HELP! Female clownfish is killing male!

[Dom]

sad update: I was able to separate him but he was just so badly hurt by the female, and I honestly can’t believe this because they have been so great together for 3 YEARS. But he is just laying down in his quarantine box I was able to get into the tank, breathing heavily, pale, and unfortunately appears to be in the verge of death. This is just really sad for me considering these have been my only fish for 3 years, it’s just really sad and I’m not sure what I’m gonna do now. I guess I’ll figure it out but I just wish I was able to do something sooner

Sometimes, behavior like this goes unnoticed. I recently lost a Valentini puffer that was getting along great with to our Solaris clown fish for well over a year.

Suddenly, they turned on him. I didn’t notice what was going on until it was too late. Sometimes, you just miss it. It’s going to happen.