I've always loved these fish, I think they are the most beautiful cichlids hands down.
This is my first one, and also only the second time I've seen them for sale in England.
He's only a baby, I got him on friday at 2.5 inches and VERY skinny. Tiny little thing. I've been feeding him multiple times a day and he appears to have grown half an inch in a few days and fattened up a bit.
He's 3 inches now and less scrawny. On friday he looked like such a baby, like he hadn't learnt to swim properly yet, he was all over the place. He looks fine now.
My question is diet. Right now he's ONLY taking frozen bloodworms. And I've always run out. I've tried crushed cichlid gold pellets, I've tried cut up shrimp and beefheart etc. He doesn't look at anything but bloodworms.
Any of you that have bought baby p bass - what have you found to be a good diet that they'll readily accept?
Also those of you with adult peacock bass, what are they like characteristically? Are they intelligent and personable like oscars? Or are they aggressive like dovii's etc?
Btw he's a Cichla Ocellaris and he is SO, SO quick. He darts around like a fly. He's in a tank with a 6.5 inch jardini and a bigger texas cichlid. He has a good survival instinct. Those fish are not aggressive towards him, but he stays well clear of them. If either come near him he just ZOOMS around the tank, from one spot to another to another in a split second.
This is my first one, and also only the second time I've seen them for sale in England.
He's only a baby, I got him on friday at 2.5 inches and VERY skinny. Tiny little thing. I've been feeding him multiple times a day and he appears to have grown half an inch in a few days and fattened up a bit.
He's 3 inches now and less scrawny. On friday he looked like such a baby, like he hadn't learnt to swim properly yet, he was all over the place. He looks fine now.
My question is diet. Right now he's ONLY taking frozen bloodworms. And I've always run out. I've tried crushed cichlid gold pellets, I've tried cut up shrimp and beefheart etc. He doesn't look at anything but bloodworms.
Any of you that have bought baby p bass - what have you found to be a good diet that they'll readily accept?
Also those of you with adult peacock bass, what are they like characteristically? Are they intelligent and personable like oscars? Or are they aggressive like dovii's etc?
Btw he's a Cichla Ocellaris and he is SO, SO quick. He darts around like a fly. He's in a tank with a 6.5 inch jardini and a bigger texas cichlid. He has a good survival instinct. Those fish are not aggressive towards him, but he stays well clear of them. If either come near him he just ZOOMS around the tank, from one spot to another to another in a split second.
