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Thanks, it did look like the mating videos I found on Youtube so I am not going nuts! Is it safe to keep both in the same tank? It’s only a 29g albeit it’s heavily planted with places to hide. My LFS said they’d take 1 if not both back if it doesn’t work out.

Thanks @Colu and @Cinnebuns I uploaded the mating/fighting video, I caught them like this 2x yesterday (that’s just when I was looking, maybe there was more). They chase each other and wrestle a lot outside of this, which is behavior i’ve seen with my honeys but these guys seem more intense. The interesting thing is #1 is who does the guarding of the top left quadrant of the tank (the one with the rounded caudal that you and I thought could be female), #2 (pointed caudal and suspected immature male) is more interested in food but does come around to make an appearance to #1 and then chasing ensues. #1 also seeks out #2 to beat up/chase even when #2 is minding its business elsewhere in the tank. And yes, they both got the brown/black coloration after a few days, especially #1, you can see the caudal fins and back fins flecked with a lot of black, when they first came home the fins were white/transparent and their bodies were orange/red. More angle of #1 Mo More of #2: Mating/fighting video:

Hi all, I have a 29g community tank, my various issues are below, thanks in advance! Tank is 1+ year old and heavily planted. #1 The 2 thick lip sunset gouramis are new to replace my trio of honey gouramis that all died within a few days of each other of a mysterious wasting away illness that impacted no-one else (they lived with me for a year). I was told these guys were sunset honeys but they are more aggressive than my honeys. I picked 2 with rounded caudals but I think they were just worn, I thought they are both males after they settled in because they changed colors to brown/black from red/orange, but they’re exhibiting mating behavior (I caught them doing the mating dance where one cups the other for a minute, but cannot attach the video for some reason)! Pix attached, any help with gender would be very helpful! I am not sure if I should keep them? They spar constantly and edge the poor corys from food a lot. #1 hangs up at the top a lot but I dont really see a bubble nest. #1 is constantly beating up #2 but #2 comes back for more. Culprit 1: Culprit 2: #2 I lost an oto 2 weeks ago who looked to be egg bound - swollen yellow belly flecked with blood, my guess is she couldn’t lay eggs and died. She was with me for 1 year and was healthy and fat. I am seeing another chunky oto with yellow in her belly, is she gravid? I don’t want to lose another one and not sure what I can do to help? I have only 2 otos now. #3 I got 6 juliis who turned out to be false juliis, no matter - I love them the same. Lost 2 after a few days, they did not look to be physically ill, just a bit skinny. The remaining 4 seem to be active and ok after 1 week, except 1 is looking very chunky and can’t even lay flat on the sand. It’s fairly active but takes long breaks. Is this normal?