Clown fish aggression
After six years my two clowfish have started to spawn. I've had two spawning events in the past 30 days. My problem is that the female is becoming increasingly more aggressive, harassing a yellow tang almost constantly. I suspect the increased agression is related to the spawning. My tank is 4X2X2 and the clowns spawn at one end but the female now treates the entire tank as her territory. Curiously she doesn't harass any other fish regardless of how close they come to her spawning site.
My question is: is there a cycle to clown fish spawning? Something like X number of spawns in the cycle and then a period of no spawning?
Any insights would be appreciated.
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