Post by bjb on Jan 29, 2017 0:28:20 GMT -5
Purchased 5 dragon blood peacocks (ca. 2" ea) last week at PetWise. Thanks Keith for telling me about them.
A little pricey ($20 ea - the most I've paid for a fish). They are beautiful fuchsia (my wife says that's a color)
I put them in my large mixed cichlids tank. I had to move 2 large OB peacocks (one male and one female) out of the that tank because both the male and the female began madly chasing the new db's around.
Being true to their nature, i.e., 'Peacocks', they immediately established ownership of territories in the tank by vigorously pushing the other peacocks away.
I only purchased males. I've seen how insanely aggressive they become when a female is present.
Interestingly, their aggression is largely conspecific. They ignore other species and seem invisible to the other species.
In any case, I figured that with cichlids, more is better - not just in terms of color in the tank, but to disperse the aggression. So today I bought 5 more db's at Aquamania. These are a little smaller (ca. 1.5") and less $ ($9 ea.). So the 10 db's seem to have settled in well.
I'm attaching a few pics. I'm also attaching a pic of the male OB that had to be moved out of the community tank and is now sulking in a smaller tank (until the new DB's get established).
Cheers
A little pricey ($20 ea - the most I've paid for a fish). They are beautiful fuchsia (my wife says that's a color)
I put them in my large mixed cichlids tank. I had to move 2 large OB peacocks (one male and one female) out of the that tank because both the male and the female began madly chasing the new db's around.
Being true to their nature, i.e., 'Peacocks', they immediately established ownership of territories in the tank by vigorously pushing the other peacocks away.
I only purchased males. I've seen how insanely aggressive they become when a female is present.
Interestingly, their aggression is largely conspecific. They ignore other species and seem invisible to the other species.
In any case, I figured that with cichlids, more is better - not just in terms of color in the tank, but to disperse the aggression. So today I bought 5 more db's at Aquamania. These are a little smaller (ca. 1.5") and less $ ($9 ea.). So the 10 db's seem to have settled in well.
I'm attaching a few pics. I'm also attaching a pic of the male OB that had to be moved out of the community tank and is now sulking in a smaller tank (until the new DB's get established).
Cheers
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