Courtship or Aggression?

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So I’ve got a male and female Bellus Angelfish. Everybody else in the tank seem to be easy going without any aggression. But, these two are constantly chasing each other. Mostly male chasing female, but probably 30% of the time it’s female chasing male. Am I seeing same species aggression, or would this be considered normal species courtship. It’s like male is usually chasing female, but if he stops, she starts chasing him. Only big downside I see is it scares the crap out of the 6 Chromis who all go and hide while it’s going on. When the angels aren’t chasing each other, they swim around together like best buddies.

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Could be a little of both. Kinda like when I met my wife...

Lol. All joking aside, can you post a video of them in action?
Lol! Yeah, that’s what I’m thinking. If he isn’t chasing her, she will go find him and start the chase. I’ll see if I can get a video.
 
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