This almost did not happen. I was about to sell one of my peacock bass cause they were fighting, and becoming aggressive. Just today I saw the one who I didn’t know the gender of (lol which I do now) laying eggs. Both fish are guarding the eggs and the female even tries to go through the glass after me. So first I did not know two different species of peacock bass would make fry. 2 and the most important thing is what should I do now? They currently share a tank with a Jardini, Pacu, catfish and an Oscar. Do I wait for them to hatch and move them ASAP or what? I will look this up as well but always better to hear first hand experience. Thanks
Question on peacock bass breeding
- Thread starter Mfkjr75
- Start date
Congrats on the spawn, if you really want the fry to survive you should syphon the eggs into a separate aquarium like a ten gallon with a spounge filter. Eggs take about 3 days to become wigglers. After that you will have to start spawning live baby brine shrimp to feed the fry once they become free swimming. Fry will require at least three meals a day and every other day water changes.
Thank you, I read earlier today to give the eggs 12 hours with their parents, then to put them in a separate tank. Is that what you think I should do or should I take them out now? My other question is this and I can’t find an answer anywhere. Seeing that these are two different species of peacock bass. What will the fry look like ? Half like mom and half like dad, or a combination of the two? Sorry for all the questions. I never ever thought I’d have peacock bass fry, the idea never even crossed my mind. So was a little unprepared.
Pull them now the male sprays them as the female lays the eggs so they should be fertile by now. If there are other fish in the tank the parents will start eating them. As far as what they will look like that's a crap shoot. What type of Cichla do you have?
If it were me, I'd take all the other fish out, and let the parents raise eggs and fry.
What are the eggs stuck to?
If they are on a rock and it is moveable, " it" with the eggs could be moved to a separate tank, with an ayirstone to provide water movement to simulate the parents fanning them, this could work .(that is, if you want to try and raise hundreds of fry).
What are the eggs stuck to?
If they are on a rock and it is moveable, " it" with the eggs could be moved to a separate tank, with an ayirstone to provide water movement to simulate the parents fanning them, this could work .(that is, if you want to try and raise hundreds of fry).
The female when I bought her as a baby they had her labeled as an Azule, the male I think is a butterfly peacock bass. I Took the eggs out. Needless to say they are not happy campers. I Actually felt guilty doing it. They were on a stone but as the peacock bass were chasing the other fish out of their area some eggs would get kicked up and fall off the rock. So I took the rock out with mostly all the eggs still on it. Put it in a 20 gallon tank with a sponge filter and a air stone next to the rock. I put some melafix in there as to help prevent bacteria.
Last edited:
Congrats on the first spawn. Hopefully this will be the first of many to come. I'm guessing the female is the one one the left of the pic? Atleast from what I know about native bass species is that the female is generally the larger of the 2 but not sure if that applies to peacock bass or not.
Atm they are both the same size. I know in the pic she looks bigger but it’s cause she is a bit closer to the camera. But with that being said I’ve had him for about 8months longer than her. Lol I remember having them in tanks next to each other and he kept trying to go after her to eat her. She hit a growth spurt and is now the same size as him.
Lol reminds me of my Flowerhorn and Bluegill. The both constantly look at the guppies next to their tank wanting to eat em. They just have yet to realize that there's a piece of glass, air and plastic in the way lol. Had to basically start over on my guppy line breeding project so it'll be awhile before they get the occasional live treat again.
That should be good make sure the temperature is the same in the new tank and the flow isn't too much you might want to fan the eggs by hand once or twice a day to help keep the eggs that start to fungus from clumping up with the good eggs and spoil them. You can suck out the bad eggs with some air line tubing, and have it not turn into a full blown vacume cleaner for good measure. Your fish is a Xingu not a Azul, others a Mono. Should Be a cool looking fry.