Geo Dicrozoster: Courting or fighting?

[Chaitika]

Shot this video yesterday. Up until about 2 months ago, these 2 fought like cats and dogs. Now they're no biting and a whole lot of displaying. Is this courting or just another form of male v male?

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[greenterra]

Looks like courting behavior to me. Same sex courting is common in cichlids.
By the way, did I mention that is beautiful setup.

 

[Chaitika]

Thanks for the feedback and the compliment.

This pair was brought to me with the owner thinking they were a m/f pair. The larger of the two was originally smaller and mercilessly beat on the other for months and then it abruptly stopped. I've overfed them to see their "junk" get pushed down and they still look like males.

 

[peathenster]

hard to say. ship them to me and I'll take a closer look

j/k. Beautiful tank and fish

 

[Chaitika]

hard to say. ship them to me and I'll take a closer look

j/k. Beautiful tank and fish

LOL

Thanks!