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I was curious if it is possible that my male Jag could be setting up to spawn with my female Trimac and my suspected female Red Devil at the same time. I've been having a lot of tank scraps recently and it seems like it's escalating towards something. I'd like to get it figured out before somebody gets dead.
Both the Trimac and the Devil are setting up what looks like spawning areas on opposing sides of the 220, digging pits to the glass and patrolling very specific sites above slate slabs, but the Jag doesn't seem like he is preferring one site to the other. He moves back and forth, chasing both fish around temporarily but never too long or too violently. On the other hand the Devil and the Trimac fight all day, one encroaches on the others side and they scrap for a bit, sometimes broken up by the Jag pushing them both away.
The Jag is more aggressive with the Devil than the Trimac. I was actually beginning to believe the Devil may have been male (and it still may be) before it started digging pits. I guess there is a possibility that the devil is male and trying to set up a site for the Trimac to spawn but the Jag isn't letting it. Or on the other hand the Trimac and the Devil are both female and vying for position to spawn with the Jag. The amphilophus are equally sized and matched to a fault.
I included a video that I hope can help an expert examine the behavior, and give me some insights. If anyone has any ideas what is going on please let me know. I would be fine with allowing any pair of them to breed but I would like to remove the 3rd wheel before It gets annihilated.
By the way I previously was asking about the sex of this Devil and have tried again to vent it. I still can't make out anything while venting, but there has been nights where a long whitish tube was visible, which I assumed was it's ovipositor. On the contrary, it's head looks like it's growing, so I don't know anything.
I was curious if it is possible that my male Jag could be setting up to spawn with my female Trimac and my suspected female Red Devil at the same time. I've been having a lot of tank scraps recently and it seems like it's escalating towards something. I'd like to get it figured out before somebody gets dead.
Both the Trimac and the Devil are setting up what looks like spawning areas on opposing sides of the 220, digging pits to the glass and patrolling very specific sites above slate slabs, but the Jag doesn't seem like he is preferring one site to the other. He moves back and forth, chasing both fish around temporarily but never too long or too violently. On the other hand the Devil and the Trimac fight all day, one encroaches on the others side and they scrap for a bit, sometimes broken up by the Jag pushing them both away.
The Jag is more aggressive with the Devil than the Trimac. I was actually beginning to believe the Devil may have been male (and it still may be) before it started digging pits. I guess there is a possibility that the devil is male and trying to set up a site for the Trimac to spawn but the Jag isn't letting it. Or on the other hand the Trimac and the Devil are both female and vying for position to spawn with the Jag. The amphilophus are equally sized and matched to a fault.
I included a video that I hope can help an expert examine the behavior, and give me some insights. If anyone has any ideas what is going on please let me know. I would be fine with allowing any pair of them to breed but I would like to remove the 3rd wheel before It gets annihilated.
By the way I previously was asking about the sex of this Devil and have tried again to vent it. I still can't make out anything while venting, but there has been nights where a long whitish tube was visible, which I assumed was it's ovipositor. On the contrary, it's head looks like it's growing, so I don't know anything.