SCHOOLING PEACOCKS

[snookn21]

LAST YEAR I HAD OVER 40 BREEDER PEACOCKS IN MY LAKE. AFTER A DEVISTATINGLY COLD WINTER ONLY 7 SURVIVED. THOSE SEVEN ARE SCHOOLING UP AND I SEE 2 MALES DISPLAYING HUMPS ON THEIR HEADS. THEY SHOULD START SPAWNING IN MY LAKE ANY DAY NOW. HERE ARE SOME PICS, LOOK IN THE CICRCLES YOU WILL SEE THE FISH. I FIGURED ITS DIFFERENT SO WHY NOT POST. ENJOY!

 

[mkman]

very nice! What other fish do you have in the pond? Put a wels in there

 

[Cichlidgeek]

So sweet....can't wait

 

[snookn21]

Oscars, plecos, largmouth, yellow belly cats, and a real strong population of bluegills, grass shrimp, and guppies. I also have a population of freshwater atlantic rays in their. They came in with bad tails so I couldnt sell them. I see them all the time, they are so cool. All stocked by me. I have been stocking it with every 8 pound + largmouth and every real big peacock. The oscars are the most recent addition. I threw around 12 in there and they too are schooling up. I have two defenate pairs of oscar. My pond is my baby. Losing that many peacocks in the winter brought me down. I put alot of hard work and time to get them to spawn on the regular. For them to all almost die. 7 left, the sawga continues!!!

 

[silverdragon]

sweet! id love to fish your pond!

 

[lunk71]

.. must be nice to observe schooling pbass in your own back yard !

 

[tydus]

Amazing pond and stock! Hope the cichla breeds for you. How often do they usually spawn?

 

[snookn21]

They breed like crazy. I usually pulled spawns once twice even three times a week when fully stocked. I will start re stocking asap. This time im only going to have 7-10 pairs. I dont need that many this time. They like to be in little colonies. I usually see 3-4 peacock beds in a 10 ft area. And thats all I need. Those few pairs will produce around 36,000 babies ea a season.

 

[snookn21]

So basically each pair spawns every two weeks, 12 times a season, with around 3000 babies per spawn.

 

[TheFishJunky]

holy!!!!!!!!!!!!!kool!!!!!!!!!!!!!