Jack Dempsey breeding behavior

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Blueiz

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I have a jack dempsey pair in a 55 g tank. Water parameters are ammonia-0, trites-0, and trates ~20. They have been together for several months now and are usually inseperable. Maybe the occasional nip. Today they are all out fighting, lip locking and all. The female is larger than the male and both of them are pretty torn up. Is this a sign that they are fixing to spawn? I know with my convict pair they did the same thing except it wasn't quiet this violent.

A little about the tank, there are slate caves and some driftwood so there is plenty of places for them to get away from each other if they want to.

This is my first jd pair, any advice would be appreciated. I'm going to be putting some melafix in the tank to help with their wounds.
 
I just put a divider in the tank to seperate the two. Until I know what has set them off, I thought this would be best.
 
i wish i could help... when i had my jd/convict pair, the jd (male) would always beat up the convict (female) but never an all out mouth locking throw down...
 
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