What is my clown doing to my chromis?

[apexkeeper]

My baby ocelaris clown will not leave my green chromis alone. It doesn't seem like aggression, he actually seems like he's trying to host him or something. The clown is about the size of a thumbnail and the chromis is full grown. The chromis doesn't seem bothered by it at all, but all day long the little clown swims in circles around the chromis sometimes doing a little wiggle dance right on him. They haven't been more than 2 inches apart from each other in 3-4 days...

anyone ever seen this kind of behavior before? :hmm4:

 

[ska d]

Its a submission thing. He might think the chromis is a female and indicating its submissive. Here's some homework for ya. Look up what kind of fish clowns and chromis actually are.

 

[Ambition]

Clowns and chromis are clowns and chromis.

They are in the same family of fish though, which is described in understandable words as the damsel family.