Help! Are my blue striped pipefish loving or fighting?

[Errol]

I've had a blue striped pipefish for about 2 years in my 165gal reef tank. Yesterday, I added a similar size mate. Hard to tell sex. Can't see any bumps on their snouts and they look round, so may be 2 females. Not sure if they are getting acquainted or fighting. I was going to give it a few days to see if they settle down. Any suggestions?

I do have 2 videos, but I'm having difficulty uploading them.

 

[Errol]

Can anyone help me upload videos?

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

Can anyone help me upload videos?

You need to upload to a video hosting platform such as YouTube or Vimeo first then share here.

 

[Errol]

Thanks. Here are the links to the videos. Would appreciate any advice.
Errol

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[PSU4ME]

Gotta open setting to go public

 

[thrillreefer]

Videos won’t play, it says “This video is private”

Thanks. Here are the links to the videos

 

[Errol]

Trying again with public access. Sorry about that. Steep learning curve.

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[dilligaf29]

that looks like the love dance

 

[Errol]

Thanks, that is reassuring.

 

[coralfishreef]

Dall-E

 

[Greg Hiller]

Wow, very cool. I hope it is the love dance. You'll know soon enough. I assume one or both are eating frozen food. I had one years ago, good fun. I hope you can raise the babies if it comes to that.

 

[Cooper2]

Doesn't look aggressive so that's a plus. You mentioned they might be same sex.....have you decided on any pronouns yet?