lmsmith Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 My angels, which spawned yesterday, were lip-locking. They are alone in a 3ft tank with their eggs. I've never seen them do this before - they are usually really peaceful. Is this fighting behaviour, or are they flirting or what? They're still caring for the eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 lol.. you certainly are having a good time breeding your fish aren't you? :lol: its courtship behaviour - unless its 2 males, in which case the winner of the lock-jaw gets to breed! lol ............i think........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 I had a male angel rip the bottom jaw off another male while lip-locking and it died. Of course it was my favourite that was killed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted October 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 lol.. you certainly are having a good time breeding your fish aren't you? :lol: I wish I could take credit for them spawning, but basically, what happens is I see eggs, panic slightly, then frantically try to figure out what to do - it just happens that they all seem to do it at once! They seemed to look happy enough, but I'm just scared that they'll get hurt, or be too busy fighting to be good parents. They're def. a boy and a girl; I've watched them spawn. Olly, I know this is gruesome, but did the jaw fall off, or just get dislocated....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 it was ripped right off, about half a centimetre of bottom jaw came off, which the other fish ate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted October 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Ick that sucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 it was ripped right off, about half a centimetre of bottom jaw came off, which the other fish ate OUCH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaide Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 Hi Imsmith My golden angels have started kissing too (I only have 2), since I moved them out of their squished tank and into my big setup - every night they're kissing (and possibly kissing all day for all I know but I'm not home to see). I found a youtube vid of angels kissing, but this is fighting behaviour: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=W2uBls1khMk - mine aren't aggressive like this - mine do gentle grabs and let go seconds later. These ones are grabbing firmly and wrestling, then wrenching as they let go. So, are mine actually courting? How exciting! :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaide Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 I've got a question about this - I think my angels are kissing for dominance reasons, as opposed to potential breeding. There are only 2 in the tank, would it benefit or hinder them to add more (say 2 more maybe?) or would it up the dominance kissing a notch (not what I want to do - my angels are kissing all the time and I just hope they don't seriously injure each other so wonder how to stop it and thought maybe introducing more might do that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaide Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 I really need to know about this kissing thing - would introduce more angels stop them constantly going at it? I'm worried one may hurt the other :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted November 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Maybe they need more places to go in the tank where they can't see each other. I don't really see that adding more would help, wouldn't there just be more to exert dominance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaide Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Whenever I see loads in one tank, they aren't all constantly at each other - thought it might bring balance somehow. Oh well, just hope they don't cause any major injuries to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted November 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 It's worth giving it a go - maybe there's someone you can borrow a couple of angels from to see if it helps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaide Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Well, I don't know about borrowing fish - I'd hate if anything happened to them. I dont' want too many fish in my tank either - so if I buy a couple more and the two original angels continue with their "kissing" then it would have all been for nought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantedobe Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 We have 13 angels in a 4ft and there is no aggression. When we had 6 in our 3ft they fought a bit but not real nasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaide Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Mine don't seem to be fighting aggressively and have settled down a bit too so I think they'll be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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