Strawberry Peacock African Cichlids

Colors will only show when the males mature. These fish are generally peaceful fish although they can get territorial if they don t have enough space. Dragon blood peacock cichlids are sometimes confused with the strawberry variety.

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The average size of a male peacock cichlid is roughly 6 inches with females typically maxing out at 4 inches.

Strawberry peacock african cichlids. Dragon blood peacock cichlid. Unfortunately each fish has their own personality. To envision the size of the fish you may decide grab and penny and quarter.

African cichlid strawberry peacock. If you buy a four fish colony you will get one guaranteed male and we will do our best to get you three females if you buy a six fish colony you will get one to two males and the rest will be females. These are juvenile unsexed and uncolored fish.

So i separated him from the rest in his own tank and gave him a friend an altolamprologus compressiceps that he couldn t fight with. African cichlids prefer to be kept in an aquariums with other african cichlids only as they are territorial and require specific water conditions. The female spawns a small number of eggs on the rocky bottom.

If you buy a guaranteed male we fully guarantee it in the unlikely event your guaranteed male turns out to be a female we will replace it at our cost. The pair should be conditioned separately on mosquito larvae bloodworms and crustaceans. Omnivores cichlid pellets flakes live food frozen food.

With their absolutely stunning arrangement of colors and their vibrant red orange bodies and white blotches they do resemble a strawberry slightly. Strawberry peacock pink peacock. 10 half inch strawberry peacock african cichlids.

Unsexed juvenile 3 4 inch to 1 inch note. He was great in his teen. The main difference to look for is the subtle dotted pattern on their bodies.

Brightly coloured and can get to a decent size making them excellent display fish. African cichlids are hardy. This one i thought after a few research is called strawberry peacock.

Now that he s an adult he s nasty. Their size can be influenced by the quality of their care but also the location in which they come from. Peacock cichlids are ovophile mouthbrooders that form a matriarch family.

Strawberry peacocks are certainly fish that you should know about. So i thought of re stocking with aulonocara as i like their temperament. The water should have a ph from 8 0 8 2 a water hardness 10 18 dh and a warmer temperature of 79 84f.

A penny is 3 4 across the diameter of the circle nose to tail.