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Has anyone here ever had the female become the aggressor with a mated pair. I was feeding them the other night and the female 8" started chased the male 10" (they are 3~4 years old) from one end of the tank to the other (125gal). It usally is the male doing this to her. I have not seen this behavior before, any clue(s) on what the heck is going on. I have seen simular behavor when I add a male to a established females tank but never with a mated pair that have been together like this. I have to admit, this is a new one on me, and I have seen and heard about all of it...lol. BTW no other fish are in the tank except for a couple plecos. Is she just Hot to trott and he is not acting interested? Thanks

There is a good chance that the male wants to breed but the female isnt ready or it could be the other way around. this is also common in a lot of the smaller cichlids.