Strawberry Peacock Cichlids

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. These fish are generally peaceful fish although they can get territorial if they don t have enough space. Peacock cichlids are ovophile mouthbrooders that form a matriarch family.

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I was cleaning the tank and discovered a small 1 long cichlid that shouldn t be in the big fish tank.

Strawberry peacock cichlids. These fish are a bright reddish pink and some even have some interesting dots that cover their fins. Their coloring can vary from blues reds to yellows and will stand out in any aquarium. Strawberry peacocks are certainly fish that you should know about.

Adult size is 5 to 6. A beautiful orange red peacock with a blue face that will add amazing color to your tank. Since this is a man made peacock there is no species nomenclature for it.

There are at least 22 different species of peacocks the majority of which have stunning coloration. 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. Now that he s an adult he s nasty.

It belongs to the astatotilapia genus. What do breeders do to get the awesome pink. He was great in his teen.

It can be hard to find a true strawberry so good luck. With their absolutely stunning arrangement of colors and their vibrant red orange bodies and white blotches they do resemble a strawberry slightly. African cichlid strawberry peacock.

So i thought of re stocking with aulonocara as i like their temperament. Dragon blood peacock cichlid. Dragon blood peacock and strawberry peacock are used interchangeably.

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. Apparently they managed to breed and we never saw any sign of fry until yesterday. A beautiful orange red peacock with a blue face that will add amazing color to your tank.

A friendly online community for cichlid enthusiasts. I have a male peacock cichlid and up until a couple of months ago a female peacock cichlid. Adult size is 5 to 6.

The water should have a ph from 8 0 8 2 a water hardness 10 18 dh and a warmer temperature of 79 84f. The female spawns a small number of eggs on the rocky bottom. The strawberry peacock cichlid is absolutely stunning.

Unfortunately each fish has their own personality. The peacock cichlid is a stunning species of fish native to lake malawi. Strawberry peacock pink peacock.

Dragon blood peacock cichlids are sometimes confused with the strawberry variety. The pair should be conditioned separately on mosquito larvae bloodworms and crustaceans. Mon mar 04 2013 9 07 am.

Is this a strawberry peacock. This one i thought after a few research is called strawberry peacock.