new pickups.. peacocks?

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vdawgs22

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a red and a yellow peacock i beleive!... my local aquarium guy i deal with just got a bunch of these in.. do they look like they come from a good set of parents? i'll upload more pics if needed these are the 2 i have currently that were taken on iphone.. my other cam is m.i.a. at the moment... they are about 1.5

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they havent been in the tank that long so the red one hasnt colored up as he was in the tank when i got him...his top fin had a real nice blue outline and his body was a brighter orange throughout... but this is how he looks so far in my tank
 
heres a closeup of the red one!... he jumped out of the tank and im not sure hes gonna make it :-( but the guy has a lot more of them i can grab if you all think they are from a good batch

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Is that picture before or after he made the plunge? I think he looks good, how big the fish?
 
the yellow is 1.5-2 and the red was 1-1.5 .....that is before the plunge... he took the plunge when i was at work he was out of water for who knows how long.. he didnt seem to be alive...i was carying him through the water to get some oxygen in him he started breathing but not swimming then he was swimming but he was very weak i didnt know what else to do... he didnt make it :-(.... very sad.. .. im not farmilair with peacocks but im trying to get into some exotic africans.. maybe even breeding em ... are these even rare? and do these look or like some kind of hybrid
 
They look average above average below average? I'm new to them that's why I'm asking so many questions sorry! And are these rare at all? If not what are some rare ones with crazy bright colors?
 
I think they look nice. Not rare though. I'm not sure what is out their for rare peacocks either. I'm sure wild caught peacocks can't be easy to find.
 
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