Mixing Peacocks
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Here is my the results of my hybrid breeding experiment. It was a OB peacock female and a male stuartgranti. I was going for a nice blotchy blue peacock. I dont know if the males will color up as they grow or if this is their color, they are 1 inch juvies.
As some of you know my tank has only been setup for about a month. But I have had success breeding in a heavily stocked Hap/Peacock tank.
Stock List:
1MaleProtomelas taeniolatus
1 Male Cyrtocara moorii
4 1M/3F Nimbochromis livingstonii
2 1M/1F Nimbochromis venustus
4 2M/2F OB Peacock's (1 male is blind)
5 2M/3F Sunshine
1 Male Albino Sunshine
1 Male Dragonblood
1 Male Placidochromis milomo
3 Male Eureka Splits
3 Eye Biters (Keeping 1 Male)
8 Yellow Labs
2 Synodontis Decorus
1 Male Placidochromis electra
1 Male German Red
I think I'm forgetting a peacock or two.
As far as aggression goes, the blind male OB gets picked on by one of the Male Splits. Thats it. 2 of my female livingstonii are holding and 1 of my female sunshines is also holding. My male haps are about 9" and 10" and they get along great. No aggression at all. So far so good.
Stock List:
1MaleProtomelas taeniolatus
1 Male Cyrtocara moorii
4 1M/3F Nimbochromis livingstonii
2 1M/1F Nimbochromis venustus
4 2M/2F OB Peacock's (1 male is blind)
5 2M/3F Sunshine
1 Male Albino Sunshine
1 Male Dragonblood
1 Male Placidochromis milomo
3 Male Eureka Splits
3 Eye Biters (Keeping 1 Male)
8 Yellow Labs
2 Synodontis Decorus
1 Male Placidochromis electra
1 Male German Red
I think I'm forgetting a peacock or two.
As far as aggression goes, the blind male OB gets picked on by one of the Male Splits. Thats it. 2 of my female livingstonii are holding and 1 of my female sunshines is also holding. My male haps are about 9" and 10" and they get along great. No aggression at all. So far so good.
I have a 300 gallon tank in my office I use as a show tank. Currently I've got a mix of large haps and male peacocks. I've had no aggression problems between the haps and peacocks. I have had aggression problems with some of the haps and have had to remove a couple. I also had aggression problems between some of the male peacocks. My absolutely awesome wc maleri island male was killed by one of my chilumba males(overnight). I do have a couple of female haps in the tank but I had no cross breeding problems so far. No breeding at all yet with the haps. They're all 8" to 9", but none so far. If I see any signs I'll move the pair to a new tank, or seperate them if they're cross breeding. No fry would have a chance in that tank anyway!
I have a 40g long with a about 7 lithobate yellow blaze at 4-5" 1 male and about 6 females in with a trio of Aul. maleri island at 3.5"-4". They get along great but some times the lithobate tries to stop/eat the eggs when the maleri's breed but the maleri always succeeds. At first I put them together temporarily but it worked out so well I kept them together.
I also have a 55g with 6 Ps. Flavus, 6 Ps. Red Top Ndumbi, 3 Borleyi Red Fin, and 4 Hap. sp. 44 Red Top all adults. Its overstocked but they are doing great, they show absolutely no aggression towards each other. But I do plan on taking at least on of the groups out, prolly the 3 Borleyi Red Fin.
My show tank, which is really just left over breeder males all around 5". There is a red empress, a Aul. Mozambque Cobue, Aul. Ngara Flametail, Aul. Maleri Island, and a one eyed Lithobate yellow blaze. They also get along great. I did used to have a second flametail which fought constantly with the other flametail to the point where I had to get rid of one. If I didn't I'm sure one would have ended up dead.
I my experience when you have a all male tank just don't kept two of the same species that look the same or are the same, i.e. a Aul. Benga with a Aul. Maleri Island. and if I am breeding I always put fish that are a different color and far from a different species like a peacock with a hap, to lower the chance of interbreeding.
