An African hamerkop bird at Gelsenkirchen Zoo. A close relative of shoebills. #video

Towards the end of the clip, you can see the dominant male watch the two fight. I suspect that the male also prefers to mate with dominant females. We‘ll see in the next few days. 🐟 #fishkeeping #video

There is a common misconception that female cichlids are always peaceful, which these two female ruby green cichlids were eager to disprove today. 🐟 #video #fishkeeping

For several days now, the male‘s having no success with displaying to female no. 2. 🐟 #fishkeeping #video

And the end result: teenage pregnancy (which is normal, basically most cichlids are already sexually mature at a young age). 🐟 #fishkeeping #video

The male has also started courting the females. 🐟 #video #fishkeeping

Some cichlid spawning voyeurism. 🐟 #fishkeeping #video

I get the feeling those two are not going to become best friends. 🐟 #fishkeeping #video

A Ruby Green cichlid gets in the way of two sparring P. sauvagei females. 🐟 #fishkeeping #video