i have a female peacock as well as males. I bought 2 of them as a pair...since getting them she has eatin very little and stays in the back most of the time. i have never seen any bloating as if she was pregnant or anything. She does some weird movements with her mouth most of the time. Would this mean shes pregnant...shes been in this take for about a month now...
female peacock...help
- Thread starter sainthitch
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If you see weird mouth movements like she has a mouth full of skittles and trying not to spit any out, she is prolly holding eggs/fry. After two week the eggs should have hatched, this whole process takes about a month before spits them out for good. If you want to keep the fry you need to take the female out and put her in another tank until she is ready to release them or you could strip of the fry her and throw back in her tank.
Here is a article telling you what I said but in much greater detail.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/malawi_cichlids_breeding.php
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/malawi_cichlids_breeding.php