Saved! Help me?:(

[Jason S 6]

Was in my local fish shop today when i came across two fish, think there malawi? and they were being badly beaten up by there tank mates so i took these bright coloured fish for a fiver each
One male and one female, the guy said they were some sort of alunacara?
anyways i was hoping someone could identify this fish and tell me a bit about them as there in a large tank by themselves in perfect condition and im hoping to breed them, thanks

 

[bluekrissyspikes]

nice fish. sorry i can't help you cause i don't know anything about them. i just wanted to say they look cool and i hope they breed for ya. also i see you only have 5 posts so WELCOME to MFK!!

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

it definitely is a peacock, I would repost in the African cichlid section, as there are people there that might do better in ID'ing the fish

 

[ikevi]

Some strain of the German red. Though is he fairly stressed right now?

 

[Sic_Maggot13]

looks exactly like my german red peacock. great fish

 

[Jason S 6]

so you guys are certain its a german red peacock?
the guy in my fishs hop said it will breed like mad once it gets settled down and its whole body goes canary yellow? is that true?
Thanks.

 

[navygirl76]

beautiful auloncara-though i dont know the species. congrats on saving them, hopefully someone can tell you exactly what they are! i think they are german reds.. click on this for comparison..

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1313

 

[mike dunagan]

Yellow would be a different fish. If this is a red it will be red/orangish!

They are great a must in everyone's all male show tank. I am sure if you have a good female German red it will sell well. DO not get a female red peacock. They are similar but color of the strain is not as intense and will end up not looking as nice as dad!

 

[Jason S 6]

lol i already have one male and one female german red peacock, it's just to try and breed them then il move onto more exciting fish of the same kind with brighter colours
you know all these electric blue and electric yellows cna you breed them?

 

[mike dunagan]

yes u can but german reds are highly prized only mostly red peacock or hap. So to get that color u have little choice