Last week I seen a beautiful peacock at my lfs. I was thinking about adding it to a 75g that I currently have running. My water tends to run more towards the hard side. Currently I have 3 silver dollars and 7 clown loaches in the tank. Would adding a peacock be a recipe for disaster, or should I give it a shot?
Peacock advice wanted...
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My personal experience and granted my peacock is a hybrid, but he is in an all African cichlid tank and has killed other tankmates. He is supposed to get along with other types of peacocks. He kills them. Given the fish you have listed, I am not at all an expert....however, from my experience...I think it could potentially kill your current fish.
I agree with
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mchad
about Peacock killing your fish. You would have a better chance if you added more Peacocks because the one fish will eventually figure out that it is the dominant one in the 75 and I know I will get the SD's are fast African Peacock and Haplichromise are fast too and will have the SD's swimming into the walls of the aquarium.
Adding more would keep the Peacocks mostly focused on Peacock . I'm challenging myself right now to keep Haps and Peacocks.
Adding more would keep the Peacocks mostly focused on Peacock . I'm challenging myself right now to keep Haps and Peacocks.
I've kept hundreds of peacocks and honestly I've only had a handful that were downright brutal. Most get bullied by other haps. Would it be the dominant fish in your tank with those fish you listed, absolutely. Will it kill them? Depends on the individual fish. Watch it in the pet store and see how it interacts with other fish in it's tank. What kind of peacocks is it? If it's a hybrid those do tend to be more aggressive.
Maybe this is what I am experiencing I didn't know that Dragons Blood were hybrid and found out the hard way it is one mean SOB.
Dragon blood is very mean peacock. They don't look mean in the LFS. Make other moderately aggressive mbunas look like poodles...
Also, if you do get multiple peacocks. You do have to be quite selective. I would not get hybrid peacocks. Also, you would need to be prepared to possibly rehome something. The personalities on these things just vary. The compatibility charts they have are a nice starting point, but also at times laughable because I have had the peacock kill fish that are supposedly completely compatible with it.
It unfortunately just really depends on individual temperament to a point.
Just from our experience, the dragon blood has killed 2 other peacocks and a red empress. It is also king in a tank with a zebra, blue dolphins, etc. All Africans. Blue dolphins can be nasty fish too. Nippy things!
Also, if you do get multiple peacocks. You do have to be quite selective. I would not get hybrid peacocks. Also, you would need to be prepared to possibly rehome something. The personalities on these things just vary. The compatibility charts they have are a nice starting point, but also at times laughable because I have had the peacock kill fish that are supposedly completely compatible with it.
It unfortunately just really depends on individual temperament to a point.
Just from our experience, the dragon blood has killed 2 other peacocks and a red empress. It is also king in a tank with a zebra, blue dolphins, etc. All Africans. Blue dolphins can be nasty fish too. Nippy things!
