tarheels910;1229986; said:Here is his male and female.
Thank you..i did see two females today and i told him if he could get me the male i would take them ..keeping my fingers crossed..thanks for posting it..
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Thank you..i did see two females today and i told him if he could get me the male i would take them ..keeping my fingers crossed..thanks for posting it..
Red Devil, you need to hook me up. So now its Taiwan Reefs and Electras? Amazing finds.Red Devil;1229992; said:
you forgot that i got the peacock today.. hahatarheels910;1229996; said:
This guy really does not have much but for some reason when i go there he has one or two fish that i end up taking or wanting..believe me it is pure luck..because theres hardly any fish there.. so i don't understand it myself
Maybe I need to become good friends with the owners of my lfs. haha.Red Devil;1230008; said:you forgot that i got the peacock today.. haha
This guy really does not have much but for some reason when i go there he has one or two fish that i end up taking or wanting..believe me it is pure luck..because theres hardly any fish there.. so i don't understand it myself
Thats what it is.. haha..we have known him for years so he probably has a good idea of what i like..tarheels910;1230018; said:
Red Devil;1229992; said:
You are finding great finds. Today the male was dancing, so I hope the female will take the hint soon. Though I don't have a good growout tank ready. Also it looks like my albino Eurekas might finally be ate the age to start holding, problem is that an german red is the one doing all the dancing... And I could strip my borleyi red fins since she has been holding for at least 3 weeks, but again can't be sure the male is the right male. Though the Red Fin male is the largest fish in the tank he is just a big whimp though.
Anyways will update likely soon. Camera ran out of juice while I was taking some shots of my Discus. (It has taken me like 2 months to get them to be happy with cameras and today was like the first day I could get ok shots.)
that is wonderful thatikevi;1230244; said:
you have Discus too
Well i hope that nature got everything straight but if it did not they will be beauties anyway..and she should have them any minute now... my little redfin babies are still a little bitty thing..all 5 are doing great though,they grow alot slower then the venustus babies but they all are doing well together..looking forward to more pics...~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~
Aulonocara (Rubescens), aka Ruby Red Peacock
So I like the Ruby Reds, they are active, aggressive for a peacock, grow to be ~5 inches. And can look great. That being said each new generation seems to look better and better. I had one originally and it was wonderful, with an amazing amount of fins. Then it died... But a very nice couple I know gave me there colony when they heard I was looking for a Ruby Red to replace mine. Well that was ~17 fish. I ended up giving a few away to other folk but I still have about 14 around. (The fry well I tend not to save them for long.) Anyways the thing is the alpha male they had is the guy in the 135. He has a ton of color and if you really want to see some craziness put these guys with the females. Color and shaking so much you think they are going to kill themselves.
Anyways the problem was that I like fins a lot and well when you have fish competing for top spot in the mating order the fins tend to get nipped. So I am raising a new little guy that is about 3rd generation. He has had some amazing color, seeing as he is only ~1.5 inches now. (And if anything he lost a little color.)
Also females tend to be brown but I have a few that have some red and I have seen some that I swore were males till they were holding. Honestly my group is ok, I have seen an amazing breeding group that another AAAA member has and wow was all I could say. He gave them 2 75 gallon tanks or more and well there was 1 tank with 1 male and all females and that male was stunning and his brother in the other tank I was tempted to try to buy off the guy. (But I hope my little guy will be a match for him someday just a few years in the making...)
I must warn people that these fish can be poorly bread. IE you will see some in petsmart that are semi ruby reds semi red shoulders. (Note these fish were line bred from red shoulders ie Aulonocara sp. ''Stuartgranti Maleri".)
Oh and my alpha male will go against fish 3-4 times his size... They can be aggressive little peacocks.
Anyways photos:
Red Female:
Vid:
Ruby Red
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Aulonocara (Rubescens), aka Ruby Red Peacock
So I like the Ruby Reds, they are active, aggressive for a peacock, grow to be ~5 inches. And can look great. That being said each new generation seems to look better and better. I had one originally and it was wonderful, with an amazing amount of fins. Then it died... But a very nice couple I know gave me there colony when they heard I was looking for a Ruby Red to replace mine. Well that was ~17 fish. I ended up giving a few away to other folk but I still have about 14 around. (The fry well I tend not to save them for long.) Anyways the thing is the alpha male they had is the guy in the 135. He has a ton of color and if you really want to see some craziness put these guys with the females. Color and shaking so much you think they are going to kill themselves.
Anyways the problem was that I like fins a lot and well when you have fish competing for top spot in the mating order the fins tend to get nipped. So I am raising a new little guy that is about 3rd generation. He has had some amazing color, seeing as he is only ~1.5 inches now. (And if anything he lost a little color.)
Also females tend to be brown but I have a few that have some red and I have seen some that I swore were males till they were holding. Honestly my group is ok, I have seen an amazing breeding group that another AAAA member has and wow was all I could say. He gave them 2 75 gallon tanks or more and well there was 1 tank with 1 male and all females and that male was stunning and his brother in the other tank I was tempted to try to buy off the guy. (But I hope my little guy will be a match for him someday just a few years in the making...)
I must warn people that these fish can be poorly bread. IE you will see some in petsmart that are semi ruby reds semi red shoulders. (Note these fish were line bred from red shoulders ie Aulonocara sp. ''Stuartgranti Maleri".)
Oh and my alpha male will go against fish 3-4 times his size... They can be aggressive little peacocks.
Anyways photos:
Red Female:
Vid:
Ruby Red
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