willy Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 hey is this a male or a female? i seen it was moving sand around this afternoon and was thinking it wanted a mate so i thought id find out what it is? i think its a male but not too sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAR Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Looks like a male to me. Females usually don't have as much colour as a male. Sort of a grey colour. So my vote is male. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy Posted December 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 excellent, so what should i look out for if im going to get a female? oh can they go in pairs or do they prefer harems or groups or trios or colonies.. haha thas all i got? cheers for the help too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hareysfish Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 first thing mate , to look out for , that you know exactly what type of peacock it is , as most female peacocks look the same and are easily cross bred. also where did you get him from , was it from an lfs or a breeder, as some lfs"s have tanks of assorted peacocks , which are usually line bred hybrids imported into the country. most peacocks usually like a colonie as some males can get a little narky with just the one female. hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy Posted December 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 hey mate well im pretty sure its a blue regal? http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/s ... hp?id=667.. but he doesnt really look like it.. that was the closest i could find, he came from a local fish store not sure which one cos the missus got it for me lucky me aye.. il ask her and go back and see what i can find.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaneo707 Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Definitely a male unles your feeding "white crane". Also what are you feeding him as his gut looks like it would put mine to shame, or could be the photo angles. As to breeding if not sure what type don't bother and keep him as a display, so many different types of Peacocks out there now makes it hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy Posted December 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 hey mate, yeah i noticed that too, i think it was cos he just ate.. he has to try and get food before my GTs do.. i feed them hikari ciclid gold mini floating pellet. your so true on that, i might just do that.. thanks for the help guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raycam01_au Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 yes ID and accurate id with Aulonocara is hard at the best of time, and with the wonderful MIXED Tanks we have for sale now, a large % of the fish floating around are hybrids. Best of luck, nice looking fush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy Posted December 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 hey ray, thanks for the kind words.. il have a looksee round anyways and see what is out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cichlidae Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Aulonocara Nyassae, common name Blue Peacock. I breed them but have no females atm. about 2-3 months for next batches to grow. Try Russell at Redlands Pet centre, he often has pure strains of peacocks, Just be carefull who you speak to, I recommend talking to Russell himself unless he has employed some one who knows about fish, most of the girls there will recommend low range test kits and to just guess the colour for your malawi and tanganyikan tanks, and happily sell you a pack of blood worms to take home with your africans. I never did understand this as russell is extremely knowledgeable, has great prices and is a genuine good bloke. Imo he would be the guy to see, you may even be lucky enough to get a holding female have seen a few in his tanks and bought some myself. Good luck. Cichlidae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy Posted December 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 hey mate, thanks for the tips.. but at this stage i dont think il be travelling that far to get some fish.. especially when Christmas is here.. but thanks for letting me know. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawimates Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Ha mate if you ever come to tin can bay i can sourt you out will some peacocks, i have flametails, lwanda, ob, euerka red, chilumba . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
