what is my clown doing?

[rope33]

I have a gold stripe maroon that I have had for five years now by itself in my 75 gal. reef tank, a month ago I bought a smaller gsm a acclimated it with my mature clown. although, the clown I put with it was only about a inch and a half long and the older one is about five inches long, the little one submissed to it and they have been together ever since. Now a month later my bigger clown which would be the female, is acting like never before. She is going down to the sand below her anemone a swishing her tail back and forth making a mess. Could she possibly be wanting too spawn? This is very cool, I know every move that this fish has ever done, and she has never done this before. Thanks for any info!

 

[Trademark]

Sounds like prespawn activity, do you know how old your new male is? I would put a small clay pot where she is spraying sand everywhere or a 4 inch ceramic tile (rough side up) hope this helps----- even if you don't want to actually start raising clowns, it is really cool to see the whole process cradle to the grave

 

[rope33]

I would say the male is about a year old, only 1 1/2 inches long

 

[rope33]

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