Cichlids do all kinds of interesting things. I’ve seen things like that too. At first it may look like they’re protecting him, but I think it’s more likely that they were sizing him up while keeping the others from getting involved.
Usually they flare out their fins to make themselves look as big as possible when they do that. It’s pecking order behaviour.
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Usually they flare out their fins to make themselves look as big as possible when they do that. It’s pecking order behaviour.
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