My new African fish

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They do have 3 types, fire fish which i think you have (white face, white body w/ color), dragon blood (orange all over including the head) and the strawberry peacock (all pink/redish). The cool thing about these fish is the females can be almost as pretty as the males which isnt common in African's. I think you paid a good price for that fish. My gut is telling me you have a nice looking female. It looks like she is semi filled with eggs which i often look for. You can try "venting" which you would have to look up. She will breed with any african cichlid because she is a hybrid, but would suggest getting another fish like that one. If the tank conditions are right and they have a spot to swim in circles, you will have babies.

the fish in the video is obviously a male. if you watch the whole video, you'll see that he has several large, well defined egg spots on his anal fin, highly contrasting colors, and long, flowing fins. females are pretty, but they lack the long pointed fins, eggspots (some females have them, but they are fewer, smaller, and not well defined), and the high contrast of this male. the female will have the orange like the male, but the white will be less vibrant and more of a pale orange...

enjoy your new male! he wont be all that aggressive... no more aggressive than other peacocks. He'll probably max out at about 5 or 6 inches
 
ok ok. more inputs and pictures welcomed. thank you
 
ok. he's dead now. My other fish killed him when I went to get food.
 
Killed already?! Wow...what'd you have in the tank? Piranha?

it was 2 other FHs that werent a pair. They were fine till I switched the tank boss. the fm FH flirt with the new tank boss and killed this guy when I left out for 30 min. I forgot to get him out. My stupidity.

thanks guys . Im sorry for the loss too. Quick entrance, quick exit
 
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