) leave the lights off when your done just until the water clears up a bit and then let the fire fish go. then turn on the lights. your giving it a chance to find a hole to hide in b4 the perc can figure out what happened to his home and reestablish a territory. maybe get another 2 fire fish as well. they are schooling fish. they like company. 

Fish training, as given in the Reefkeeping Tips below.
It really works. Yes, it really works if given attention.
Almost any fish, if given it's own home for even just a week or two will be territorial.
Perceived food supply is the main reason for aggression. In public aquariums they pack in as many fish as they can, they feed like crazy, the fish get overweight and lose some of the territorial aggression. Of course the systems are set up with massive external filtration to remove the pollution.
After all is said and done, Anemonefish are in the sub family of Damsels, Amphiprione.

sorry to hear that....

No matter what kind of fish you get, almost any type of fish has the ability to be aggressive.  It is worth looking at Mark's Reef Keeping tips on introducing new fish to see how you can make the transition with a new fish work.  It can take a lot of intensive involvement to get your current tank inhabitants to accept a new resident, especially since they are used to eating all of the food you give them.

Clowns aren't usually hard to sell, since they are really popular.  My best luck has been in making sure that any new fish I add are large enough to intimidate my clowns.  And making sure to increase feeding when I add a new fish.  Food makes everybody less stressed : )

You know that you can feed more, but the fish does not. That's why I said it's the perceived food supply.

FYI, Firefish are very sensitive and more difficult to keep, pretty much impossible in some tanks.

I agree, an acclimation container is a wise thing no matter what kind of fish.
Keep the new fish in the container long enough to see if the current residents will learn to be kind. Training starts when the acclimation container with new fish is first set in the tank.
An acclimation box can be as simple as a quart sized plastic salad cup from the deli. With an elastic to hold bridal veil fish net material over the top, put a small rock and some macroalgae in with the fish to give it hiding places. Let the container sink to the bottom and watch the other fish. If they even look wrong at the new guy use the training stick.  

hydro phoenix wrote: I love the training stick, my clown doesn't bite me anymore, he does do occasional love nips. But that's it. After the first time he bit me i chased his butt all over the tank for a solid 3 min, I was so mad he bit me! Then I got the stick after my hand and arm got tired. And chased him some more!I have him with a purple fire fish, a tailspot blenny and a royal gramma. You can do this!

I have a wonderful image of watching somebody stand over their tank and angrily chase after little fish demons.