Are these rainbow fish mating?

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judyheitz

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Noticing some unusual and somewhat aggressive behavior with two of my male rainbow fish and one of my female. I think they’re getting old enough to possibly be breeding and I’m not sure if that’s what’s going on. I change the ornaments around each week so everyone has a new hiding place to disrupt things but most recently I am noticing some Aggressiveness from my Borsemani and Trifasciata males toward my one female and towards each other.

Tried to attach video but not able to. So description; lots of chasing. The males are swimming beside and below the female. The males are chasing each other. Everyone was happy until about 3 days ago.
 
if the males are swimming up to the female and flaring their fins and shaking their heads then they are attempting to mate with her.
 
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