Craigo Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) Evening all. I’m looking for a bit of discussion regarding this lovely looking peacock. I recently purchased a bunch of F1 fry from an awesome dude named Dan off here. Now I have been growing them out, separating boys as they color up. My first and most dominant boy was/is solid iridescent blue! Like Aulonocara Stuartgranti ‘Cobue’ The next boy, the one I plan to breed with depending on final colouring, has a super yellow belly through to the tail, and his blue is developing every day. All other males developed the blue first before any sign of yellow. The final 2 look just like textbook versions of this fish. I will get pics when I can, but my fish room is dark, glass is water marked and I am no photographer. I’m looking for other people’s experience with this fish and also if anybody has come across color variation from wild caught fish, I am in no way doubting the father fishes origins. Just sharing my findings. Edited January 15, 2015 by Craigo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellboy Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Hi Craig Cannot see your text because your font colour is White, I have white background using vbpremium style. Interest on what you have to say. Found the same issue on one of your latest threads too. Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigo Posted January 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Thanks Tony. Rectified. why would you use white skin? That is hard on the eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Aulonocara Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 there was a breeder last year that sold their koningsi mbenji island colony.... i bought their fry not long after they sold them. previously i had purchased a wild caught colony... the 2 didn't match up! i have a feeling that the colony getting around in Queensland had a hybrid thrown in the mix at some stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigo Posted January 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) I know for a fact these were wild cghts. And the young fish all look proper, different shades of yellow. I’ve been breeding peacocks long enough to spot hybrid fish, let lone full-grown fish. And I did view the parents This thread was not for hybrid talk Sorry, or to doubt the breeder. it was to discuss fry colouring variation Edited January 15, 2015 by Craigo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wild Aulonocara Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 The answer to your question all depends on the genetic make up of the breeding pairs. So you may well end up with a mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Aulonocara Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Hard fish to get a pic of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiem01 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 One can get contamanints in wild caught fish also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danfishy84 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 The answer to your question all depends on the genetic make up of the breeding pairs. So you may well end up with a mix. This would be my thoughts, my fry are from multiple females but the same male all bought WC. The male holds the yellow but maybe something in one of the females genetics holds more blue? I might raise single batches next time to determine which is carrying the gene. If you look well enough on the net, (try YouTube) you will see both mbenji with solid blues, and blue and yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigo Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 ^^ Agreed 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Aulonocara Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 at this is where your home is consumed by tanks.... line breeding lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danfishy84 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Might have to put in another row of tanks lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
