Dragons Blood Peacock Tankmates That Won't Cross Breed

[Fish Eat Fish]

Hello everyone,

I have a 55 gallon tank that with 9 Dragons Blood Peacocks in it. There are 3 males and 6 females all around 2.5". I am hoping they breed eventually.

What other smallish cichlids (or other fish from the same area...yes I know these are not found in the wild) would work as takemates, have a different color (blue?), And not cross with the DB females?

I've had a lot of odd ball fish but this is my first African cichlid tank.

Thanks in advance for the suggestions!

 

[DJRansome]

I would add females until you have 15 fish in the tank and call it stocked. When you do 3 males in a 55G, especially of a hybrid like Dragon Blood, you don't want to skimp on females.

 

[markstrimaran]

Well pseudo trophus elongated " blue male, green female, I have not had any males interested in my dragons blood.
I think ,the none dominant males are going to be cross breeding. My full color males are only interested in same species fish.
I am 0-5 with DB females holding unfertalized eggs. Even in a 75 gallon with 3 mature males. Two yellow labs, and a blue pseudo trophus.

I bought 20 pseudo trophus acei, mbuna fry. That are half and half, but 100% homogeneous pink. I am wanting to breed in more Mbuna. As they seem to do better in groups.
If you can find a male dragons blood. That is calm around females, you got a good one. I had to get rid of one. He was very hard on the females.

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

So far there is very little aggression but they are 2.5" so I assume that's normal until they mature more. This is my first go with Africans because I never liked the aggression issues. I always preferred fish that were calm until they saw something they could swallow

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

Do others suggest 6ore dragons blood? Is 9 likely too small of a group?

 

[markstrimaran]

Your 3 males are probably going to fight until a two become submissive.
If they survive? They will probably take a good deal of harassment. That the females would normally take.
So over stocking females might not matter. Time will tell.

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

I have 6 Buenos Aires tetras in with them now. Not exactly fish from the right area but they seem to be decent target fish that get chased around a bit and are easy to replace.