Gouramis Being Aggressive or Courting?

Recently I've added some floating plants to the corner of one of my tanks to give the gouramis some shade. Initially it was fine for the first few days, but today I noticed that the male would like touch mouths with the females and then chase them across the tank. I'm not sure if he is being territorial because the guppies kinda just do their own thing near the plants and he doesn't seem to care. Would it be that he is preparing to mate? His belly also became really red recently.

 

Bumping this up for you

 

Could you place a pic of male and female ? "Kissing" often is aggression (with gouramis).

 

I'll try to get one tmrw I've been out from day till night the last 2 days haha

 

The gourami from what I read like to make their bubble nest using floating plants, so it could very well be breeding behavior. I agree could you post a picture of each of them ? Alison

 

The gourami from what I read like to make their bubble nest using floating plants, so it could very well be breeding behavior. I agree could you post a picture of each of them ? Alison

They do.

 

That's a really short video f basically what happens.

It was hard to grab a photo.
Btw I do have two females.

 

Think the man is ready to mate, but doubt if he is able to build a bubblenest. Try to add some floaters I'd say

 

Do you know if hydrophila can grow floating?? Also I added some frog bit today.

 

Yes. I've grown both H. difformis and H. polysperma planted in the substrate and floating

 

So I woke up to that. Is it a bubble best or a coincidence because bubbles usually don't gather in my tank

 

Looks like a first attemp

 

Anywhere that leaves break the surface is a place where the water doesn't move as readily and bubbles can coalesce. It's also where fish like yours will choose to build their nest because the bubbles are less likely to be dispersed. It does kind of look like a nest to me

 

Sweet! I'll be adding more floating plants as soon as I can!