As stated in another thread, I am setting up a 125 peacock tank. I would like to have a few different species (at least 1 male and 3-4 females for each). Will peacocks cross-breed readily if they have there own to mate with? I would rather not have that happen, although it could make for some interesting color varieties.
New peacock setup-stocking question
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if you have 3-4 females for each male i think you should be fine, they should be content with their own species
it couldn't hurt to pick fish that are slightly different morphologies too
and for a 125, you should totally throw some haps in there.. they will definitely offer you some shapes/sizes/colors that peacocks cant. i think haps may be my fav malawis. i think tanganyika is growing into my fav lake though
it couldn't hurt to pick fish that are slightly different morphologies too
and for a 125, you should totally throw some haps in there.. they will definitely offer you some shapes/sizes/colors that peacocks cant. i think haps may be my fav malawis. i think tanganyika is growing into my fav lake though
Most Haps get larger than the peacocks right (some I think about twice the size). Would this create a problem with the peacocks? Plus that would ultimately cut down the number of fish I can stock in the tank. With most peacocks, I could stock easily 20 or so, but with the haps that would cut the number in half. They do have some amazing colors though. Hmmm. Decisions, decisions.
Some haps are smaller... You do not want to mix breeding groups of peacocks. They can and will cross breed with the most dominate male in the tank.
mike dunagan;4107409; said:
That's what I was a little worried about. If I went with some smaller Haps, would they cross breed? If so, can you recommend another spiecies that I could stock with the peacocks. I've read that keeping mbuna with peacocks is not a great practice. From what I've read the mbuna can stress the peacocks and prevent them (males anyway) from showing their colors, to a certain extent.
I guess I should have checked the sticky on Malawi Peacocks. But thanks for the info. In the sticky you mention rock dwelling tangs. What are those?
Never mind. Im assuming you're talking about Tanganyika cichlids. Again, thank you for the info and the sticky is a great idea.
Do you think some yellow labs or aceis would be okay. They are less aggressive than most mbuna (are they considered mbuna as well). I also looked at cichlid-forum and did find some smaller haps that would be okay too. It's really just a question of being able to find them in my area, without having to drive an hour or so.
Labs can be a lot more aggressive that people give them credit for. Mine were vicious.
Acei might be worth a shot though, mine are fairly docile most of the time.
Acei might be worth a shot though, mine are fairly docile most of the time.