It is best to separate them through eggcrate, or best is to take the old one out and put both clown fish (old and new) into a quarantinen tank.
That's what I did with my female that was alone for 1 year. I took her out and put her at the same time as my new (much smaller one) into a quarantine tank.
That way the female is not so territorial and she will be more prone to accept the new one.
They formed a couple after 4 weeks in quarantine so I could put them back into the main tank after 6 weeks without problem. If needed, it is a lot easier to separate the tank in half with eggcrate if there is fighting to let them get used to each other.
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