Heckle behavior

[Aquanero]

This is my first experience with Heckels and I’m noticing these guys are pretty rough on each other compared with other Discus I’ve kept in the past. I just got them about two and a half weeks ago and they are constantly shimmying, shaking, lip locking and fairing typical cichlid behavior. I figure they are just sorting things out but it goes on every day and by now I would have expected a pecking order to be established. None of them get injured in any way it’s mostly display. I was wondering what everyone else’s experience has been with them in this regard. They are very social just rowdier than most other strains, I think it’s pretty cool to be honest they are defiantly not the shrinking violets some Discus can be.

Great site by the way I’ve been reading everything for days.

[Aquanero]

So? No experiance with this? Anybody?

[illumnae]

The Heckels I kept for 4 years were extremely peaceful with each other. There may have been some "headbutting" in the group, but nothing as rowdy as lip locking. I have found them to be much more sociable to each other and less fiesty than the other 2 discus species

[PleiadesSTi]

My domestics lip lock. It's pretty funny.