peacock cichlid
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So I thought I would pop in an update on these guys...the little silver one has started to color up quite a bit. Showing a lot of blue, but still fades a littles, sometimes looks silver, but always shows a little blue. So I am assuming this one is a male?
I also picked up another one that they say will be blue, it is colored but mostly brownish right now.
How big must they be before they can be vented?
1) This is the all silver fish that has started to show some blue...I think this one is becoming my favorite.
2) This is the red fish, looks basically the same as it always did, a little bigger..
3) The newest addition, bought it as a blue, i am not yet convinced...
4) Another of the red one with the girl friends yellow lab
5) Kinda a crappy pic, but it shows the all the blue (same fish as in #1)
6) Another of the blue fella
7) One more blue
8) Half tank shot, shows all three of the Peacocks together
This fish are becoming more and more social by the day. They started out very skittish and never came out to the front of the glass or begged for food. They are getting there though. As soon as I open the lid now they are at the top waiting.
Last question, the spots on the anal fin? Are these matting spots, do they mean anything?
The blue fish seems to have the most spots, the new guy just have 1 spot. Just curious.
I also picked up another one that they say will be blue, it is colored but mostly brownish right now.
How big must they be before they can be vented?
1) This is the all silver fish that has started to show some blue...I think this one is becoming my favorite.
2) This is the red fish, looks basically the same as it always did, a little bigger..
3) The newest addition, bought it as a blue, i am not yet convinced...
4) Another of the red one with the girl friends yellow lab
5) Kinda a crappy pic, but it shows the all the blue (same fish as in #1)
6) Another of the blue fella
7) One more blue
8) Half tank shot, shows all three of the Peacocks together
This fish are becoming more and more social by the day. They started out very skittish and never came out to the front of the glass or begged for food. They are getting there though. As soon as I open the lid now they are at the top waiting.
Last question, the spots on the anal fin? Are these matting spots, do they mean anything?
The blue fish seems to have the most spots, the new guy just have 1 spot. Just curious.
Also, forgot to put it in there, if you notice the forhead in pic 3 it seems a lot different than the other 2 I have? Is this normal, or will it grow out to look like the rest?
Thanks
Thanks
I have to say that the Red one you showed in the first set of pics is probably a female too. I have one exactly like it. Red on the fins but dull body. Looks like she is knocked up now. Mouth all puffed out and not eating. Since I don't have a male then the babies are going to be hybrids and thus food for the rest of the fish...
I kept peacocks for several years and usually you can't sex them for sure until they are about 2.5 to 3 inches in length. Great fish though and very colorful, males that is. The females just stay a drab color with vertical barring. They usually get along ok except the Jacobfreidbergi variant which can get hyperterritorial. If you maintain good water quality they will reward you with spawning. I had several generations of peacocks in my tank all the time.JayK1320;1651665;1651665 said:
I dont know if its the angles but at least one of those just doesnt look like a peacock to me o__o Other then that I would agree to the one with the little red in it being female as I also had one like that long ago.
Muske;1653006; said:Venting is the only sure method. As they get bigger, males will start to color up. Molly fry is good protein
Venting is usually not nessarsary on peacocks. Most species have very drab females (browns etc) and highly colored males. That is a general statement, individual species can vary (for example i have albino strawberry peacocks and the females are colored the same as males but have rounded fins and no eggspots). The coloration differences and eggspots and pointed vs rounded fins will usually cover most of them. Once the fish get to 3 inches or so a male should start to color up and develop pointed anal and dorsal fins etc...If it stays like its juvie coloration then its likely a female.
I see quite a few males with nice blue colors developing. Your right that one in 3rd pic does look mbuna to me.
There are two yellow labs in there right now, is that what you mean as the mbuna? Or do you mean the whole fish pictures in pic 3? He was bought as an electric blue peacock. That would explain why he is looking a little different than the two that are def. peacocks...
I have also heard there are two types of peacocks? What are these two and how do you know which is which?
I have also heard there are two types of peacocks? What are these two and how do you know which is which?
