Cuban cichlids pairing off

[rrcoolj]

I saw this behavior while I was doing a water change. It seems while I was gone the cubans got better acquainted. Everything seems to happen when I am away. Anyway I got some footage of the female showing off to the male. It's funny because before the male chased her up and down the tank but now the male isn't showing any aggression to her at all. The third cuban is getting the snot beat out of him so I will have to remove him. He will probably be fed to my tegu.

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PS: sorry for all the noise I was draining the tank while I was filming.

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pics of the pair

 

[AcsFoolMike]

Awesome man, looks like they're really connecting. What size is your male?

 

[rrcoolj]

Thanks, male is probably 3 maybe 4in, females probably 2.5-3in.

 

[Bderick67]

Nice pair of cubans, to bad for the odd man out.

 

[rrcoolj]

Thanks,

Yea conspecific aggression is super high with these guys. I started with 5 and they basically killed eachother down to 2. The third cuban still eats and flares with the female but he is beat up. He can't even swim right. I think he sustained some sort of injury. I defiantly wouldn't sell him to anybody.