How aggressive is your mated pair clownfish (with Anemone)

[calgar]

I'm wondering how aggressive are your mated pair clownfish (with host Anemone)
Mine are really aggresive toward newcomers (fish, inverts) or even me, whenever I have to do tank maintenance (fix a coral, rock or something) they attack me (no eggs detected btw) and I usually have to capture one of them, put it in a net and separate it from the tank (same water from the tank that I remove temporarily.
Can you share your experience on this?

 

[fishy7]

I have a mated pair of gold band maroons and they are fine. They host their GBTA and do a great job of taning care of him. I can put my hand in the tank no issues. I have seen the smaller the tank the more aggressive. :happyfish
The female gets real aggressive towards "all" inhabitants during feeding time for the anemone. She stands guard till the anemone is closed up.....

 

[tima]

I have gone throught the same thing recently. I have to take the smaller clown out of the tank when I work in it because he won't leave me alone. After looking closley next to my anemone, though, I have noticed what appears to be eggs. Is there anything I can do to try to raise the babies in the tank? (I dont have another tank to put them in) Also, how often do the clowns mate?- hopefully not that much as I dont want the clowns picking on the other fish all of the time.

 

[calgar]

Originally Posted by FISHY7
I have seen the smaller the tank the more aggressive. :happyfish
good point