mating behaviour of flowerhorn

Question
what is the mating style of flower horn.  how we say that they are actually in mating.  can we say they are in mating when the lock there lips in eachother just like a long kissing?

Answer
Hi Gangadhar,
  When they are locking lips is courtship.  For the actual mating, the female lays a row of eggs on a hard surface like a rock or the bottom of the aquarium.  After she lays about 5 or 10 rows, the male will come along and fertilize them. Then the female will lay another bunch of rows and the male will fertilize them. This goes on for about half an hour.

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