Peacock Bass, Which are nicer???

[kdblove_99]

In your opinions?

cichla ocellaris or Mono's?

Which are the one's most commonly found at LFS, I like those?

I was looking at the big pbass thread in the photo gallery but, dont know which one's are cichla ocellaris or Mono's

 

[kdblove_99]

Which are these

 

[kdblove_99]

Man this site is pretty lame!

 

[neoprodigy]

i dont see your question is being answered on the other board.... maybe its your question...??

 

[PeacockBass]

sorry i didnt see your post.

personally i like Cichla monoculus because of their pointy shape and flawless colors..

Ocellaris are almost the same though but slightly different.. Both are commonly found at LFSs.


Those look like Ocellaris but they are showing stressed colorations...


what else do you need to know about cichla?

 

[Caveman]

I have only kept Peacock Bass two times so I have very little experince with them. The species of Peacock Bass I see most in LFS are Ocellaris and they sale for at least $35.00 for a 3-4" specimen here.

 

[WckedMidas]

just becuase you didnt get a instant response doesnt mean the site is lame . it means this site is jkust starting out and not everyone has had peacock bass yet. But peacock bass can answer any ?s about them he has had bunch of them i beleve he even got them to breed

 

[The TRUST]

I still keep getting confused which is ocelaris and which is Monos. But I can tell Temensis easily

the problem with peacock bass, is that most of the small ones you see available are USUALLY imported from Asia and CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, they have sometimes been hybridizing the Monos and the Ocelaris.

 

[largemouth]

my favorite is the blue peacock bass called something like Cichla azul or something like that, but you won't see them in fish stores. The most common are monoculus and ocellaris. There have been a lot of temensis entering the hobby lately, but most of them are not wild....although most monos and ocellaris you find in fish stores aren't either. Here are some of the different species to help you out.

cichla ocellaris

cichla monoculus (the one on the right)

juvie cichla temensis

 

[The TRUST]

Tucunare Azul