I have some pics of some of these setups in my fish room post . http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2268809#post2268809
I also have a 55g with 6 Ps. Flavus, 6 Ps. Red Top Ndumbi, 3 Borleyi Red Fin, and 4 Hap. sp. 44 Red Top all adults. Its overstocked but they are doing great, they show absolutely no aggression towards each other. But I do plan on taking at least on of the groups out, prolly the 3 Borleyi Red Fin.
My show tank, which is really just left over breeder males all around 5". There is a red empress, a Aul. Mozambque Cobue, Aul. Ngara Flametail, Aul. Maleri Island, and a one eyed Lithobate yellow blaze. They also get along great. I did used to have a second flametail which fought constantly with the other flametail to the point where I had to get rid of one. If I didn't I'm sure one would have ended up dead.
I my experience when you have a all male tank just don't kept two of the same species that look the same or are the same, i.e. a Aul. Benga with a Aul. Maleri Island. and if I am breeding I always put fish that are a different color and far from a different species like a peacock with a hap, to lower the chance of interbreeding.
I have some pics of some of these setups in my fish room post . http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2268809#post2268809
thanks notorious... I started this thread after our talk. I was hoping you would share your success for all the people just getting into breeding!
My favorite subject!! All male Haps and peacocks. In the past I had mixed Peacocks together in a 36 inch tank with different females and I wondered why there was so much aggression and why only a few fish would show their color. So finally came a across the concept of an all male tank and I havent looked back since. I bought lots of fish as juvies not showing color and as they did I would put the females in another tank. I also bought a few larger fish along the way from fish clubs,craigslist, and LFS. I knew I wanted lots of color and personality so I researched fish that were peaceful and colorful. I also started to read about having a wide 6FT tank is best with these fish so I sold my 75G I grew them out in and got me a 100G 6FT tank and what a difference the extra 2 feet made!!! There is still a little chasing but the fish getting chased can actually get away. It also greatly reduced the nipped fins.
Heres a list of my all male Hap/Peacock
100G(72x18)
3 Aulonocara Ruby red
1-Placidochromis Electra
1-Placidochromis Pheno Tanzania
1-Copadichromis Borleyi
1-Copadichromis Mloto
1- Aulonocara Beanschi
1-Taiwan Reef
1- Spilonotus Tanzania
1-Aulonocara Chilumba
1-Aulonocara jacobfreibergi Undu Reef
2-Tramitochromis Intermedius
2-Aulonocara Lwanda
1-Copadichromis Azureus
1- Placidochromis Johnstoni kachimungi
3-Cyrtocara moori
5-Synodontis Multipunctatus
These may seem like alot of fish but as they grow im going to weed out the ones I want to keep and ultimately end up with 15 or so.
Or maybe ill keep them all and get that 180G ive been dreaming about Muahahahahaha! (dont tell my girlfriend)
100G(72x18)
3 Aulonocara Ruby red
1-Placidochromis Electra
1-Placidochromis Pheno Tanzania
1-Copadichromis Borleyi
1-Copadichromis Mloto
1- Aulonocara Beanschi
1-Taiwan Reef
1- Spilonotus Tanzania
1-Aulonocara Chilumba
1-Aulonocara jacobfreibergi Undu Reef
2-Tramitochromis Intermedius
2-Aulonocara Lwanda
1-Copadichromis Azureus
1- Placidochromis Johnstoni kachimungi
3-Cyrtocara moori
5-Synodontis Multipunctatus
These may seem like alot of fish but as they grow im going to weed out the ones I want to keep and ultimately end up with 15 or so.
Or maybe ill keep them all and get that 180G ive been dreaming about Muahahahahaha! (dont tell my girlfriend)
I had an all male show tank with lemon jakes, sunshines and eureka reds 1 male of each I had 3 total. All showed color and did great, I fed them frozen foods and pellets. The tank set up had sand, a few rocks and tree looking thing with holes for hiding. I later added 1 female of each and wanted to breed (not with intensions or purpose of selling - just to breed) Each paired off did great and seemed to go well - however I did find that my lemon jake male and my sunshine female did breed and had babys - I wont lie they were beautiful babies but only one neded up survivng and I kept him for a 3 years before he ended up dying for unknown reasons. I'll post up pictures tonight or monday.
