Endlers Fighting

[-FighterFishh]

I recently (about 2 weeks ago now) put 3 male endlers into my tank. All was going well, and they all seem to be thriving, but on occasion I see them chasing each other. No nipping, just chasing each other around. The strange thing is, even after doing this they still stick together.
What could be making them do this? They're definitely all males, all getting food, and they're all healthy, too. Any ideas?
Thank you!

 

[Neon Squid]

Sounds like they are just doing what comes naturally to them. I've got a lot of Endlers in my tank and they are constantly dancing for the females attention, every now and then one will chase the other off. When I took a couple of females out to give birth in my nursery tank the fighting got more frequent. They rarely do each other any harm and are mainly just chasing but to avoid the weaker one being constantly picked on you might want to think about adding a few females to distract their attention.

 

[-FighterFishh]

Sounds like they are just doing what comes naturally to them. I've got a lot of Endlers in my tank and they are constantly dancing for the females attention, every now and then one will chase the other off. When I took a couple of females out to give birth in my nursery tank the fighting got more frequent. They rarely do each other any harm and are mainly just chasing but to avoid the weaker one being constantly picked on you might want to think about adding a few females to distract their attention.

Okay, thank you
I'll be adding some more endlers to my tank soon, so I'll be sure to ask for females!

 

[OldMan47]

I never pay much attention to the gender in my endler tanks. Unless the total numbers are small, the proportion of males to females doesn't seem to matter much. My 45 gallon has about 200 endlers of varying ages, from newborn to full adult. The 20 gallon community of around 75 fish is equally diverse in the age distribution. All fish seem to spend much of their time swimming in the same direction as each other much like a schooling fish might but if I stop to watch an individual fish its swimming seems random compared to the group movement. My conclusion is that although the fish generally move in unison, they really do not move as a schooling fish would with each turn being coordinated. Instead each fish tends to move in the same general direction as the others and it looks more coordinated than it really is.