Clownfish attacking me/pairing questions

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Hi, so I own two clownfish in a 15 gallon aquarium, I notice whenever I put my hands in the tank (for cleaning and decorative) reasons, Paris the light orange one (shes the most bossy one, still don’t know if they’re paired up but she acts the most dominant) tries to bite me. And whenever I put my face near the tank she jumps up at me. Once she made it out the tank.
Also I want to know if they’re paired up yet, Paris acts bossy but tolerates his presence. A little backstory is when I first got my clowns I had another one who unfortunately died. Then a few weeks or a week later we got Chapelle, we used a breeder box then eventually let him in, we thought they were going good but Paris kept nipping at him (not actually hurting him) but as of stay away from me. Chapelle normals twitches around her and Paris doesnt really nip him anymore. Paris was doing the twitching thing first when they were put together for the first time. They are currently hosting the yellow anemone looking plant. At first Paris was defensive of it but she allows him there. So are they paired?
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Hi, so I own two clownfish in a 15 gallon aquarium, I notice whenever I put my hands in the tank (for cleaning and decorative) reasons, Paris the light orange one (shes the most bossy one, still don’t know if they’re paired up but she acts the most dominant) tries to bite me. And whenever I put my face near the tank she jumps up at me. Once she made it out the tank.
Also I want to know if they’re paired up yet, Paris acts bossy but tolerates his presence. A little backstory is when I first got my clowns I had another one who unfortunately died. Then a few weeks or a week later we got Chapelle, we used a breeder box then eventually let him in, we thought they were going good but Paris kept nipping at him (not actually hurting him) but as of stay away from me. Chapelle normals twitches around her and Paris doesnt really nip him anymore. Paris was doing the twitching thing first when they were put together for the first time. They are currently hosting the yellow anemone looking plant. At first Paris was defensive of it but she allows him there. So are they paired?
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I would say they are paired, the twitching is usually a good sign.
 

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And whenever I put my face near the tank she jumps up at me. Once she made it out the tank.
Be careful. A few years ago, a member posted that their Clownfish actually jumped up and bit him on the eyeball as he was leaning over the tank doing maintenance. Yikes!
 

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