Clown chasing tang?

[OneReef]

My small hippo tang has lived peaceful with my two mated clownfish for a month. All of a sudden today, the female occellaris is chasing my little blue hippo all over the tank and will not leave it alone. The hippo will go hide and the clown is swimming around the tank seeking it out. It is relentless. I have looked all around the area where the clowns host and don't see any eggs. What could be the cause of this all of a sudden?

[rc02116]

My small hippo tang has lived peaceful with my two mated clownfish for a month. All of a sudden today, the female occellaris is chasing my little blue hippo all over the tank and will not leave it alone. The hippo will go hide and the clown is swimming around the tank seeking it out. It is relentless. I have looked all around the area where the clowns host and don't see any eggs. What could be the cause of this all of a sudden?

Interesting... How big are the tang and the clowns? Sounds like the tang may be 'hanging' around where the clowns are and they may become territorial... I wouldn't worry too much about it, as long as you have enough LR and hiding places for the tang.

If the tang gets proper diet and he is healthy, once he gets bigger, he probably wouldn't take notice of the clowns anyway. In the mean time, see if you can put a mirror next to where the clowns are and get them distracted.

I have a large clown as well and I hope he chases the hell out of the Purple Tang I have, but no luck (it is the other way around). :)

[rkelman]

It sounds like possibly your clowns are becoming mature and are less tolerant to tank mates in their space. My female Black O used to chase my Hippo all over too. My YT can come as close as he wants the their area but the Hippo was not welcome. They worked it out and they all get along now.