when clown fish is ready to lay eggs it lays them near a sea anemone how this a reproductive strategy

Clown fish lay eggs near a sea anemone because the anemone has urticant or irritating substance that can affect clownfish's predator and theirs eggs.

Explanation:

the anemones provide eggs with protection from predators, they have nematocyst with a paralyzing effect in theirs prey. However clownfish and the eggs are safe because evolve in harmony with the sea anemones. In this alliance the clownfish defends the anemone too.

Clown fish live in anemones, so the eggs being hatched there would the give it a home nearby