I'm not sure what is up with the spitting but it seems to be some sort of defense or maybe food catching thing. All three of my dwarf gouramis (before the death of two of them that is) would spit at you if you leaned over the top of the tank. They had pretty good aim too!
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Fish are people too!
My animal family
Dixie - Boxer/Lab
Peanut -Chihuahua
Cali - American Short-hair Cat
B.B. - Parakeet
Flower - Western Ornate Box Turtle
Newly Aquired
Cosmo - Rescue kitten
Loki - White Ferret
Odin - Brown Ferret
Aquariums
55 gal tropical Fresh Water -14 various fish
29 gal tropical Fresh Water - 4 various cichlids
20 gal tropical Fresh Water - 5 skirt tetras, 8 zebra danios, 2 cherry barbs, 1 glass catfish, 1 rosey minnow, 1 corydora, 1 ghost shrimp.
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