New Peacock

[Cichlid-Man]

I got a new kid in the tank! New peacock that followed me home from the LFS.

10mins in the tank and this one fish has me sitting here with a huge grin on my face...i love it. He is aggressivly trying to attack himself in the glass, more so then any of my other fish i've had before. And his colors...oh man his colors. This is a top notch male here.

Pics to come once he gets a little more bold. Always wanted one of this species, finally got one. *celebrate

Saltwater ain't got nothing on this guy!

 

[MrBungle]

Awesome! I've never seen one at the 8 or so lfs's i've been to, not that I can put one in my tank anyway. can't wait to see pics

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Well i have some pictures, not the best. Dirty glass and a still fairly shy fish prevent any great pictures, but here is what i have so far.

Oh yeah, and he shows more Orange then in the pictures...the flash brings out the blue on the body more then the naked eye can tell.

Heres a little Macro for ya

Very beautiful fish in my opinion. Was a HUGE impulse buy, haha. I planned on going to the LFS for some Mbuna, and came out with just this guy instead....the Mbuna are gonna have to wait until after christmas i guess.

Tell me what you think!

 

[FreshwaterJeff]

Excellent looking fish. I'm behind your impulse buy all the way... *thumbsups

 

[Katie217]

niceeeee german red(hehe) matt
u still should of gotten the mbuna tho haha

 

[FreddyJ]

Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful!

That's gotta be a top notch LFS to find fish like that...

Nice buy!

 

[FreddyJ]

and BTW, I am continually impressed with your picture taking skills....Bravo!

 

[silver dollars]

Congrats on the cichlid matt!!! There still good pics!!!

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Thanks for the comments, he is quickly becoming one of my all time favorite fish that i've kept. Very active now.

 

[Verse914]

Very nice Matt. He has some nice finnage and good color

 

[angelmom]

He is absolutly BEAUTIFUL! I now know why someone told me the German Reds are so much nicer than the Ruby Reds.

 

[Verse914]

He is absolutly BEAUTIFUL! I now know why someone told me the German Reds are so much nicer than the Ruby Reds.

Since these are line bred fish, there is a huge variation between both Ruby Reds, Rubescens, German Reds...
This Ruby Red is pretty awesome (I wish it was mine)...
http://www.bigskycichlids.com/images/Arubyred.jpg

I also had a "true" Ruby Red that was actually red and not orange, but he died after 4 months. I thought he was probably hormoned, but after 4 months he kept his color.
http://www.verse914.com/rubyred5.jpg

Matt,
The more I look at yours, the more I like him He has a nice blue face and the design and color on the fins looks excellent...very good find

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Since these are line bred fish, there is a huge variation between both Ruby Reds, Rubescens, German Reds...
This Ruby Red is pretty awesome (I wish it was mine)...
http://www.bigskycichlids.com/images/Arubyred.jpg

I also had a "true" Ruby Red that was actually red and not orange, but he died after 4 months. I thought he was probably hormoned, but after 4 months he kept his color.
http://www.verse914.com/rubyred5.jpg

Matt,
The more I look at yours, the more I like him He has a nice blue face and the design and color on the fins looks excellent...very good find

Thanks, there were 3 in the tank with him, he was the shyest of the 3...yet the most dominant when he was out, espeicially when food was put in the tank. So i decided on him over the others.

So far he hasn't bothered his tank mates yet...3 small (2") Lemon Jakes.